Mags4711 RN

Newborn ICU, Trauma ICU, Burn ICU, Peds

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    Ventilators

    Mags4711 replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Jets aren't used that often anymore, it seems. Here's a link to a good site that runs down a comparison of HFOV, HFJV and HFPPV...
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    Ventilators

    Mags4711 replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh yes, they really are great books! Dr. Donn rarely is on the floor, he's doing lots of writing and research these days. Which makes him much more accessible to conference goers, and he is great to...
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    Ventilators

    Mags4711 replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Excellent books to suggest! And a side note, Dr. Donn is a great guy on a personal level, and a brilliant and well-published neonatololgist. But try having him for your attending...Arrrgghhh!!!!...
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    What Level NICU are you at?

    Mags4711 replied to Mags4711's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh I wish we did. I am in Ann Arbor, MI... But it's nice to meet someone else who loves the gut kids. I know in my NICU, I am one of a very
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    To thump or not to thump....

    Mags4711 replied to 123456yy's topic in MICU, SICU

    Unfortunately that only works if a) you are still awake and alert and can do it and b)know you are in the rhythm immdeiately. Though valsalvas work
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    omphalocele baby

    Mags4711 replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have three in one room right now, too! And a couple of others scattered throughout the unit. Wonder what is going on with so many belly
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    Dopamine infused by infusion pumps

    Mags4711 replied to laurentm38's topic in MICU, SICU

    For years I have agreed with your view about bags on pumps versus syringe pumps, until about five months ago. I have done adult, peds and now NICU and let me tell you, the most sensitive to pauses in...
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    Visitation and staying the night

    Mags4711 replied to optimisticSRNA's topic in MICU, SICU

    :thankya: :bowingpur You hit it on the head!!!! But to address the poster at the top of this page, I don't think ANYONE here would EVER restrict someone from being with their dying loved one. At...
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    What Level NICU are you at?

    Mags4711 replied to Mags4711's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Where are you at, Elizabells? If you don't want to say the name, what state or city are you in? I ask because we are also a fantastic peds surg center, and we have one of the few short gut programs...
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    omphalocele baby

    Mags4711 replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not a lot that I can add, the others above me have really hit about all the tips and tricks I can think of. We have SEVERAL oomphalo's and gastroschesis' right now and OMG, they are the crabbiest...
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    michigan info

    Mags4711 replied to nurse with cats's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Google UMPNC for the UM contract and then click on payscale, we going into schedule D, most nurses will fall into level "B" So you should have some idea of how much UM
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    Nipps, Pipps, N-pass....

    Mags4711 replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh yes, we use
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    Nipps, Pipps, N-pass....

    Mags4711 replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Pain scoring is HUGE with JCAHO now. This past year we were being audited on an institutional level about pain scoring, prior to our JCAHO visit. Well, I learned that: 1) Pain in a stable infant who...
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    Do you "foil" your lipid tubings?

    Mags4711 replied to sherirn127's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    LOL! If only infection control were that easy! I'd be first in line to buy my cans of Raid to put in my
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    Do you "foil" your lipid tubings?

    Mags4711 replied to sherirn127's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh goodness, I don't think any of us are saying we shouldn't change the lines... I was merely bringing up something an Infectious Disease physician and fairly well-regarded researcher said at a...
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    Adult Icu To Nicu??

    Mags4711 replied to hppygrndma's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You are lucky, Parkland has the largest NICU in the United
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    Level 1 too much for new grad?

    Mags4711 replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would encourage you to give it a shot. I started as a new RN (was an LPN for a number of years) in a Level I Trauma and Burn unit. I am so glad I had that experience. I noticed that you said they...
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    Securing OGTs

    Mags4711 replied to millyk30's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It is a challenge, isn't it? I secure OG's one of two ways, my preferred method is to cut a long thin strip of tape (maybe 1/8 inch by 2 inches or so) and wrap it around the OG once so that it has...
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    Do you "foil" your lipid tubings?

    Mags4711 replied to sherirn127's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I had a wonderful Infectious Disease doc say this at a conference I was at and I thought it was great food for thought: Regarding the concerns about increased bacterial growth based on the high...
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    Do you "foil" your lipid tubings?

    Mags4711 replied to sherirn127's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Very interesting! In 14 years I have never heard of this practice. So nope, we don't. We do change our tubing every 24hrs that has lipids in
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    ICU experience - question from a student

    Mags4711 replied to Multicollinearity's topic in MICU, SICU

    And I'd have walked out to the desk, looked up the name and number of a good divorce attorney, and went back in and handed it to him.
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    Adult Icu To Nicu??

    Mags4711 replied to hppygrndma's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have found the same thing where I work as well. I did Peds and a little NICU before I went to adult ICU, and came back to NICU. I really enjoy it. Granted I am feeling like I am losing a lot of...
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    What Level NICU are you at?

    Mags4711 replied to Mags4711's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have started to call ourselves a Level IIIc as a result of these policy reccommendations, I was wondering who else is? We haven't used the term Level IV for 10-15 years, though that is the level...
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    NNP experience before school

    Mags4711 replied to mommy2BCD's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Okay, I am confused now. What do you mean by an accelerated RN portion? What is meant by direct entry? Is it possible (I'm probably wrong here, so that's why I am asking) that you can enter an NNP...
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    Do NICU's hire CNA's?

    Mags4711 replied to tofutti's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We also hire CNA's and UAP (unlicensed assistive personnel) as ICU Techs to do almost the exact same things Eric mentioned. I think of our ten or twelve techs, only three are NOT in nursing school...