Mags4711 RN

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    What was your favorite graduation gift?

    Mags4711 replied to PedsRN&momto5girls's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What graduation gift? LOL, never got any! But when I finally went to ICU, my SO at the time gifted me mith my Littman Master Cardiology scope and had it personalized. That has been 9 years and I...
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    Does anyone really use the care plan?

    Mags4711 replied to psalm_55's topic in General Nursing

    I'll admit it, I have always wondered that as
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    Visitation and staying the night

    Mags4711 replied to optimisticSRNA's topic in MICU, SICU

    Actually the new data and benchmarking studies show that visitation around the clock (with the understanding that the visitors will NOT disturb the patient if they are sedated/sleeping) is the best...
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    Computerized charting

    Mags4711 replied to ccrnjen's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have used GE Centricity in the past and loved it as well. I also went to a floor without computerized charting and have been painfully struggling for the past three years. I hate not being able to...
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    PDA's and the ICU

    Mags4711 replied to Rivs's topic in MICU, SICU

    Your post hit the nail on the head as to why I will NEVER use a PDA at work. I guess I am also a germophobe and worried about having someone take it if I set it down. In 14 yrs of nursing, I have...
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    Dopamine infused by infusion pumps

    Mags4711 replied to laurentm38's topic in MICU, SICU

    I currently work in a NICU, and we have just done away with the "Rule of Six" about four months ago and have gone to standard concentrations. We also just get new syringe pumps that do the...
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    ECMO

    Mags4711 replied to 3230's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Here at UM, our ECMO Specialists are either RN's *or* RRT's. Tehy do have to go through a training course and pass a test. (RRT, big distinction!) A couple of times a year the ECMO program actually...
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    whats the smallest gauge needle used for CBC?

    Mags4711 replied to hotdog19d's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sure you can use a 25g. It's used all the time in
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    Would you consider a home birth?

    Mags4711 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In the time it took for me to get this silly computer to do what I wanted it to and edit my previous post, you posted. :) Please read my addendum to my previous post and comment if you wish, I truly...
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    Would you consider a home birth?

    Mags4711 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ChayaN, I am sorry to see that you said you are bowing out of this thread. The quote above that I have pulled up is one of the most eloquent and beautiful explanations I have ever seen about why one...
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    Would you consider a home birth?

    Mags4711 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ChayaN, I am sorry to see that you said you are bowing out of this thread. The quote above that I have pulled up is one of the most eloquent and beautiful explanations I have ever seen about why one...
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    Would you consider a home birth?

    Mags4711 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Okay folks, get ready to attack! :) I am a NICU nurse in a Level IIIc and YES, I would absolutely HAVE a home birth. That is if I lost my mind and got pregnant. Yep, I've seen home births gone bad,...
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    are there hospitals with NICU in Michigan?

    Mags4711 replied to marisha20's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yep, we are the Holden NICU, in the Ann Arbor area there is us and St Joseph Mercy Hospital. Both are Level III's, we have a slight advantage (if you can call it that) in that we do ECMO, pediatric...
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    NNP experience before school

    Mags4711 replied to mommy2BCD's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There is vast difference between what is required, and what one should have. Most programs that I have looked into require 1-2 years NICU experience. I think you should have at least 3-4 years, in a...
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    Co-bedding Twins

    Mags4711 replied to cshell1964's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Can someone please post a link to whatever new reasearch is out there that's showing co-bedding is
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    Co-bedding Twins

    Mags4711 replied to cshell1964's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We co-bed twins, trips, etc... We do have a formal policy on it, and it was a research project and study done here a few years ago by a couple of our NNP's. The only time I have ever seen it be a...
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    Detroit Area NICUs

    Mags4711 replied to shortydoowop's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Oh yes, and we are our own transport team. Ground and air, chopper and fixed
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    Detroit Area NICUs

    Mags4711 replied to shortydoowop's topic in Michigan Nursing

    St Joes in Ann Arbor does have a Level 3 NICU, as does UM (where I work). We at UM have 40 beds, we do ECMO, and take cardiacs (lots of hypoplasts) as well, we also do lots of Ped Surgery stuff and...
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    My 16-year-old wants a navel piercing

    Mags4711 replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Piercings close over time without anything in them, hair can grow back after it has been shaved into a mohawk. Hair can be colored back to normal, too. My issue is the popularity of tattoos these...
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    Do you guaic emesis the same way you guaic stool?

    Mags4711 replied to Shell5's topic in Gastroenterology

    Suzanne is correct, there are two different cards and reagents. Unfortunately, most places do not carry Gastrocult. Good
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    Has anyone else been asked to transfer units in first 6 months?

    Mags4711 replied to OutdoorLovinRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    RN34TX, my assumption (based on what OutdoorLovinRN said) is that perhaps the preceptor thinks ODLR is taking too much "time" with, and spending too much energy on, each patient (can we ever take too...
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    Help!!! I am supposed to make a report for a doctor...

    Mags4711 replied to maelstrom143's topic in MICU, SICU

    Also, in terms of specifically what to chart when doing a TOF: Document TOF, nerve used, and mA used, along with # of twitches out of 4 you
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    Help!!! I am supposed to make a report for a doctor...

    Mags4711 replied to maelstrom143's topic in MICU, SICU

    I was going to write an explanation of PNS' and TOF and NMB. but I found a great web page that does a nice job of explaining it. Just an FYI, though. A peripheral nerve stimulator (pns) is what...
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    Internet Porn at work-need advice

    Mags4711 replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa! TX didn't say this nurse was looking at child Media! He said he believed the offending nurse was going to accuse him (TX) of having/looking at child
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    Help!!! I am supposed to make a report for a doctor...

    Mags4711 replied to maelstrom143's topic in MICU, SICU

    it is correct to report vecuronium used for nmb, pns illicits 2/4. and you are very thorough and very welcome. you'll get an