Seriously?! replied to jennylee321's topic in NICU, Neonatal
I haven’t forgotten to feed a baby or had that dream but I have had some doozies of work dreams, it usually happens after a really rough night. In one dream, the baby was getting a picc placed and...
Seriously?! replied to Superbabes's topic in NICU, Neonatal
One of the great things about NICU is that you have a variety of acuities and needs. We have some nurses that love NAS infants, some love to do feeder/grower, some love discharge teaching and time...
When you first become a nicu nurse, they don’t tell you your life is forever changed. They don’t tell you that you will literally hold a life in the palm of your hand. They don’t tell you that...
Seriously?! replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal
We don't use bean bags underneath but we have "frogs" that we use for boundaries. For probe positioning, we use z-flos and those foam probe positioners that look like a fish. I wish we had a...
Seriously?! replied to NeoRN11's topic in NICU, Neonatal
I've been a NICU nurse for about 18 months now, and I just had my first bad iv infiltrate last week. It was a preemie with iugr, 960g. I felt sooooo awful because she was my only patient- she was...
Seriously?! replied to JeannieBSN's topic in Nursing Career
I'm a new grad and have just started (2 weeks in!) labor and delivery at a rural hospital in Georgia as well. I LOVE it. There's no nicu team to save me, we do all of our own labs, resus, ivs (even...
I just today had a lightbulb moment about my stethoscope causing my headaches! So I googled it and found this thread í ½í¸Š I thought I was going crazy lol I couldn't figure out why I got a...
At midterm of my bridge- middle of 8 week long classes before we transition into the senior year of traditional RN program. Sooo very overwhelmed! They assume we know a lot of things but I am quickly...
Seriously?! replied to TurtleCat's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I'm a nurse in a nursing home also with a history of childhood sexual abuse. I'm also in therapy to deal with trauma resolution. I have only had (very) few uncomfortable experiences, and they were...
Seriously?! replied to Seriously?!'s topic in Geriatric, LTC
An update on the situation. I assessed resident, didn't see any physical damage. DON acted on the report, got a written statement from the accuser and mailed to corporate or the state or whoever...