JVanRN

We seem to have a run of parents that believe that subbing a "y" in place of the letter "o" in an otherwise masculine name makes it "girly" (recent ones...Carsyn, Hudsyn, Dawsyn...) No. It. Doesn't. And if you want to give your kid a unique name then go ahead. Taking a common name and giving it a "unique" spelling just makes it a common sounding name that is spelled funny. I've seen Emily spelled about 8 million different ways by parents that thought it was "unique", but when the teacher calls it out...chances are a few other Emily's will also answer.

You actually groan inwardly at the thought of higher order multiples. (goodness...triplets AGAIN?!) Whereas the rest of the population seems to think it is sooo neat and cute...the more the better.

Yes to this. It just depends on what you like. I used to think I would love to work Peds. But after being pulled there a few times, I hate it. But I absolutely love NICU (where I work now). You also couldn't pay me to work OB. I would do adult ICU or telemetry over Peds or OB. But my first love is NICU.

Because some people are just mean and arrogant...and some of them happen to work in healthcare...and many other fields.

Kinda off topic... Fentanyl is what we routinely use for sedation for our vent babies. What does everyone else usually use?

I think the valet parking is nice enough to have, provided the improtant issues like patient safety have been addressed. Most of the time though it's not. Our hospital is pushing all this stuff too. Building a fancy new gift shop, rennovating units, paying the staff attend customer service classes...and closing down units and laying off staff in droves, making staff fill out over-time justification sheets if you punch out (literally ) one minute over your 12 hour shift. All at the same time.

We have internet access at work. Often it's used for obtaining information related to work...but it's often abused. Online shopping, ect...there is NO WAY in hell I would shop on line at work. Just plain stupid

I have no problem being seen as a nurse in my scrubs. I've never been mistaken for dietary or housekeeping. But it is definitely a problem with non nursing personnel being mistaken for nurses (housekeeping ect...) I don't really see the caps as demeaning, just not very practical and a little dated looking. I would not want to wear one.

I have a feeling whoever takes this quiz will make a great nurse according to the quiz. It seems geared toward that result...no matter what your answer there is the rationale that nursing is perfect for you. You don´t like blood? Plenty of nursing jobs that don´t require contact with the icky stuff...see perfect! (not saying that aversion to blood is an automatic deal breaker...)

Well our hospital policy for calling in sick is the same as the rest of the hospital. But I find my fellow staffers in NICU seem to be much more understanding about calling in than other areas of the hospital even when short staffed. If you are sick, no one wants you near already immuno compromised babies.

I I hope I didn´t come accross as unsupportive. I think it´s great that you want to better yourself. If you have the money to do it then go for it. You can never learn too much. Just that there are also lots of great resources out there for free as well.

I was also going to ask you what is your job now? Most of what you will learn in nursing school is Med surg based. And what exactly are you looking in to buying? Are there ways you can access useful informative material without having to spend that much money? Like I said...I don´t think itś insane to want to learn...but you may not have to spend that much to do it. Especially since your just doing this for your own personal enrichment.

It depends on your situation I guess. Right now it would be insane (not even insane...just kind of silly) for me to do because I work NICU...don´t really plan on going anywhere anytime soon and don´t really have that sort of money to spend. But I still like to read my old nursing school textbooks and read up on the newest things outside of my specialty, just so I´m not SO out of the loop. But I wouldn´t go and get adult ACLS or any sort of certification like that because I don´t really plan to use it any time soon. I don´t think it´s insane to want to expand your knowlege base and learn about things outside of your specialty. Especially if you work with adults, because that knowlege may be useful in your everyday work. There are plenty of ways that you can do this without having to spend lots of money though or any money at all. Itś really up to you though. I guess if you have the money to spend on it and think it will be beneficial to you, then go for it.

Nursing can be stressful at times. Maybe he/she just had a bad day. Maybe they are just a pissy person. It exists in every field of work. Sour grapes isn't unique to nursing.

I guess it really doesn't matter. It's not like I'm going to chuck it without reading it anyway. *is your "O" key broke or something?*

We have stuff in the LDRP rooms. All of them have a warmer, o2 and suction setups. And there are 2 crash carts on the unit that sit outside the rooms and can be pulled in if needed. That said only really basic resuscitation (does that make any sense?) is usually done in the room. Pushing drugs and putting in lines, even intubating is usually done in the NICU (unless the baby comes out floppy and unresponsive of course) Yhatś not to say the docs will not or do not do codes in the momś room. They do, if absolutely necessary and all the equiptment is there.

Again...you said it better than I could...but yes this.

The "dough" for 'sho!

This concept seems nice in theory but in practice it just seems odd. I'm trying to picture this on the floor I used to work on. All those fine sheets getting pooped on or bloodied up. People stealing the plush robes and slippers. People going through withdrawls yelling at the nice chef guy. Freeloading families coming up to the hospital and milking all the "five star" services for what they are worth, like it's a vacation for them. Or just that patient with that big sense of entitlement that thinks the world revolves around them...this type of hospital just reinforces it. I think it's a great idea to make the patients comfy. I like the idea of massage therapists for the patients (thereaputic massages with a doctors order...no fancy beauty wraps ect...) and good food (but healthy... and within their diet) Comfy but not pampered. I like to make my patients feel good, but it's not a five star hotel...it's still a hospital and needs to stay that way.

I don't have a problem with a place like this, just as long as all those extra special touches that are touted in the ad aren't put on the nurses and CNA's in addition to their already full workload. (i.e I hope that is an actual dietary employee delivering the tray with the chefs hat and not a CNA...) I have no problem fluffing pillows and getting coffee for my patients but I also have a nursing job to do (which I know includes making my patients comfortable...but y'all know what I'm getting at...I hope)

I guess I'll just quote you and f/u with a "me to" since you pretty much sum up what I want to say...only more eloquently. No, TrudyRN you are not the only nurse on here who cares and has empathy. You are not an oddball.

Oh and we say we can't release a child without a corificeat, but I don't see how this can be enforced either. I work NICU so when a baby is discharged we have to bring them down. I have never had a parent that did not have a car seat but as for the uninstalled ones, I just told them that per policy we were not allowed to do it and that I wasn't personally familiar with that brand of corificeat so I would not feel comfortable installing it and also there is a big fine for not having an infant properly secured. They would usually figure it out or go get someone (usually a family member) to do it for them, then come get the baby. When I had my baby (same hospital, but she was in regular NBN) we just had a transporter bring us down, no nurse. And I just got out of the chair and he left. I was fine, I had a corificeat and knew how to use it, but I do know that on our discharge charting we have a space for charthing that the infant was secured in a corificeat by family. How are we charting this if we aren't actually witnessing it?

We tell the parents to leave the corificeat in the car and they are responsible for securing the child. I suppose due to liability. If I see the parents making obvious mistakes I help out though. It would be great if we had a person that was car seat certified to inspect, but I don't really think that should be the nurses responsibility. There are to many different corificeats and recalls to keep up with it all. I mean the nurse is responsible to a point. Like I said I WILL help and say something if the parent is doing something obviously wrong and I will give general pointers, but I can't be expected to know how to properly install every and any kind of corificeat out there. We've had parents that have brought uninstalled corificeats and expected us to do it. At some point these parents have a responsibility to thier child to make sure this is done.

I had a c-section and was also told 2 weeks. Then after that the doctor told me I was okay to if I would be able to slam on the brakes if I had to. Truthfully I felt physically okay that I could have drove sooner if I had to (I didn't go home on any narcs) but I kind of enjoyed being taxied around for once ( I know not everyone has that option).

Yes, I hate that one too. My husband is wonderful with our daughter and takes very good care of her. And she is just as much his responsibility as she is mine. Only thing he can't do that I can is put her to the breast (but he still feeds her EBM). I do make sure I tell him what a great job he does with her though because I think sometimes he isn't confident in his ability to care for her, even though he is great with her.