Imafloat BSN, RN

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    Mistake made 3rd time in a row almost lost job already!

    Imafloat replied to FutureNurse2B's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I mean this kindly. Maybe you need to take a long hard look at yourself. Is it possible that outwardly it looks like you are flippant about your mistakes, even though you are mortified inside? The...
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    VENT.....this really sucks

    Imafloat replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have read this thread with interest and have never known quite what to say about it. Zoo, it sounds like you somehow stepped on the toes of someone in the 'in' crowd. I am saying this based on what...
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    NICU Pet Peeves

    Imafloat replied to heartwort's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have a few more, I worked this weekend. Lead wires fastened under the velcro tabs of diapers. Once I found a baby like this, he moved around a lot and the wires ended up in the crease of his leg...
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    You Probably Feel Like You Know Everything

    Imafloat replied to 4jen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had no idea of the reality of nursing when I graduated from nursing school with Latin Honors two years ago. I had my dream job, I had books full of knowledge in my brain, I was ready to go. I had...
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    Not coping

    Imafloat replied to jenne's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It sounds like you are going through the normal first year of nursing blues. I wanted to quit my job every day of the first 6 months I worked. It got better a little bit at a time. I am finishing...
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    Full Circle, My First Year of Nursing

    Imafloat replied to Imafloat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you so much for writing this, I teared up reading it. I revisited my article, because I am getting ready to finish up my second year. I am happy to see that the article is helping
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    I Passed

    Imafloat replied to WildcatFanRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Congratulations!
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    Trach Question

    Imafloat replied to RN4Little1s's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is what I have been taught as
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    NICU Pet Peeves

    Imafloat replied to heartwort's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My biggest pet peeve is nurses who don't turn the lights on to really get a good look at the patients. I am stating it this way on purpose, because I would certainly hope my coworkers would care...
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    How do you mark the length of the feeding tube

    Imafloat replied to chescat58, RNC-NIC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ours have cm marks, we have to verify that the tube is taped at the correct cm mark every feed. I sometimes put a dot with a sharpie on the tube at the proper place, especially if the cm mark is on...
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    Any nurses you dread giving report to?

    Imafloat replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    The only nurses I dread giving report to are the insecure ones. They are the ones who will look for any mistake you made during your shift so they can write it up and feel superior about their...
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    Subutex withdraw

    Imafloat replied to doularoz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've never heard of subutex either. We have had babies withdrawing from methadone and other things. We do abstinence scores with all assessments and if they score over a certain number consistently,...
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    Nursing is not always recession-proof

    Imafloat replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    I am a NICU nurse and sadly the worse the economy gets, the busier we
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    IV air bubbles

    Imafloat replied to I'mANurse!'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I believe there is more than 15-20 mls of blood in a newborn. I infused 11 ml of prbcs into a 700 gram baby last time I worked. He wasn't volume depleted before the infusion, he was infused due to a...
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    Funny Names

    Imafloat replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We've had a bunch of Ellis and Addisons. I am noticing a trend towards putting two names together as one first name. Lilynicole Aubriannelise Lilyanna Devonshane Out of curiosity I ask the moms if...
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    Feeling inept :(

    Imafloat replied to twizzlers67's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I just want to tell you that some babys brady with suctioning, especially if they have thick secretions that you have to coax out. A baby having a brady during suctioning is going to happen sometimes,...
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    IV air bubbles

    Imafloat replied to I'mANurse!'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Once I ran my lipids and there was no air in the tubing. A few minutes after I hung them, the pump was beeping. I looked at the tubing and there was a couple of inches of air near the syringe, I was...
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    IV air bubbles

    Imafloat replied to I'mANurse!'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I make sure there are no visible bubbles in my tubing when I prime it. It isn't worth the risk to me. We are fortunate where I work, our nursing assistants run the IVs for
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    Food In The Nicu

    Imafloat replied to NANSNURSE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our entire hospital is a non smoking campus, people can't smoke anywhere on the property. We tell people if we see them smoking that our facility is completely non smoking. If parents come in and...
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    Help! I think I hate nursing!

    Imafloat replied to dcs9286's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It sounds like you have two issues going on. The first is a totally normal part of being a new nurse, getting a grasp on time management and prioritizing. My first few months on my own were...
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    Food In The Nicu

    Imafloat replied to NANSNURSE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No food in our unit either. I thought there were JCHAO regulations against
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    Do you use music therapy?

    Imafloat replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have been known to make up and sing songs using the babies' names to this mobile. Only our older babies have mobiles, my pukey buddy had this mobile. Not her real name but my song went like this;...
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    Do you use music therapy?

    Imafloat replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The one with the weird critters with crooked eyeballs? How babies fall asleep with that going on is a
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    makes you think

    Imafloat posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Today I was out and about, running errands. I saw a family while I was out. Parents and their twins. The twins were about 8 or 9, they were in wheel chairs, with contractures, and they appeared to...
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    What would make you say "I could never do that"

    Imafloat replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't work in the burn unit. I spent one day on the burn unit in nursing school and the smell, the screams of agony when you have to wash/debride the burns (even though the patients were on...