Imafloat BSN, RN

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    What was your 1st job as a new grad? And where are you now?

    Imafloat replied to Mo_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Is the author of your quote the guy from the UofL marching band? I saw his family on Extreme Home Makeover, what a fabulous family. To answer the question, I started in the NICU and I work in the same...
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    mistakes made during your first year...

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

    Double and triple check your meds. We just had a patient get 5 times her dose of medicine because her name and another patients name were one letter apart and they both happened to be on the same...
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    Do you use music therapy?

    Imafloat replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We don't use those speaker things, but they do use them in other units where O2 is in use. For the older kids we get CD players and classical music and/or lullaby CDs from the child life
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    NG tube securement

    Imafloat replied to FlutterbyNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use duoderm to protect their skin with tegaderm over it to secure. If the baby is vented, and the NG is to gravity, we use a piece of cloth tape and tape it to the stick out stem part of their...
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    You Know You're a NICU Nurse When...

    Imafloat replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Eww eww
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    You Know You're a NICU Nurse When...

    Imafloat replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Once another nurse was bending over her patient to suction his trach. She was talking away and he heaved a big ole wad of respiratory secretions straight into her mouth. Ewww... I got a drop of...
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    Phenobarb dosing

    Imafloat replied to NeoNurseTX's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would take my MAR to the MD and ask exactly what they want done. I am basing this response off of how my unit works. Nurses/Docs have good working relationship for the most part. They would...
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    hands on care schedules in your unit

    Imafloat replied to iyqyqr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our NPO and continuous feeds are due at 8-12-4. If a kid is on high flow, cpap, vent, or oscillator, we do vitals q2, off the monitor and we are supposed to listen, but I usually don't. If you are...
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    makes you think

    Imafloat replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My friend has a HELLP Syndrome baby. He is home, he was born at 28 weeks and spent 70 days in the NICU. I don't know if he had bleeds or anything like that. I don't want to pry and ask, but I am...
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    Securing UVC/UAC?

    Imafloat replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It doesn't cause the skin to tear when you remove it. We use neobars for securing our ETTs. I think that is one of the only things we use that tape
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    Securing UVC/UAC?

    Imafloat replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    They suture the lines in and then make a bridge out of the peach respiratory
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    crocs

    Imafloat replied to k_r_ah's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, thanks for the laugh. When I read that they were piling up in warehouses, my brain perked up, perhaps a sale??? I love my
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    Funny Names

    Imafloat replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We currently have a boy named L'ancier and a girl name
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    New admission

    Imafloat replied to mom4josh's topic in General Nursing

    It drives me nuts when people spend more time complaining than it would take to do the admit, or whatever else. It's like when I need a second set of hands for something and I ask someone and they...
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    Wish me luck!

    Imafloat replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How did it
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    Lexington, KY Hospitals

    Imafloat replied to Turd.Ferguson's topic in General Nursing

    I know of UK hospital in Lexington. Maybe if you asked this in the Kentucky forum you would get more
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    Ethical and moral dilemma

    Imafloat replied to pdaddy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with what everyone else says. What is your hospital's policy on telling the family information? You need to look it up and follow it to the letter. The family is grieving, they are going to...
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    Advice for new grad?

    Imafloat replied to shinyblackcar's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would start by applying at children's hospitals. Look for NICU/PICU jobs to apply for. If the hospitals don't have any NICU/PICU openings, find another unit that intrigues you and apply there,...
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    I start in the NICU in less than 2 weeks!

    Imafloat replied to Disneyfan's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Congrats, you will do just
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    Want to sound excited/interested in the NICU

    Imafloat replied to JdNNurse2B's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would probably call Tuesday morning if I haven't heard from them by then. That gives them 3 business days to call you for an
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    What is it...

    Imafloat replied to rnmomtobe2010's topic in General Nursing

    For me it was the constant pressure of always having something due or a test to study for. I could never fully relax, because I knew that as soon as I turned in my paper, I would have to do a care...
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    mistakes made during your first year...

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

    The biggest mistake I made my first year of nursing was being too hard on myself. I beat myself up and lived over every mistake I made ad nauseum. I nearly quit my awesome job because of it, I...
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    My two least favorite words

    Imafloat replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    VIP
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    Barbaric MD!

    Imafloat replied to MA Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I had a similar situation a couple of weeks ago. A doctor wanted to dilate a babies orifice and wasn't going to bother with pain control. I put my body in between the surgeon and the baby and said...
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    Just had to share with someone...

    Imafloat replied to RosesrReder's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    congrats!!! When do you