RainDreamer BSN, RN

Having those ideals would be hard to have working at any hospital in the valley, especially PCH, MMC, St. Joes, etc. I wouldn't take my child to PCH, but not for those reasons lol.

Correct. When I received my award, I was notified in September that I had been selected. It was actually a nice surprise because I wasn't expecting to hear anything until October.

The FDA is recommending that infants born before 37 weeks should not be fed SimplyThick. The corrected age doesn't matter. We use rice cereal when our kids are on formula, but we can't add rice cereal to breast milk because it breaks down the proper...

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm256253.htm?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4dda9142a9bc1f75%2C0

I'd kill to move up to Prescott! We go up there any chance we get, multiple times a year. Good to hear you recommend YRMC. If you don't mind me asking, what type of floor/unit did you work on there?

Not sure. The only thickener that we used was SimplyThick and we only used it to thicken breast milk, since we couldn't use rice cereal. We had a kid earlier this year that was on honey thick feeds, thickened with SimplyThick. He was discharged, wa...

That's great that they're doing this! It doesn't surprise me that some docs induce for convenience of dates, but the fact that some moms are actually willing to endanger the health of their babies for their own selfish reasons, is appalling to me.

Yeah, it's cruel and unusual punishment. We have one neo that is blunt and to the point, but he's good in these situations becuase he'll basically tell the parents "Your baby is going to die. He/she can die hooked up to tubes and wires and flat on a...

My ratio was about 220%. I was accepted for the award and received it for the two years, along with the amendment award (separate application process), for a total of 3 years. If you have any questions regarding the application process, let me know...

Our pinning ceremony is on Fri. (yaye!) We're supposed to fill out a paper stating who's pinning us and then a statement to be read while we're being pinned (people you wish to thank, memorable experiences, etc.) We can't have anything too long due t...

If they don't ask, then just keep quiet. If they do ask, then tell them not only what you think, but why you think those things. I know what you mean though, because I'm in the same boat ..... no kiddos of my own, but I have a lot of friends that are...

As someone who received NELRP for all 3 years (just finished my last contract in September), I just wanted to say it can happen! Good luck to each of you, I wish you all the best!

Our new grad orientation is 12 weeks, with didactics each week also.

I can see it from both perspectives, as I'm now a NICU nurse, but I started out in a well-baby nursery at a different hospital. In the well-baby nursery I worked in we didn't do any IVs or anything of that sort. We kept all the well-babies in the nu...

We tried this in the past and it didn't work too well. We have an old unit with limited space, so the parents can hear everything going on around them. Because of this we ended up going back to how it was before, which is having the unit closed for...

We had a couple of incidents like that a few years ago (where nurses were posting pictures of patients on Facebook .... STUPID!) and they were terminated. That is in direct violation of HIPAA and should be immediate termination. And people are takin...

Our PT/OT gals are AWESOME! We're all (nurses and the therapists) pretty much on the same page with positioning, so we don't really have any problems there. They're also a great resource for the parents. They'll come in and do tons of one on one t...

Ok guys, I know there's a bunch of us that are studying our little butts off for the NCLEX. We're doing tons of practice questions each day, we're reading everything we can, and we're stressing about it! Everyone says we need to keep a positive attit...

We use gel pillows and just rotate their positions. If they start getting a toaster head, I'll rotate them to supine more often with each care (i.e. left, supine, right, supine, etc.) BabyLady - That would drive me nuts, too, if PT came and messed u...

Yes, each baby has a code sheet taped to their bed. The HUCS print these out for us in RCO.

I know this is a really OLD thread (I can't believe it's been over 5 yrs since I took the NCLEX, wow!), but I still remember so vividly all the stress that went into studying and preparing. Keeping a positive attitude helped me SO MUCH! I went in th...

Hilarious? In what way?

I remember when Queen Creek was a tiny little town out in the boonies. It's grown so much, so this new hospital will be of great use. I can see this hospital expanding into something huge in the future. Also, the southeast valley is a great place...

"To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them." -Charles de Montesquieu

Good for you for standing up and protecting your license! Even being a NICU nurse I would be scared to death of going to peds. Once they're able to talk, no thanks!