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  1. Scrub or handwash?

    NoCrumping replied to Mimi2RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    From what our inf cntrl nurse , and nurse educator says, gowning, for parent or nurse, is outdated. This unit requires a full scrub to the elbows, for parents and nurses, they have brushes with the...

  2. I love nursing but I'm too busy to:

    NoCrumping replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I love being a nurse, but I just dont have the time.... to be a: pharmacist phlebotomist social worker Respiratory Therapist Discharge planner psychologist customer service representative dietary aid...

  3. Why do so many nurses seem to dislike working in Med/Surg

    NoCrumping replied to LovePeaceJoy's topic in General Nursing

    Thats fun to

  4. Boneheaded Nursing: A Cautionary Tale

    NoCrumping replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Its scary. Thats why I will not have any member of my family in a nsg home of any kind. Not that I think those nurses are substandard, they are not, they are just not given enough nurses to work with...

  5. No She/he Did Not!!!

    NoCrumping replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    No she didnt say to a parent of an infant that he had to leave the room while she did her assessment "for my own comfortable-ness" instead of COMFORT. Makes the parent real "comfortable' with that RN...

  6. No She/he Did Not!!!

    NoCrumping replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    :rotfl: What would be funnier/scarier, is if she got any and wrote them

  7. I HATE nursing! (long)

    NoCrumping replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    Hi .... I am you. I absolutely HATE any form of adult nursing, and I refuse to do it, partly because of anxiety, mostly because I just plain despise it. BUT... for me, there is one and only...

  8. What happens in your NICU when you are short staffed?

    NoCrumping replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Slightly OT, (and not meant to discourage rooming in at all) but this reminds me of a time last year when we had a baby admitted to NICU from NN. The mother was so out of it from her pain mends (c/s)...

  9. Is IVF possible after TL?

    NoCrumping posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi, I have a question, it somehow seems to me that I should know this.. but it escapes me... can a woman who had a tubal ligation get pregnant by IVF? I know some docs can reverse the procedure, but...

  10. RELIABILITY RISK/READY TO GO BACK Please geive advice??

    NoCrumping replied to 5FrSilastic's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I feel sorry for your dilemma. But be confident, you will get back in. Can you take courses like s.t.a.b.l.e. and NRP while not being employed by a hospital? I was just thinking that would look like...

  11. Simply Thick

    NoCrumping replied to BlueYYsRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We give nothing, we just prop the hob up so high it looks like we should just hang them from the

  12. eating at the desk

    NoCrumping replied to dkarlin's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses have to just not accept this. I, and everybody else on my unit, barring a natural disaster take breaks AND full lunches, all the time, no exceptions. And I work in a neaonatal ICU. Busy from...

  13. eating at the desk

    NoCrumping replied to dkarlin's topic in General Nursing

    This thread reminds me of something..... remember when nurses and docs were allowed to SMOKE at the nsg desk!!!!! I see occasional Quincy episodes and see this, and remember when I was a little girl...

  14. Is your NICU a Pit or a Palace?

    NoCrumping replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    YES... bingo.....:) It also helps( I think) that we are a hospital soley for women... gyn, hi risk ob, l/d, oncology ,womens services ER, and we have a level 3 NICU. We do about 11,000 births a year,...

  15. Cute outfits for the babe's

    NoCrumping replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That reminds me of a time.. ya know the doll Madeline? Well, the parents of a microchip brought in a few outfits made for that doll..... They were a perfect fit!!! There were dresses, striped...

  16. Is your NICU a Pit or a Palace?

    NoCrumping replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    NO. A teaching facility of an Ivy League university, not in the burbs, not private, why do you ask,

  17. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

    NoCrumping replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    michael... your wife told this story to the relatives???!!! thats even funnier than what actually

  18. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

    NoCrumping replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    OMG, I used to do the same stupid thing!!! I 'fell' off the couch one day, pretended to fall on the phone beneath it, and I said I broke my rib. The x ray showed nothing. :rotfl: I used to go to...

  19. The Less-Than-Glamorous Duties

    NoCrumping replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

  20. Neonatal Certification Test

    NoCrumping replied to dbscandy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks

  21. Question about crystal meth

    NoCrumping replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sorry, but please indulge me: I dont actually know what you "do " with crystal meth.... , smoke, iv, pill? A llittle bit street drug illiterate, I

  22. Question about crystal meth

    NoCrumping replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree, , esp re: the mannerisms... I have a sil who has supposedly been clean for 10 yrs, not sure from what drug, she owns her own house, her own business, etc, and she still acts like a crack...

  23. Is your NICU a Pit or a Palace?

    NoCrumping replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    They certainly are..... are you in nassau county? ( its not in NY, I am not there currently) I left this place to go to a NICU on LI (Pit), then went back to the palace, wanting to kiss the

  24. Neonatal Certification Test

    NoCrumping replied to dbscandy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There are two..... But does anybody know which one is better to have? Can you have both? Some co workers are studying from a book called "core review for neaonatal int. care nsg" but, I am not sure...

  25. I'm starting to hate ICU nurses

    NoCrumping replied to Mayflye's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well, we are not discussing homelessness, poverty or drug abuse, now are we? We are discussing how nurses treat new nurses. You gave your side of it, and why you thought it happened. I posted back,...