KRVRN

KRVRN BSN, RN

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  1. Med Errors

    KRVRN replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Medications

    New NICU (with PICU experience) gave a small preemie his oral NaCl med, but gave 15cc of solution instead of 0.5cc of solution. The mistake was discovered when she was about to do it to another pt...

  2. Clavicle Fractures

    KRVRN replied to JVanRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would assume that it hurts. I think it would probably hurt more to move and flail the injured arm around. The challenge is to get the baby to not move the injured arm. We usually swaddle the baby...

  3. Typical day at the postpartum unit and precautions

    KRVRN replied to babymeena's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You should sign your name with the RN title. I also think that since you do hold an RN license, you would be expected to perform to the scope of an RN. You also deserve to be paid as an RN if you...

  4. Nrp

    KRVRN replied to SheaTab's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It sounds like the bag/mask respirations and chest compressions were accidently unsynchronized. I did see one code in the NICU where it was an already-intubated tiny preemie that had already been on...

  5. CPAP hats

    KRVRN replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh yes, I know what you mean! I have seen the cone heads and we've always chalked it up to a slim-fitting hat that's also on the small side. The skull grows slightly more elongated than rounded and...

  6. Labor, birth and spectators

    KRVRN replied to KRVRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I asked him if he would get naked and spread his legs and let my mom take pictures of him. I think he sees the modesty but still doesn't like

  7. Tossing perfectly good breast milk

    KRVRN replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Wrong. Inappropriate. Inexcusable. You know what? When she asks where all her bottles of EBM went (and I would estimate that 8 5oz bottles are several days' worth of feedings) I would tell that mom...

  8. CPAP hats

    KRVRN replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I personally think the toaster head comes from all the prone positioning. it makes them lay on the cheek/side of the head and so it flattens (or doesn't plump out as it

  9. Old Ladies Having Babies

    KRVRN replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've seen a lot of anger at people making "blanket statements." That's what this is all about though. We all have a feeling or an opinion on this topic. Of course we could never discuss every...

  10. Labor, birth and spectators

    KRVRN replied to KRVRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    *sigh* As the OP, let me ring in again... When if comes down to it, we just don't see it the same. His mom was there for the delivery for her other 2 grandsons, but she is much closer to that DIL...

  11. cranial us results

    KRVRN replied to canoehead's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Well, they may be suspecting PVL--periventricular leukomalacia. I can only explain it in layperson-speak, but it's basically holes in the brain matter in areas that have been previously injured....

  12. Heart Murmers...

    KRVRN replied to nursecheryl81's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It sort of sounds like a breath sound to me (at least on tiny babies). Kinda sounds like a very fast shallow respiration, but then you realize that it's far too fast to be a RR and it coincides with...

  13. Labor, birth and spectators

    KRVRN replied to KRVRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It's getting hard because my hubby really doesn't buy that it's completely not about him. He's the father, why don't his feelings count? I don't really think I'm going to change his mind....

  14. Need advice on picking a nursing DX

    KRVRN replied to Michelle St's topic in General Nursing

    Is it a woman that has lost her hair due to treatments? Maybe Altered Body

  15. Old Ladies Having Babies

    KRVRN replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just a little side story... At work we had a single father who had triplets via a (20-something year old) surrogate. Ok, single father, that's a little weird. But what was so much weirder was that...

  16. Labor, birth and spectators

    KRVRN replied to KRVRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks all for your replies. I've always been a firm believer that the mom should get to decide because it's her body that's exposed. My hubby seems to think that since it's his baby too that we are...

  17. Must we all die with a feeding tube?

    KRVRN replied to URO-RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It's usually the birth asphyxiated babies that had to be coded for several minutes at birth. Then they start posturing and having seizures. CT scans will show HIE (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy)...

  18. Must we all die with a feeding tube?

    KRVRN replied to URO-RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm always surprised that you don't hear about this in babies as much as you hear about it in older folks. If we have a baby with severe brain damage without hope of a meaninful life, we will...

  19. ABO Blood Incompatibility

    KRVRN replied to FarmgrrlRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Is he full term? How

  20. Misdiagnosed in the ER :(

    KRVRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    It would be interesting to know whether the podiatrist's first impression would have been cellulitis or gout if you had gone there first? He had a bit of an edge since he had the knowledge that...

  21. state is threatening to go after license over precharting

    KRVRN replied to oramar's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Bill, Do realize that not all RN's prechart because they feel pressured to do so by administration to get large workloads done or to avoid OT. Some RN's truly are just

  22. Does anyone ever use the Live Chat Room???

    KRVRN replied to slinkeecat's topic in General Nursing

    I know I know I know! That's where it USED to be! For some reason it's not there anymore! I'm so

  23. Your perception of student nurses when they visit your hospital?

    KRVRN replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an NICU and we usually get students in for a one day observation type situation. It's hard to know what to tell them about and what not to. I never liked being told "that's the way it is"...

  24. Does anyone ever use the Live Chat Room???

    KRVRN replied to slinkeecat's topic in General Nursing

    OK so I feel somewhat stupid... how do I get into chat? I used to have a click option for it but now I don't see it ANYWHERE! Where is

  25. TLC Special Duggar Family

    KRVRN replied to alphafe's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Mitchsmom, I had the same thoughts as you did about the home church and homeschooling! It seemed a little too sheltered, and that's why they struck me as