dawngloves

One week midline.

Wrapping a baby in a shroud.

The AAP does not recommend elevating the HOB for infants. Not even those with reflux.

Most of these are available to anyone. :\

Don't beat yourself up. Absolutely those more experienced nurses should have stepped in to help. It sounds like your entire unit would benefit from mock codes.

Our census has been moderate to high. Our acuity has been high. So many micros on vents. In a few weeks we'll be full of feeder/growers!

Same here. And this is why it is now community acquired and I doubt it's from the hospital, anymore.

Yeah, I'm with PRMENRS.I've never seen a formula only order for hyperbili, regardless. You are either NPO or whatever the mother's choice is.

Even Vanco and Ampho?? I hope not! I've been in NICU for 10 years and have always used syringes to administer IV meds. Any facility that doesn't needs to update, IMO.

You assume that is who is doing the policing. Just be careful when you "Friend" co workers.

Good idea. I post nothing about work on FB and don't list my employer or even city I live in. Prospective employers can also look you up on FB and see what you're up too. Those party girl pics on the accused page would go over like a ton of brick with any nurse recruiter. Oh, and I don't Farmville either.

This reminds me of the time my landscaper husband called me at home to pick him up from work because he wasn't feeling well. When I got there, he had heat exhaustion so bad he couldn't walk and two co workers had to carry him to the car! I yelled at them for not calling an ambulance and they told me my husband told them not to! At that point he was in no condition to argue and I drove literally 6 blocks to the nearest ER and had to have a stretcher brought out to him. I don't know who I was angrier with. Him for not wanting an ambulance or his co workers for listening to him. There are two extremes with people using 911. The "I've had an earache for a week." people or "It's only indigestion, I'll be OK" people.

Been a while since I've done adults, but I remember using one vial for one pt only and dating and initialing the label. It would last maybe one shift.I would guess you'd have to be really sneaky and use the insulin/tb needle to contaminate the vial and leave it open for the next nurse. Then you'd have to forge your initials ( so it can't be traced back to you) and leave the tainted saline for some clueless nurse to give and yes! That is crazy evil!

We obviously work in different environments. I have seen co workers, "counseled" for posting about how bad their day was and they really need a drink. Another time it was a nurse posting a picture of herself in a sexy Halloween costume. A public pic of someone drinking heavily yes, would most likely get you fired for unprofessional behavior in my facility.

Wondering how she tainted the saline vials so no one could tell they were compromised and how she kept her job after posting a picture of herself chugging a bottle of wine? My a$$ would have been on the street so fast!