dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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  1. Adult ICU to NICU

    dawngloves replied to DaFreak71's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have a co worker that had to jump through a lot of hoops toget into a CRNA program with just NICU

  2. quint-essential?

    dawngloves replied to littlepeach's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Never saw it or the web site. I think many parents expecting HOM have pages like that now. I think they should have thought of all that before,

  3. LPN, 18 years old, and working in NICU

    dawngloves replied to nursecarlie06's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    WoW! When I did adults I never worked with an LPN that could hang IV meds, let alone start an IV. Are you sure that's in your scope of pratice and they're not taking advantage of

  4. question

    dawngloves replied to doglvr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I know it's low for us and we're a level III. It surprises people when I tell them we lose very few pts. I did more PM care in a month of adults than a year of

  5. low census?

    dawngloves replied to littlepeach's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    October was. But we've been over census 75% of the time for the past

  6. Are there any Adult ICU nurses who switched to NICU out there?

    dawngloves replied to NurseDawg06's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Absolutly! I am so glad I made the switch. I'll never go back to adults if I can help it. I should have gone with my gut and started NICU right out of nursing

  7. Is this normal? Need Support!!

    dawngloves replied to NICUnrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Totally normal for a new nurse to feel that way. Sometimes an old timer can have a whole night go to hell because of a blown

  8. Are there any Adult ICU nurses who switched to NICU out there?

    dawngloves replied to NurseDawg06's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The only thing easier is moving your patient. Your stable 35 weeker can perf his gut in the blink of an eye and before you know it he is intubated and put on HFOV,on dopa, dobute, hydrocortisone,...

  9. We're giving her what??

    dawngloves replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    A looooong time ago we did . Now we use nitric. Not sure why we

  10. STABLE exam

    dawngloves replied to Ponder's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Think how good it will look on your resume when you leave that

  11. Blood type...HELP!

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

    Oh yeah! But you should have seen the look on this guys face! I was like, "A duh, duh, duh...." I don't think he believed me when I told him it was

  12. Blood type...HELP!

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

    I had an akward situation where a dad read over my shoulder mom and baby's blood type and then asked me how the baby could be O+ if him and mom were both B+.

  13. Halloween in the NICU

    dawngloves replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That is great!!! I wish we did

  14. Does anyone have a "script" to deal with this? (more)

    dawngloves replied to Finallyat40's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would think it'd be hard to script something like that. Every situation, patient, parent is different, so you wouldn't talk to each one the same. I would think saying, "Baby is very sick and getting...

  15. Cycling

    dawngloves replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There is an article here on page 4

  16. sensitive, "morbid?" question for labor-delivery RN's...

    dawngloves replied to christen13's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is why you should ALWAYS take pictures. In a year a parent may change their mind about having them, but you can't go back in time. You do not need a consent to take them, you can always save the...

  17. Uterine Inversion !!!!

    dawngloves replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think this is the only thing that would make me pass out at a pts bedside. And I've seen some stuff, believe

  18. As PRMENRS always says....

    dawngloves posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Never trust a 35 weeker! Not as Mature as They Seem: Caring for Near-Term Infants Babies born between 34 and 37 weeks gestation are at risk for complications....

  19. Cycling

    dawngloves replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We changed our practice several years ago to cycle light. The exception is unstable babies. I can't remember where the study was done, but it has been found that babies with cycled light gain weight...

  20. Going crazy, please help! NCLEX formulas

    dawngloves replied to roadmap's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's strange. I didn't know how to read a rhythm strip until I took a telemetry course at work. And I have no idea how to read a fetal monitor. I can guess,

  21. Humiliating IV questions

    dawngloves replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :eek:

  22. Cadbury pulling it's awful commercial!

    dawngloves replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    Gawd, I love Cadbury! I could go for a Fruit and Nut right now! Did the commercial have a NICU nurse drooling over a Fruit and Nut bar? Because that would have been me.

  23. ED sending patients to L&D

    dawngloves replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'll never forget when I broke my toe @ 32 weeks and they wanted to send me to L&D. I refused because it was asinine. I bumped my toe on a table! ER doc said it was OK for me to stay in the ER....

  24. Showers

    dawngloves replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :rotfl: :roll

  25. 17-lb Russian baby

    dawngloves replied to Elvish's topic in Ob/Gyn

    After 11 kids you wouldn't think she'd need a