dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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  1. Neonatal Methadone withdrawal

    dawngloves replied to htrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    She must have had a serious narcotic addiction to be on methadone. The best treatment for a pregnant woman is methadone, less side affects on the fetus.Did her doctor tell her she can breast feed on...

  2. Headache from bili-lights?

    dawngloves replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    They make me sick to my stomach. I got those amber glasses at the dollar store and they work

  3. Had a mom flip out on me today...

    dawngloves replied to ItsyBitsySpider's topic in Pediatric

    I am a cool cuecumber when my kids get hurt. But nothing short of Ativan will calm them down. My son is very familiar with the

  4. Scalp IV's

    dawngloves replied to justcurious99's topic in Pediatric

    I've said it a million times; I would request a scalp IV if it were my child. Much more comfortable for the

  5. Babysitting as a Dx

    dawngloves replied to navynurse06's topic in Pediatric

    No insurer in the world is going to pay for that, private or government and the hospital will eat it. I would have refused that assignment and called social work

  6. IM sites on babies

    dawngloves replied to arizonanurse's topic in Pediatric

    Pediarix is a combo vaccine for DTp,HiB and IPV we use now.I use the vastus

  7. Scorned by Maternity

    dawngloves replied to NJNursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well then, lucky for you this happened and you won't have to work with these women. Move on and find a nother facility with a nicer L&D

  8. limit to number of csections?

    dawngloves replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wonder what his rationale is? I've been to several c/s that were mom's 4th, 5th, 6th. We get a heads up and the nurse will tell us, "Might be a while. It's her 6th c/s." And the smell from the...

  9. Cup Feeding Strikes Again!

    dawngloves replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :uhoh21: I just got a lot of journal articles.

  10. Post mortem photos and ethical issues.

    dawngloves replied to kcangel's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We take the pictures, but do not develope them without a signed consent. The parents have the option of consenting later. I think it would be heartbreaking for a parent to decided months later that...

  11. Birthing on all fours

    dawngloves replied to eden's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't imagine how it would contribute to TTN. How did your little person

  12. Any of your preggy patients crave toxic things like PineSol?

    dawngloves replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My mom would huff Pine Sol when pregnant. She would also stand in the grocery store smelling bottles of cleaner. My sister and I turned out OK, for the most

  13. How to deal with nurses who make fun of families

    dawngloves replied to texobnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've had grandfathers do kangaroo care. Seems someone left their maturity in junior

  14. Speaking of changing lines....

    dawngloves replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have a contraption where there is a a stopcock connected to a bag of NSS and the microbore tubing. You leave the syringe on, turn the stopcock and draw up your flush. Turn the stopcock and give...

  15. VLBW infants and positioning

    dawngloves replied to NICU Mama's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our director would have a cow if he saw oscillating babies on anything but their

  16. VLBW infants and positioning

    dawngloves replied to NICU Mama's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've never heard of the corrilation between postioning and IVH. I'm curious to see how babies's heads are postioned midline while on an

  17. Hypoxic Brain Injury & Elective Hypothermia... Who's doing it?

    dawngloves replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We were going to do it last year. I forget what happened. We have to send kids out for it still.I really haven't heard feedback

  18. SiPAP

    dawngloves replied to danissa's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do NIMV (Nasal SIMV) Is it like that? It has prongs like

  19. Questionable delivery--mom with cardiac history

    dawngloves replied to Poochee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You mean mom was in SVT for 21 minutes with fetal decels? And there was no

  20. They did a c-section without anesthesia

    dawngloves replied to Mrs.S's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes but the OP isn't talking about a normal c/s. I've been to many a stat c/s for fetal bradycardia that have taken 3 minutes from the the minute they hit the OR to the baby being out. These are cases...

  21. Use of Methadone for NAS Infants

    dawngloves replied to PremieOne's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Have those that have used MSo4 in the past seen a difference between it and methadone? We've alway been told that it causes seizures and that is why we use

  22. Use of Methadone for NAS Infants

    dawngloves replied to PremieOne's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh yeah! If the parent is in a program and has a clean house, they go home with them, no matter their drug of

  23. How often do you change your indwelling fdg tubes?

    dawngloves replied to walkingrock's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We change tubes daily, except for the Silastics. We try and keep them in for at least 3 weeks.But you know little fingers often yank them out. And it's hard too if you have to re tape an ETT or you...

  24. HELP - need vent advice

    dawngloves replied to 33-weeker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I use this site every now and agaon: RICKS RCP RESOURCES:A Resource Guide for Nurses,Respiratory Therapists, and

  25. Name a NICU product you couldn't do without

    dawngloves replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I LOVE