dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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  1. Is your first temp on a new admit..

    dawngloves replied to Zippedodah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've never taken a rectal temp. Saw it once, on a kid from the well nursery where the axillary was 95.Rectal was

  2. Article on MSNBC about 22 weekers

    dawngloves replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh, they still try and use it today. I go to many "32 weeker" deliveries that turn into a fat term baby. I love to see granma's face when she looks at her 8 pound preemie

  3. Syringe Feeding Near Term Infants

    dawngloves replied to PremieOne's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    When we are pulled to the newborn nursery, many nurses refuse to cup feed. They feel it is too dangerous. I do it so slow it takes half an hour to get an ounce in. A real PITA. It is done to prevent,...

  4. Any ideas about this?

    dawngloves replied to q12RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Did they have an

  5. A Celebration for Gompers

    dawngloves replied to Jolie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I wish you a safe, quick delivery with minimal interventions. I hope your baby is quick to latch. I hope your nipples don't crack and bleed! May your baby only wake every three hours to feed and them...

  6. Article on MSNBC about 22 weekers

    dawngloves replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I saw that. They thought she was only going to be born with a cleft palate. The thing is, she has a correctable deformity. Invasive and painful, yes. But she has quality of life. You can't correct a...

  7. Article on MSNBC about 22 weekers

    dawngloves replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have to disagree with you on that. It is taken very seriously at my facility when we go to a delivery of a 23-24 weeker.There are consultations with OB where both teams look at ultrasounds to confim...

  8. Article on MSNBC about 22 weekers

    dawngloves replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ironically, I'm pretty sure Hitler was a preemie!

  9. Article on MSNBC about 22 weekers

    dawngloves replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I had to stop on page 3 because if I read one more, "My neighbor's niece's friend was born at 19 weeks and is now CEO of Avon" type post I was going to eat my

  10. blood , plasma and platete transfusion

    dawngloves replied to mawjood's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :chair: Yeah, but we give boluses over half an

  11. blood , plasma and platete transfusion

    dawngloves replied to mawjood's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We give platelets over an hour and I haven't blown an IV, yet. Have you blown peripherials when you are giving fluid boluses in a code situation? You wouldn't want a NSS bolus to go in over 1-2...

  12. blood , plasma and platete transfusion

    dawngloves replied to mawjood's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Bood volume depends on the weight of the baby. Extracting blood for what? Labs? Depends on the what lab you are sending are how bad your lab is. Mine donesn't seem to understand that the baby I'm...

  13. Newborn nurses please help!

    dawngloves replied to sweetcheekers's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use TB, but mind you I send home kids that weight 5-ish

  14. Am I the only one who finds this disrespectful?

    dawngloves replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :yeahthat: If you're a PITA you are a PITA and I am going to complain about you to my peers because I am not here to suck up your stuff. I don't see your W2 form or your insurance card so it is not a...

  15. don't understand something

    dawngloves replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Am I wrong or do new NRP guidlines suggest to discontinue resuitive efforts at a delivery like this after 10

  16. To paint or not to paint... cords

    dawngloves replied to 33-weeker's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We haven't done either in

  17. I didn't know this actually happened

    dawngloves replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't go to that part of the city.

  18. Can someone explain CRP test?

    dawngloves replied to lccougar02's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We'll get it on admission, 12 hour and 24 hour if it is r/o sepsis. But they are starting this new thing of doing it day 6/7 of abx.I don't know why they are doing

  19. I didn't know this actually happened

    dawngloves replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hear ya, 33-Weeker. I cannot afford to have a weekly manicure or hair appointment, but many of my pts mothers can.Then upon d/c when I get my paperwork together I find they are on PA and need a WIC...

  20. Thermometers- personal or shared?

    dawngloves replied to wee one rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have individual. They are crap. The temps take forever and are sometimes off if the battery is getting

  21. My First Day Back

    dawngloves replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Awww! It give you a new appreciation for your baby, doesn't

  22. Blood glucoses

    dawngloves replied to Mimi2RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Admission, half hour x 2, one hour x 2. Q shift if on IV fluids or working up on feeds. Less than 1800g and on full feeds, qd. 1800g+ and ad lib,only if acting

  23. Can someone explain CRP test?

    dawngloves replied to lccougar02's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    A CRP is an indicator of inflammation. An elevated on can be a marker for infection, but you can get an elevated one from a traumatic delivery too. They are also used to r/o MI's in adults,

  24. Why are jaudinced babies harder to start IVs on>

    dawngloves replied to lccougar02's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've never

  25. Do you use warmer beds?

    dawngloves posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was just reading a post in the ER thread and thought, "Hmmm.. we hardly use warmer beds anymore." Do you? All of our preemies are directly admitted into an isolette.It's been years since we've had...