dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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  1. Do you ever check CBGs by IV rather than capillary?

    dawngloves replied to SpudID's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ohhh! Then disregard what I said about lab values. If you're worried about tearing up fingers from checking blood sugars, you could ask for pediatric lancets. When I did burn, we would sometimes use...

  2. I didn't know this actually happened

    dawngloves replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Because that's not what this thread is about. There is a forum for that

  3. Do you ever check CBGs by IV rather than capillary?

    dawngloves replied to SpudID's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd be afraid of loosing my line.I guess it depends on your units policy? You would have to tell the lab the gas was venous, not capillary as the values

  4. Rule of three

    dawngloves replied to RaggedyRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Don't get too comfortable with it. JCAHO is requiring standardized concentrations of drugs (National Patient Safty Goal 3b) by December 31st, 2008. We stopped doing this last year when they made the...

  5. Moms who want to feel absolutely NO pain

    dawngloves replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hospitals around here make you NPO just for showing up! Natural, Epidural, Pitocin, walking in the hall. You eat nada unti the baby is on the

  6. Breastfeeding Question for L&D nurses

    dawngloves replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorry your ped is an a$$. I've never heard of one discouraging bfing but I'm sure they're out there. I have never heard of all that free stuff for nurses either. And me and my non nurse friends have...

  7. NICU PBDS Test

    dawngloves replied to efuchs1's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have no idea what that is.

  8. Meds used to stop preterm labour

    dawngloves replied to mom2Alina's topic in Ob/Gyn

    mag isn't much better. but you gotta weight the

  9. Moms who want to feel absolutely NO pain

    dawngloves replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, everyone expereinces pain differently.That's why we asses it and not guess it. I do not scream if my pain is a 10, others do.If someone is in pain, you

  10. I didn't know this actually happened

    dawngloves replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I never took the Hippocratic

  11. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    I love dressing up the babies!!!! We had one feeder grower and her mom left an Easter Dress and asked if we could bath and dress her for when the family came to visit. Slow day, so we all gave her a...

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

    dawngloves replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Get Out!!

  13. Do you use warmer beds?

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How do you decrease noise and light stimulation for babies on

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

    dawngloves replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You know I'm going to say this: Giraffe

  15. Alaris pumps

    dawngloves replied to deanpicu's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Ooo! I just found this! Maybe someone can use it. I don't think I've ever vented the buretrol!

  16. Alaris pumps

    dawngloves replied to deanpicu's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I had "Channel Error" maybe three times last year? I can switch out the module in about a minute and haven't noticed a

  17. Breast Feeding and NYT article

    dawngloves replied to scribblerpnp's topic in Ob/Gyn

    And they knew it was breast milk because she told them it was?? I agree, they should have had her taste it to show it was not an explosive. But we are dealing with people that have bombs in their...

  18. Breast Feeding and NYT article

    dawngloves replied to scribblerpnp's topic in Ob/Gyn

    She checked the cooler with her luggage. It was full of ice cubes she worried would

  19. Breast Feeding and NYT article

    dawngloves replied to scribblerpnp's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I read the story yesterday and was not very sympathetic. Granted, in the begining of the increased security, there were a lot of grey areas and maybe it didn't occur to her that she couldn't bring ice...

  20. I didn't know this actually happened

    dawngloves replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's ineresting, because nurses are not capable of making a medical diagnosis. Sure I can look at someone and say, "He's having an MI" but the doctor is the diagnostician in that case. I can only...

  21. Moms who want to feel absolutely NO pain

    dawngloves replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OP, I am with you. Pitocin is like being beaten with a bat. If I were to wait until I was 3cm to get my epidural, I would have been in agony for 12 hours. Why should a pt have to feel pain, not matter...

  22. Rule of three

    dawngloves replied to RaggedyRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Places still do this? I though JCHAO said it was

  23. I didn't know this actually happened

    dawngloves replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OT, but who keeps telling people that losing your mucus plug is a big deal and that means the baby is coming any minute

  24. I didn't know this actually happened

    dawngloves replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Since when is a paramedic able to make a diagnosis??? That is not their job and that is why, unfortunatly, they have to bring everyone

  25. Blood Pressures

    dawngloves replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Was it isolated? Was the kid freaking out? How about the other extremities? HTN is rare in a neonate so unless there are other factors in play we don't worry about MAPs in the