dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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  1. Full term grunting baby with good O2 sats

    dawngloves replied to platon20's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have often wonder what facilites with no nursery do with kids like this. I can see where the L&D nurse would not feel comfortable with a gunting baby when she has a mom that may hemorrage or a...

  2. NG tube placement in infants

    dawngloves replied to kathy62's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The only pts we use OG tubes on are those on CPAP, so there is a good seal around the nose. I agree about the OG in PO feeding babies. It is not develpomentally

  3. Male Nurses in the NICU

    dawngloves replied to ccb84's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's more common than you think. https://allnurses.com/nicu-nursing-forum/whats-all-men-442725.html https://allnurses.com/nicu-nursing-forum/male-nurses-nicu-120567.html...

  4. Povidone Burn

    dawngloves replied to Julie Basilio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have. It looks

  5. Povidone Burn

    dawngloves replied to Julie Basilio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

  6. When to remove vernix?

    dawngloves replied to Julie Basilio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have yet to see a micro with vernix on

  7. Cleaning protocol in nicu

    dawngloves replied to Julie Basilio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ?? Call

  8. Closed medication system

    dawngloves replied to Julie Basilio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Do you mean for priming and attaching the line? A peripheral line, just

  9. Going from Adult ICU to NICU

    dawngloves replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I went from adult ICU to NICU with no NICU expereince. It was fairly easy. You have praticed time management and urgency already. Things that held me up were dosages, (so small!) and vital sign hang...

  10. What do you use for pain control for PICC insertions?

    dawngloves replied to ICN_RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Fentanyl

  11. Phototherapy and migraines

    dawngloves replied to swazi-maci's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use an LED light bank from Natus http://www.natus.com/index.cfm?page=products_1&crid=287 Way more effctive than the white spots IMO. I could turn them off evry time I wanted to look at my pt....

  12. Iv infiltration/extravasation from prbc transfusion

    dawngloves replied to Julie Basilio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would think it would be just like a hematoma. After all, isn't a hematoma a collection of blood inside the

  13. When to remove vernix?

    dawngloves replied to Julie Basilio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We remove it because if we didn't, nothing would adhere to the pt. Probes, leads,

  14. Phototherapy and migraines

    dawngloves replied to swazi-maci's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Are they the blue lights? Get some amber tinted sunglasses. I have my own personal pair, because when I had pts under that blue photo, it would give me a killer

  15. Have you/would you refuse certain patients while pregnant

    dawngloves posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    With my last pregnancy I refused patients with shingles and CMV, but usually no one would assign them to me. I worked with a woman that refused everyone with anything infectious. HIV, Hep C, MERSA,...

  16. "What's with all the men in the NICU lately?"

    dawngloves replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Maybe in your NICU, but we've had male RNs in ours for years. Sorry your co workers are so

  17. is nicu stressful?

    dawngloves replied to sabby09's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Any intensive care setting is stressful. I think any nursing job is stress these days. My stressful experiences range from coding a 24 weeker in DIC to trying to soothe a baby withdrawing from

  18. Your NICU's protocol for cleansing IV ports

    dawngloves replied to minky84's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Trying to wrap my brain around the rationale for this since it is a closed system and is not "open" unless the tip of a sterile syringe is introduced into the swabbed

  19. Your NICU's protocol for cleansing IV ports

    dawngloves replied to minky84's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You don sterile gloves every time you give an IV

  20. RT-br sounds assessment

    dawngloves replied to eurith's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our RTs never listen to a baby unless they are asked, usually during an intubation or if assisting an RN with re taping or suctioning.The RN checks placement hourly by looking at the tube. If you have...

  21. Pregnant NICU nurse

    dawngloves replied to wensday's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If this is not what the OP meant, my apologies. But as the mother of two 36 weekers that have had a range of difficulties since birth and as a NICU nurse that has seen 36 weekers die from NEC, it...

  22. Pregnant NICU nurse

    dawngloves replied to wensday's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You are a NICU nurse that wants to deliver at 36 weeks for no reason other than you are afraid of going post term?? I'm sorry, but I am incredulous. I hope your midwife has the good sense to tell you...

  23. when to stop humidity in the isolette

    dawngloves replied to denicu's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Your o2 is humidified,

  24. FluMist and Shedding virus to pts.

    dawngloves posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    What are the recommendations for receiving the H1N1 FluMist if you work with a high risk population, such as

  25. need vent tips - mainly for flipping / suctioning

    dawngloves replied to asdjkl's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Are you doing this in an isolette? Where does your tubing go