dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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  1. Do you say NICK_U or N-i-c-u?

    dawngloves replied to tofutti's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We say ICN also because NICU is for the big

  2. Frankfort hospital in Philly

    dawngloves replied to ckh23's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Sorry Ann, but I've heard the same thing.One nurse told me her locker lock had glue put in it. You have to wonder when you hear stuff like that from more than one

  3. Has anyone here used Viagra for PPHN?

    dawngloves replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We did years ago when I first started NICU. I think we stopped when we started our nitric study.We did get good results from it. It's been a while since we've had a really bad PPHN. (Having now...

  4. Babyshower

    dawngloves replied to texas_lvn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Eww! That is funny! I'll have to remember that. Your fill in the blank is cute. Makes me want to run out to the

  5. Just got accepted to nursing school...

    dawngloves replied to zahryia's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Congratulations!You could do an externship at some NICUs, but most won't take you until your second year.In the meantime study, study,

  6. Newbie wants to know if any CCP nursing students here?

    dawngloves replied to gwami's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I don't know where this myth of "waiting list" came from. I think that's what people that failed the entrance exam told people so they wouldn't look

  7. MICU/SICU - why open heart patients have high blood sugar?

    dawngloves replied to telefloornurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    Being this was a DOL 1 25 weeker all those came up. Plus someone had to throw head bleed into consideration. Could have been anything. Anyway, not to go too far OT, in post CABG pts you need to dig a...

  8. MICU/SICU - why open heart patients have high blood sugar?

    dawngloves replied to telefloornurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks Eric. Just yesterday we were having a discussion at work as to whether PICC placement would be the cause of hyperglycemia in a neonate an hour later.Still not sure if that was it, but the...

  9. Would you consider a home birth?

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

    :yeahthat: I don't see anyone saying homebirths are wrong, just they wouldn't have one for whatever reason and I've seen a couple of reasons

  10. thanks!

    dawngloves replied to amya215's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I remember you.

  11. Advantages of staying at home during the first stages of labour?

    dawngloves replied to Nurse_In_Training's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :yeahthat: If given the choice I would have stayed at home until I was 3cm and

  12. Feeds while on indocin

    dawngloves replied to NicuNightRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    But what are you feeding babies if you start trophics within 2-3 hours of birth? and is this also true for neonates that have had Mag Sulfate or Cocaine exposure? How about birth

  13. Feeds while on indocin

    dawngloves replied to NicuNightRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was kinda vauge. We won't start feeds after a course of Indocin until a PDA is confimed closed by ECHO, in case the baby will need to do another

  14. I got an Externship in the NICU!

    dawngloves replied to prinzessdy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Is it that time of year again??? Good

  15. Nipps, Pipps, N-pass....

    dawngloves replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Neonatal Abstinence Scoring. For charting withdrawl symptoms. You're kinda "old school" so maybe you know it as Finnegan Scoring. (Not saying you're old :kiss just it was called something

  16. Do you "foil" your lipid tubings?

    dawngloves replied to sherirn127's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    So maybe if we spray the babies with Raid we won't have to change the

  17. Nipps, Pipps, N-pass....

    dawngloves replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Q hour? Really? On feeder growers we do Q6 and otherwise Q3, unless there is a change or a prn is given. Not like it would kill me to write 0 in a column. Can I butt in on your thread prmenrs? How...

  18. Changes In Premie Baby Care Since The Mid 1980's

    dawngloves replied to BskyB2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    A co worker told me 20 years ago they wouldn't even wake the doctor for anything less than 28

  19. What the heck...we have had a run on toilet babies!

    dawngloves replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ohhh, I can think of a lot more to say about

  20. Do you "foil" your lipid tubings?

    dawngloves replied to sherirn127's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Right. And that's why we change anything with D15 or higher

  21. Ventilators

    dawngloves replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I like to poke around this site for respiratory stuff.

  22. What the heck...we have had a run on toilet babies!

    dawngloves replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Poor little toilet

  23. Feeds while on indocin

    dawngloves replied to NicuNightRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No wonder those kids perfed! We won't give it while the kid is #1 on Indocin #2 Still has a

  24. Do you "foil" your lipid tubings?

    dawngloves replied to sherirn127's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Any rationale behind

  25. Adult Icu To Nicu??

    dawngloves replied to hppygrndma's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I did! In a nutshell, the drug dosages are waaaay different! If you can imagine they are a lot smaller and a little hard to get used to at first.That and the vital signs. (A HR of 140 and BP of 40/29...