dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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  1. Baby IV's!!

    dawngloves replied to neonursey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't know if I could bring myself to stick an IV in my foot. :uhoh21: And it's not as small as a baby foot anyway. I don't think I could reach my cervix either.

  2. Baby IV's!!

    dawngloves replied to neonursey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I like to insert just to the right of a vein.Easier to hit the vein rather than trying to go in on top of it. Hands are the easiest to get, but I look in the feet first. Hate UE IVs. And I'm not a big...

  3. NeoPICC recall

    dawngloves posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    http://www.arrowintl.com/about/investor/120304.asp For Immediate Release Date: December 3, 2004 Media Contact: Frederick J. Hirt, 610-478-3117 ARROW INTERNATIONAL ISSUES NATIONWIDE VOLUNTARY RECALL...

  4. Vapotherm?

    dawngloves replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We started using it last year. It is great fo the chronics! Right off the vent to VT. No CPAP! Only complaint is that we had trouble with one kid had alot of condensation blowing up her

  5. CPAP hats

    dawngloves posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Do you use CPAP hats? Do you think it contributes to "toaster head" ? If you made a swich recently to one or the other types of CPAP, do you think it had an influence on head

  6. Ok, RANDOM question.What do you think of anne geddes pictures?

    dawngloves replied to t2000JC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Cruel? Nah. Exploitive? Maybe. But I do agree with Mermom that it does make preemies look like cute little dolls, thereby downplaying the enormity of having a premature

  7. EKG Lead Placement

    dawngloves replied to NICUnewbie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How about glue? Serious! When I did adults we would use benzoine on the sweaty ones. Could we use it on the

  8. NeoPICC recall

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have to say after working with these the past few week, it's hard to screw lines into the ends. Makes me nervous I'm going to find a kid in a puddle of blood and fliud one day!

  9. 7-day Brady-watch and discharge criteria

    dawngloves replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I find it depends on the doc. None of them want to send home any baby on caffeine, let alone a monitor. But sometimes it is inevitable. Be it an ex 25 weeker or 34 weeker. They'll give it a shot for 5...

  10. EKG Lead Placement

    dawngloves replied to NICUnewbie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Me too!!! Gaaahhhh! What is the point? You just make it worse!

  11. EKG Lead Placement

    dawngloves replied to NICUnewbie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Don't you love when you come on shift and they're all on the

  12. Update on "World's tiniest baby"

    dawngloves replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We've had problems with ETT for these IUGR kids. Put them on CPAP and pray. Usually

  13. length of your nails?

    dawngloves replied to neonursey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My nails break all the time so I have no idea of our

  14. Burn Flowsheets for Nurses

    dawngloves replied to Driven Persistence's topic in Burn

    SNORT!!!

  15. Including ALL fluids in total allowance?

    dawngloves replied to wensday's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hmmm... That's how we do it. We figure in all meds. But if Dopa is to titrate, we don't figure in that.We also don't figure in blood products. If fluid overload is a concern we give Lasix after a...

  16. Report rant

    dawngloves replied to fergus51's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There's always a PITA, no matter what

  17. Report rant

    dawngloves replied to fergus51's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There's always a PITA, no matter what

  18. NeoPICC recall

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yeah, we got some of those too. Haven't had a pt with one yet. How do they

  19. Euthanasia battle's new focus: Infants

    dawngloves posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/classifieds/real_estate/10325794.htm Euthanasia battle's new focus: Infants The Dutch were the first to legalize adult cases. But newborns? A hospital stunned critics....

  20. Euthanasia battle's new focus: Infants

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You think euthanasia is being used for population control??? Tell me, what type of nursing do you do? Plus, the type of medicine we have today to inprove quality of life was not available in the 30's....

  21. Help me get a manual BP on Preemies!!

    dawngloves replied to kaytodd's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's very cool to know prmenrs! I often wonder how you guys took BPs in the olden days!

  22. Euthanasia battle's new focus: Infants

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hitler practiced genocide.He was not euthanizing humans in severe pain or with zero quality of life. And the way he murdered people was terrifying and painful. You could remove an infant from a vent...

  23. Early Extubation in micro-preemies

    dawngloves replied to Gompers's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Those of you that are proponates of early extubation, do you use bubble CPAP, Aladdins or

  24. Early Extubation in micro-preemies

    dawngloves replied to Gompers's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think it is more an issue of how much reserve do these kiddos have? Had a 650g yestereday DOL 3 with stellar gasses, low settings. tThy extubated to CPAP. Well the kid lasted an hour. I don't think...

  25. nicu = critical care?

    dawngloves replied to JVanRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Doh! I'm sorry, I thought you posted CCRN.