dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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  1. Does your hospital give Hep B vaccines to newborns?

    dawngloves replied to bam_bam's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not aware of any side affects for the Hep B vaccine. or at least I've never seen any. If the mom was Hep B positive or unknown we give it ASAP. We usually give it the day before d/c otherwise. I...

  2. Kangaroo Care in the USA

    dawngloves replied to debblynn13's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As long as a patient is stable and has no A-line and is not on a HFV I let the parents Kangaroo for as long as the parents want or the baby tolerates it. Unless the baby needs labs drawn or an xray...

  3. did you have to raise money for your graduation?

    dawngloves replied to lucyNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ohhhh yeahhhh. We had a couple of bake sales, sold old uniforms and stethescopes to underclassmen,had a Beef and Beer. We made a good amount of money and had a really nice

  4. Kangaroo Care in the USA

    dawngloves replied to debblynn13's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Mods, could you move this to the NICU

  5. A Look inside an Australian NICU

    dawngloves replied to gwenith's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Anyone else feel a compulsion to tuck that kid's knees under him?

  6. C/S Attendance

    dawngloves replied to weepee1's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    At my hospital, whoever is up for an admission goes to every c/s. And that can be a real PITA during the week when they schedual them! We'll go with an resident or NNP, an intern usually tags along....

  7. which acute care unit provides best experience for future L&D nurse?

    dawngloves replied to mischievium's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah, and it gets you used to the smell of amniotic fluid.

  8. Wierdest thing you've found in a bedside table?

    dawngloves replied to edouglas's topic in General Nursing

    The only time I have looked in a pts bedside table without the pts permission, because I consider that theirs and private, is when we had a lol hording food and we had

  9. Question about checking for rupture of membranes (and LONG, about my birth, sorry)

    dawngloves replied to tuppence's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I may be wrong here, but.... In the third trimester with ROM, the baby's head or buttocks may act as a plug over the cervix. This is why some women may have a gush while lying down and them have no...

  10. Question about checking for rupture of membranes (and LONG, about my birth, sorry)

    dawngloves replied to tuppence's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I guess having expereinced one, but not the other, I can't fathom.

  11. Question about checking for rupture of membranes (and LONG, about my birth, sorry)

    dawngloves replied to tuppence's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sorry to highjack here Tuppence... How many women come in thinking their water broke and it was actually urine? Really. Also had bad expereinces with PROM and was constantly asked if I peed myself...

  12. Help! Lost Nursing License out of state!

    dawngloves replied to MultipurposeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of places spam you like that to get you to look. Call the agency if you think someone is using your

  13. Could I be pregnant?

    dawngloves replied to oceanblue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can also empathize. Good

  14. Pregnancy while agency nsg.

    dawngloves replied to erinnRN's topic in Agency Nurses

    Not me. I had to stop working @ 29 weeks too. Those were some lean times. Good

  15. Could I be pregnant?

    dawngloves replied to oceanblue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why are you asking us????! Go pee on the stick!!!

  16. Personal L&D w/son...want your opinions?? LONG

    dawngloves replied to CRNA010's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm going to be another that thought about a forebag as well. And also, having been a prima para on Pit @36 weeks, I have to tell you I was on it 15 hours before I was complete and yes, it feels like...

  17. Is it appropriate to put a NICU mom on the peds. floor?

    dawngloves replied to wannabeL&D's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Is it common to put an adult pp pt on a pediatric

  18. Nidcap or Developmental care

    dawngloves replied to daniela's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Could someone tell me the difference between these

  19. "Non Moms" good NICU nurses

    dawngloves replied to sdg's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There are new grads in the ICU, in the CCU and in the ER now. Why not the NICU? Our orientation program is 12 weeks long. No one is thrown into the fire. The only thing that made me any different from...

  20. "Non Moms" good NICU nurses

    dawngloves replied to sdg's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I worked adult ICU for 5 years before doing NICU and it is a whole other planet. I think the things you can't learn is that sixth sense of "somethin' ain't right" But we didn't have that when we...

  21. How common are negative outcomes in NICU?

    dawngloves replied to LauraLou's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's not something I deal with day to day. I do see it more often then I like though, being that once is too much.The overzealous code of the birth asphixia,the 23 weekers with the traumatic...

  22. Do your OBs do circs everyday?

    dawngloves posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do they not do them on weekends or

  23. Question about NICU duration

    dawngloves replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Neeeeeeope!Someone pulling your leg there

  24. Security Photos

    dawngloves replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why photos of the baby? They all look alike to

  25. Tinest Preemie Now Just a Normal Teen

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I saw this story on CNN last night and the Neonatologist was very firm in the fact that this child is not the status quo outcome for a less than 500g preemie and also, she was a 29 weeker.Regardless...