dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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  1. heel sticks?

    dawngloves replied to marnie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Great for, "That time of the month"

  2. Just want a little info!

    dawngloves replied to NICU Newbie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't think you could do that in a hospital setting. Maybe an outpatient clinic.

  3. Reuters: Nurses Need Better Working Conditions

    dawngloves replied to Zee_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks IOM! How astute of you! I guess no one would take our word for

  4. Just want a little info!

    dawngloves replied to NICU Newbie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hmmm, let's see... The NNPs on my unit (two) work M-F like 8-4 ish? I never really paid attention to their hours. But they just recently started working weekend rotations 12 on 12 off. I think the do...

  5. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

    dawngloves replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    EPPI is the psych hospital right next door. (Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Intitute) I think it is state run , so wouldn't it be a different union? If I remember, the nurse's union at MCP was a...

  6. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

    dawngloves replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    They don't have a psych unit at MCP. Is EPPI involved

  7. Nurse Strike at MCP/Hahnemann???

    dawngloves replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There is no strike at Hahnemann. They do not have enough trauma surgeons to keep their Level I Trauma status going. Same thing happened at Abington last year. This is due to the high cost of...

  8. heel sticks?

    dawngloves replied to marnie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Just want to point out that if you use the Tenderfoots like I do, that you should use the appropriate size. We have Preemie size on the unit, but if I have to get labs on a term baby, I'll go to the...

  9. anyone know about strawberry hemangiomas?

    dawngloves replied to nursechick182's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Some things you just don't learn about until you take the initiative. Makes you smarter and a better nurse. My 36 weeker daughter had a hemangioma on her shoulder that presented two days after she...

  10. Need advice/help w/bad situation!

    dawngloves replied to gypsyatheart's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OMGoodness!!! Incredibly dangerous! I can't believe they let you leave unliscensed personnel with sick babies! Run sister!

  11. NEC and phototherapy?

    dawngloves replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Kristy, I hope you grabbed this guy and asked his rationale. We've got some good guesses here, but I still think he's full of

  12. Terminations

    dawngloves replied to tamrnmomof4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    How many weeks were the babies? How long was mom ruptured and was she

  13. I'm sorry. I have to say it.

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh Kristy, you didn't miss sh*t!:chuckle Some mom that was 24 weeks was bleeding and delivered down in the ER. The ER docs there are so flexible! Some student and resident (I have no idea anyone's...

  14. NEC and phototherapy?

    dawngloves replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No. Would it be from, I don't know, overheating?? Ya got

  15. I'm sorry. I have to say it.

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh Fergus you are so right! I broke my toe when I was 34 weeks and they wanted to boot me up to L&D. I told them that was the dumbest thing I ever heard and they let me stay. Sue, you are smarter...

  16. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    dawngloves replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    Never say never. I once said I could never do burn, but I did. I didn't love it, but I liked the complexities of it and the team approach. The prospect of doing home health doesn't thrill me( hate to...

  17. Umbilical cord care

    dawngloves replied to AlaskaKat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nope. Unless the kiddo has umbilical lines we put nada on there. You are killing off the natural flora that would help it to dry up and fall

  18. treating a PDA

    dawngloves replied to babylog2012's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think the most sinificant finding is the decrease in IVH or at least in severity of it. That and the fact that it's probably hella cheaper makes me wish we'd try it at my

  19. Renerian's thread "Worksheets from your shift..." uppdated w/ a poll

    dawngloves replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

    It does sound like they were making an example of you. But I learned several years ago in nursing school that patient info never leaves the hospital. Not like I don't see my co workers doing it. Well,...

  20. Lotus births.

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Lavslady, that can absolutly cause a high crit as well as holding the baby below the placenta. Have also seen low crits because of holding the baby above the placenta or the ding dong that did not...

  21. Lotus births.

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "Ma'am, can you describe the placenta to us" "Yes officer, it looked like a love

  22. Dopamine/Dobutamine

    dawngloves replied to NICURN9's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've never had an infiltrate, knock wood! I've seen it once in an adult and caught in in time. When I did big people we would have renal doses in peripheral

  23. Respect from docs?

    dawngloves replied to NICURN9's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think it's like that whenever you get a new group in. Every July you get your fresh crop of residents in that swagger around like the be all, end all until they realize you have done this WAAAYYY...

  24. what inspired you to work in nicu?

    dawngloves replied to TxADNstudent's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My 36 weeker. Showed me it wasn't as scary as I thought to work

  25. Dopamine/Dobutamine

    dawngloves replied to NICURN9's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Triple stregnth? We mostly do 2:1 concentration, sometimes 1:1 with term, 3:1 with micros. I'm also wondering why that doc wanted the dopa through the PICC? What difference would that