dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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  1. Prevent Hypothermia PT

    dawngloves replied to sofiam's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Less than 30 weeks we immediately place in Neowrap and put a hat on their head. We admit into a humidified isolette (70% for the first 7 days) and then take them out of the Neowrap (unless it is a...

  2. EYE LID CLOSURE

    dawngloves replied to johan john's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The only neonates I've seen that didn't keep their eyes closed while at rest were those with severe neurological damage. Then we use artificial tears on

  3. Any extra precautions for visitors due to swine flu?

    dawngloves replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Kinda hoping we close to everyone but parents. A girl can

  4. Problems with blood bank

    dawngloves replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Better to do? Like think out scenarios where someone could make a dirty bomb? Investigate who has access to nuclear material? Who would have thought 10 years ago that some guys could take a pilot's...

  5. Problems with blood bank

    dawngloves replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It seems to me they should make sure that someone able to irradiate blood is available at all times. Someone is just going to have to work night shift until everyone has

  6. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    dawngloves replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Is it the same strain from the 70's? Would I need to get another vaccine? (yes, I am that old that I've had a Swine Flu

  7. Oxycodone for a Premie??

    dawngloves replied to Florida NICU RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    She must be mistaken. The FDA has not approved this drug for peds. Why does this baby need such heavy duty

  8. circs

    dawngloves replied to UTVOL3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use lidocaine. If I saw a doc getting ready to circ without administering it, I would stop

  9. One of those weeks

    dawngloves replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Whisky Tango Foxtrot is right! When it rains it pours sometimes. Sorry about your cruddy week. I'm actually impressd you had a harlequin ichthyosis. I've only seen one in 7

  10. Methadone and cleft palate

    dawngloves replied to NeoNurse04's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's not as much a matter of, "Mom will sell/take the baby's drugs" You are giving a narcotic to a neonate. There are huge ramifications if you give too much or too little to a withdrawing baby. You...

  11. Methadone and cleft palate

    dawngloves replied to NeoNurse04's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not here. I've sent withdrawing babies (be it from drug abusing mothers or kids that were on versed/mso4) home to foster, adoptive, grandparents. Everyone does their withdraw in the hospital and the...

  12. Methadone and cleft palate

    dawngloves replied to NeoNurse04's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    So the babies go home with methadone? Because I don't know of any adults on methadone that take that home. They have to go to the clinic daily because the risk is so great of them abusing/selling

  13. Methadone and cleft palate

    dawngloves replied to NeoNurse04's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our babies wean on mso4. There is no way we'd release them to mom with an rx for

  14. Methadone and cleft palate

    dawngloves replied to NeoNurse04's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have never, ever seen a methadone baby go home in less than three weeks.There is also a new drug for heroin addiction, can't remember it right now. That kid stayed a month. Haven't seen any with a...

  15. Sali-wipes for Eyecare?

    dawngloves replied to NICUnurseKatie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    just sterile water and

  16. ha, made me laugh

    dawngloves replied to iHeartNICU's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :uhoh21:

  17. 10 years or longer in nursing?

    dawngloves replied to ICAN!'s topic in General Nursing

    I am a second career RN. I've been doing this for 13 years now and wish I'd started sooner. Good

  18. Octuplets

    dawngloves replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This upsets me because I am sure in California, their are single moms with a disabled child/children at home that have to fight just to get SSI for their children and they would LOVE to have these...

  19. Hey that's MY patient!

    dawngloves replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, OK. Things like "low census" and "over staffed" are foreign to

  20. Hey that's MY patient!

    dawngloves replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, you are upset you didn't get an

  21. Heelstick vs venipuncture?

    dawngloves replied to gudiarani's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Because you'll only be able to use a neonate's vein twice, tops, before you blow it. Then after a couple of days you'll be out of veins for labs, IVs, PICCs. The key to doing heelsticks is using a...

  22. "I hate babies."

    dawngloves replied to babyNP.'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Did he mean he hates baby as a whole or was it more, "I hate working with babies because they are so fragile it makes me nervous." ? It's be like me saying, "I hate drug kids" I don't hate the child,...

  23. Mixing working and breastfeeding

    dawngloves replied to GooeyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would pump wherever it was clean. I have pumped in empty pt rooms, behind curtains on the unit, in tub rooms and in my NM office.Depended on where I was and what kind of day I was having. I would...

  24. 5 babies die in India hospital

    dawngloves replied to mom to a PRINCESS's topic in General World

    I found this article with more detail. Very disturbing!

  25. Octuplets

    dawngloves replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    When my daughter was in NICU over ten years ago, the room charge alone was $1500/day. This is not including xrays, meds, O2,