dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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  1. Umbilical Tox Screen

    dawngloves replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Urine

  2. Flushing UAC lines

    dawngloves replied to scrabblern's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree with BB. There is no evidence about flushing with a "pulse" rather than straight. Also, we do not use our art line for anything other than monitoring MAPs and drawing labs, so when we flush,...

  3. NICU Pet Peeves

    dawngloves replied to heartwort's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I made my own thread about this a while back.... Sticking a baby RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR FOOT to draw

  4. Long term effects of Hyperbili

    dawngloves posted a topic in Pediatric

    I was looking at photos of my former 36 weeker last night and was startled at how orange she really was when she came home.She was sent home with a bili of 15 DOL 5, she was about 3400 gm. I was...

  5. Death rates in your NICU?

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

    It's hard to say because do you count kids that didn't make it out of the delivery or kids that lived less than 24 hours? How about kids that transferred out for surgery and

  6. Harlequin sign

    dawngloves replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Now there's something I haven't seen in a

  7. Just being sad and venting a little bit.

    dawngloves replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I hate that!!! The worst was when we had two sets of twins of the same gestation right across from each other. One set was a second attempt at IVF, parents in every day. The other, no PNC, mom G7 P4,...

  8. E.Coli in sputum aspirate cx

    dawngloves replied to NICURN04's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :barf01:

  9. Do your docs bring baby to sterile warmer in c/s?

    dawngloves replied to zinker35861's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The scrub nurse has a sterile drape and the OB "drop" the baby onto it.She brings the baby to the warmer and places it there. I can't help but think it's a bad idea for an OB to walk away from the...

  10. boy or girl?

    dawngloves replied to elanddeenrs's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've seen it quite a few times. I like when the mom exclaims, "Are you

  11. What is the Highest Bilirubin you've ever seen?

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would have called

  12. Policy/Practice with capped PICC

    dawngloves replied to RN4Little1s's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We also KVO our PICCs for kids that need them only for abx. D10 w/ heparin @

  13. What is the Highest Bilirubin you've ever seen?

    dawngloves replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's interesting you say that because all of our high bilirubin babies have come from the newborn nursery. Mostly kids with a 12 hour bili of 15 because of hemolytic

  14. LOW Census

    dawngloves replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We've been full + for a couple of weeks. We actually had a lull early last

  15. Will being a little older and having children hinder me from getting a job in the NIC

    dawngloves replied to mamato5's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I hope not, or else you have a really good lawsuit on your hands! Good luck!

  16. policy for flushing INT's

    dawngloves replied to casper82's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do not flush peripherial lines with anything but NSS and every 6 hours. I'm surprised, after all the incidences, that places still flush peripheral lines with

  17. Duoderm as adhesive tape?

    dawngloves replied to baby21's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It promotes skin growth on a wound by keeping the area clean and moist, but I don't see how it would grow skin over skin. We use it under tape as well. For ETT, NG/OGs, ect. It's to prevent us from...

  18. nasal intubation

    dawngloves replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I only see it with the older chronics that go out for hernia repair or g tubes and they come back like that. We only keep them that way until they get all the happy gas out of their system and then we...

  19. blood gases and your standard of care regarding them

    dawngloves replied to iyqyqr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sounds like underkill in your unit. Perhapes there needs to be a written protocol of caring for admissions with respiratory distress. Like "Blood gas and CXR on admission, one hour after therapy...

  20. the best thermometer for nenoates??

    dawngloves replied to Penbryncennau's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If the battery is low they get screwy, so then we double check with the Welch

  21. You Know You're a NICU Nurse When...

    dawngloves replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Does it taste as bad as it

  22. makes you think

    dawngloves replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was talking to one of our docs the other day. He started working in our follow up clinic and he was saying how he sees all the ex 24 weekers he cared for coming in with BPD, G tubes, CP, hearing...

  23. Premature baby 'comes back to life'

    dawngloves replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Congratualtions. I hope you daughter continues to do well. You understand there is a great difference between 23 and 27 weeks. It's not just about the

  24. Premature baby 'comes back to life'

    dawngloves replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You have got to be kidding

  25. Phenobarb dosing

    dawngloves replied to NeoNurseTX's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes, clarify that next routine dose and make sure they D/C the order for the old