dawngloves

dawngloves BSN, RN

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

    dawngloves replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :chuckle

  2. Premature baby 'comes back to life'

    dawngloves replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ug! Wonder what her head u/s looks

  3. men and neonatal

    dawngloves replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If you want to work in neonatology because you think it would be easier on your back, you are getting into it for the wrong reasons. I liken it to people wanting to get into nursing because it's great...

  4. Newborn Shiver

    dawngloves replied to Emily Suzanne's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If I see a baby "shiver" I think hypoglycemia or hyperactive

  5. oscillatory and nitric ventilation

    dawngloves replied to munkypants's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Where I work, if you are on a oscillator and on nitric, you are pretty freakin' sick. A term kid is a heartbeat away from ECMO and a preemie....it's fly or die.

  6. oscillatory and nitric ventilation

    dawngloves replied to munkypants's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Is there such a thing as a stable oscillator/iNO baby?

  7. O2 is 81, what shoud you do?

    dawngloves replied to victorsunshine's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Good advice. Look at the pt, no the monitor. If the pt is awake and pink, check first that the pulse ox is on. I have gotten a sat reading off of many a bed, (frighteningly

  8. O2 is 81, what shoud you do?

    dawngloves replied to victorsunshine's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    There are several studies and journal articles out there on the results of hyperoxia in the premature neonate. Set aside a couple of hours and Google

  9. want to work intermediate care NICU

    dawngloves replied to iHeartNICU's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What Steve said. There are a few nurses in our unit that like doing feeder/growers and charge will give them that assignment if they can. I am grateful they

  10. Would you give birth at the hospital where you work?

    dawngloves replied to luv4nursing's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nope. First, no private rooms. Second, OBs that use vacuums and forcepts routinely. Third, crazy c sections ie; term baby LGA, comes out 7 pounds and then needs to go to NICU for

  11. Weight checking

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

    Q12?? That's excessive, especially since you have to take them out of an isolette to weigh them. What is the rationale behind all those weights? We do weights q day. Our Giraffes have a scale. Back in...

  12. What do you think about a nurse breastfeeding infant at nurse's station during break?

    dawngloves replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm going to jump on the "I'd never bring my baby into the hospital" bandwagon. C-Diff, Rotavirus, RSV, varicella.

  13. What do you think about a nurse breastfeeding infant at nurse's station during break?

    dawngloves replied to mitchsmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    we joke about this all the time when moms leave their babies in the nursery for the night and have asked that the baby have no bottle or

  14. Drinking while breastfeeding?

    dawngloves replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    What the La Leche League says:

  15. Acuity and Ratio

    dawngloves replied to discobunni's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    24 weeker on CPAP??!

  16. Question about pumping at work.

    dawngloves replied to momma/babyrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why are you going out to your car? Don't they have a place for you to pump inside? They're supposed

  17. GBS - stupid question

    dawngloves replied to countdown2RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Do you think this is due to the fact that we only treat up until delivery, which may mean only one dose of

  18. GBS - stupid question

    dawngloves replied to countdown2RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes, but once you have it, you always will carry it.

  19. oldest babies in the NICU?

    dawngloves replied to bubbly's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Why couldn't he be on the vent at

  20. oldest babies in the NICU?

    dawngloves replied to bubbly's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We had a former 24 weeker for almost 12 months. It really is sad because we have no Child Development specialist and our PT/OT person is in once a week. Our local LTC facilty will only take them if...

  21. MRSA protocol

    dawngloves replied to untamable07's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It could have been the doctors, x ray tech or even the family that gave the baby

  22. Watch your deeplines, guys!

    dawngloves replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I call it Wydase out of habit. We do use Amphadase. Every pt has a standing order for it though and the RN's give it. Works wonders on PIV

  23. Watch your deeplines, guys!

    dawngloves replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    So true! We treat non central PICCs the same as a PIV and we check our PICC sites as often as a PIV because they do infiltrate and I've seen some ugly ones. BTW, do your docs only administer

  24. Neonatal Brain Death

    dawngloves replied to BlueEyedRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Just like with adults you can't declare a baby "brain dead" unless the EEG is flat. I'm guessing the code went very poorly and the parents said they could stop. Those kinds of codes

  25. Pressure limits on infusion pumps

    dawngloves replied to corks's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You don't? That's the best part about having that system! I can't belive the rep couldn't convince your higher ups to buy