Deidre Shiobhan

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1. Facebook almost cost me my job

   Deidre Shiobhan replied to ReginaPhalange's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Keep Facebook only for personal social networking usage and never ever include our job info, worst of all patients' info!! I believe that nothing is ever 100% secure and there are plenty of hackers...

2. Do you use oxyhoods?

   Deidre Shiobhan replied to NeoPediRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Yes my unit still do infact the humidifier that we are currently using is not going to be manufacture anymore. We are soucing for vendor to see how we can settle this

3. Any 22 weekers out there?

   Deidre Shiobhan replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Yes tralalaRN there's always another side, it's not perfect all the time. I feel that we must paint a realistic picture and not just give parents false hope. We cannot play GOD all the...

4. Any 22 weekers out there?

   Deidre Shiobhan replied to mauigal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   we don't resus any babies below gestation age of 23 weeks because these babies are usually non viable at birth. parents will be spoken too and pregnancy will be prolonged for as long as possible....

5. Youngest preemies

   Deidre Shiobhan replied to Ozboy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Theorethically infants born below 23 weeks gestation are not viable at all unless the dates are wrong, we don't resus infants born below 23wks in my unit. Between 23 and 24wks is a grey area we'll...

6. Most RN's first borns?

   Deidre Shiobhan replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

   Yap 1st born but definitely not from a dysfunction family, interesting theory

7. Nurses with tattoos

   Deidre Shiobhan replied to Kshel's topic in General Nursing

   You may have problem getting into nursing school however even if you are able to disguise it during the interview. There may be problems with future employment the place that I work in will not...

8. Looking down on those who take lunch breaks???

   Deidre Shiobhan replied to mismissy69's topic in General Nursing

   Well all of us deserve a break! Just make sure our work is settled and your colleague is around to monitor your patients while you are away. The only issue is when we are really tight and busy, we...

9. working thru lunch

   Deidre Shiobhan replied to dalegirl's topic in General Nursing

   No matter how busy we are, we still deserve a break to recharge ourselves. Just hand over your work to her for the time while you are

10. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Delayed sleep syndrome - something that I've just discovered but it's a rather common problem. One feel tired but cant sleep , 2 of my colleagues are depressive 1 on regular meds but the other on and...

11. My little sweetie passed away.

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to Justhere's topic in Pediatric

    Penny you are great! That's wat nursing is all about the humanistic aspect, we just cant help getting attached to some of our patients. Just like the babies that I've nursed in my unit ( nicu ) I cant...

12. Bling on the job?

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I only wear my wedding band to work cos rings with stones or fanciful design are not allowed in my department ( I work in nicu ). However they always encourage us not to wear any jewelry if possible....

13. wearing gloves when feeding neonates

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to chuddy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's not our usual practice to wear gloves when we are feeding babies unless it's an infectious case and strict contact precaution must be carried out. I find it difficult to work around with gloves...

14. Nitric oxide reducing lung and brain injury in preemies

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi sounds very interesting, my unit only uses NO on term babies (MAS or PPHN cases ) it works very well and most of these babies are saved as a result. I'll like to find out more about the study going...

15. Brady baby

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to shearernurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Guess the kid's hypoglycaemic because of insufficient feeds and that can contributes to lethargy. You didn't mention any blood gas results so therefore may not be conclusive that it's a respiratory...