Deidre Shiobhan

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  1. How do you give next shift report?

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    We do written report but we'll go through a general handover verbally stating the importance and highlights. Afterwhich we'll handover to the assigned nurse thoroughly by following a handover...

  2. Nursing as maid of all trades

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to canoehead's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Don't ever let the docs treat us like their "handmaidens"! Be firm, this happens everywhere. It happens in my department too, we even bring up such issues to the HOD. However old habits and being...

  3. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I always wanted to be a nurse since young. I find them looking very pure and kind in their white uniform. ( nurses used to wear white uniforms and caps in the 70s ) Therefore I tell myself I want to...

  4. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's pathetic to have dememtia, once I was attached to the female medical ward when I was still a student nurse. Some of these dementia pts are quite"cute"WHY? There was this elderly pt who'll kept...

  5. Labile babies

    Deidre Shiobhan posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Nursing labile babies are stressful++. I don't know whether you'll agree with me or not. Their slighest movement will cause them to desaturates and may even go brady. Most of the time these babies do...

  6. Any suggestions for interesting research topics for the neonatal population?

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

    Good job Sasha :yelclap: Some of the topics sound interesting but I'm also interested in the area of infant pain management. There're some people out there believe that these premature babies don't...

  7. Labile babies

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

    Thanks for all the reply Pls share with me if anyone has anymore information about nursing labile babies. It's true that we can't do very much for labile babies except to keep them as comfortable as...

  8. Dress code

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

    Lab coats are not allowed in my unit too. The docs wear street coats whereas the nurses still wear the uniform, we were told before that we'll be given srubs but I still haven't seen them

  9. My baby got lipid burns

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

    Pls don't feel bad iv burns do happen because these babies are too fragile. What is most frustrating in my unit is sometimes even if it's a very minor extravasation - my NM will want us to write a...

  10. Family Witnessing Code Activities

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    Well perhaps it's true that we should include this issue when the patient is preparing for advance directives. However believe me the answer is probably no especially in my culture. Preparing an AD is...

  11. staying awake on night-shift

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

    Get good quality sleep in the day, chit chatting with each other if we do have spare time. Try to get occupied, strong coffee will

  12. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is very funny, probably the patient may even heard it but unable to " express"

  13. Family Witnessing Code Activities

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    No! not for me. I'll not want to be there when my family member is being resuscitated, it's too painful to watch. I'll rather wait outside and pray besides codes are normally messy, confusing and...

  14. Preemie/NICU-isms

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

    I agree with u . The parents in my unit do share the same feelings too . We also refer the incubator as condo or bungalow . We refer to those babies who had desaturated and became dusky as " black...

  15. Simply Thick

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

  16. Did we do the right thing? 23 wker

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to jarrn03's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Me too will want to know whether this baby survive or not ? I have quite a similar experience too , there was this 23 weeker who was admitted for comfort care whereby no resuscitation was given under...

  17. Development care for our preemies

    Deidre Shiobhan posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I always believe that devlopment care is crucial the moment these tiny babies arrive in NICU , proper positioning is very important ! I 've read about some positioning aids and products which helps in...

  18. Did we do the right thing? 23 wker

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to jarrn03's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You've done the right thing , there's no time even for u to transfer the mom to the nearby hospital with an NICU . In my hospital parents are often counselled before labour if they are going to...

  19. What happens in your NICU when you are short staffed?

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

    How I wish my department will have techs. They can be a great help for the chronics and also help in feeding , probably also help to soothe crying babies and play with some of them as well . Sometimes...

  20. What happens in your NICU when you are short staffed?

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

    My unit do have this problem too , the reason being staff taking medical leave ,family care leave etc are rather high . Infact our situation can be so bad that we can have 3 or 4 staff down with...

  21. Clothing from home?

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

    My unit don't normally dress the babies up particularly the tiny and the sick ones , however those babies who are with us for many months and are usually very big eg. 2kg and above but still CPAP...

  22. Scrub or handwash?

    Deidre Shiobhan replied to Mimi2RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In my unit the parents don't put on any gowns , most importantly they have to wash their hands before handling the babies . We will request them to put on a mask if they don't feel very well . In fact...

  23. NICU visitation policy-Are more visitors really better?

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

    My unit used to allow 24hrs visitation however due to SARS which happened some 2 years ago . We have changed the visitation timing , our visitors are only allowed to visit the babies between 1200hrs...