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I am needing to know the best way to bathe my 2 year old who has a fresh trach that is 2 and a half weeks old. We came home 3 days ago and one home health nurse told us to put the passey muir speaking valve on during baths. I sent her home and tried doing that later in the evening, but he acted like he might have sucked in a drop or two of water when we rinsed his hair. So, should he wear his artificial nose or I even read somewhere about putting a bib on him with the plastic on the outside. He is not on a vent or feeding tube. The trach is only temporary until reconstructive surgery is done to lengthen his mandible and open his airway so he will not have sleep apnea anymore. Would like to hear a suggestion so that I can wash and rinse him the safest way in a tub or if I just wanted to let him play in a shallow pool.

This happened to me during my first pregnancy. I was having minor bleeding so they kept telling me to get off my feet. This went on until 9 1/2 weeks when bleeding got heavier. When i went to emergency room, ultrasound showed sac but no baby. They said it happens. Doctor gave me option between DNC and some pills that I think were called methedone( maybe, been a long time). Just basically made me miscarry which was slowly happening anyway. 7 months later got pregnant again and had minor bleeding again and got scared but everything turned out fine and now my first child is 5.

Thanks for the input. I cant believe our kids are almost exactly the same age. Mine are 5 1/2 and 23 months. How is school going with the two of them? When I was in before my little one was only 4 months old so he just slept and thats when I studied. Once we realized how many medical issues he had(worst being not breathing for up to a minute) I quit. My grades were good so I know I can handle it if I can find time to study. Well good luck to you and thanks for reminding me just to get through school first. I know my hubby wont change jobs and I fell in love with NICU when my son was there. I thought it was such a special place with the most special caring people in the world. Told myself right then that I wanted to be one of those people. Up until then I knew i wanted to be a nurse but wasnt sure where. Guess I will just have to wait and see what happens.

Thanks. Needed to hear that.

I am wondering if it is really almost inpossible to find a day job right after graduation? People say it is hard without experience. I dont really want to work nights. I was hoping to get off around 3:00 in the afternoon so I could be with my kids? Can this be done? I also really want to work NICU if that makes a difference in the hours. I would love to hear from anyone who might know. Cyndi

Helllo. I am new but have been reading post for quite some time. I was a student in an associate degree RN program but I dropped because I had an infant who had many medical issues. I have reapplied for this coming up fall. Working in NICU has been my dream for quite some time but I am concerned that I would not be able to get decent hours starting out. My husband is a shift worker, nights and days, and I dont want to abandon my children(2 little boys). I dont need to work full time so I am hoping maybe relief or part time might have day shifts. I know I have a way to go before that time will come but I just want to make sure I am doing the right thing by returning to school. When I was in school before, I never considered that there might only be night positions available to me. I live in texas and I know shifts are different everwhere. I would love to get some input from someone who knows what nurses hours are really like.