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    Which infant stethoscope?

    prmenrs replied to cgarcia7's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    You can search Amazon for choices; Littman is probably the best--and most $$-, but others work just fine. You may want to get a pediatric size instead of a neonatal. I think it's easier to hear the...
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    This Old Nurse

    prmenrs replied to CapNurse09's topic in General Students

    :ancong!:
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    Length of Nicu Admission

    prmenrs replied to helicoptergal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Unless you can "sell" it to them as a temporary measure, go w/the NG tube plan. How did the developmental issue
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    Bleeding normal at time of Mantoux test?

    prmenrs replied to Ihoplover's topic in General Nursing

    I used to give and read TB tests, too. Since I'm now on ASA, fish oil, yada..., I have bled/bruised every time. This year's test was a doozie. I better start studying for it! One expert I used to...
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    Length of Nicu Admission

    prmenrs replied to helicoptergal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Time for a Mic-Key button. If you have OT support, or if you have a pediatric unit that has a "Child Life" program, you could ask for a consult for "developmental support". They can see the baby...
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    Things to do while awaiting NCLEX results

    prmenrs posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i've read lots of threads about everyone biting their nails to the quick, becoming a nervous wreck, and generally going nuts while waiting for various test result to come back. let's think of some...
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    How does the flu kill people??

    prmenrs replied to Misslady113's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I searched wikipedia for H1N1 and found this paragraph: "....The Spanish flu caused an unusual number of deaths because it may have caused a cytokine storm in the body.[5][6] (The recent epidemic of...
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    Newborn Kitten Emergency- Anyone???

    prmenrs replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    It's kitten season @ Canoe's house! I know you're probably doing this already, but nursing "queens" should get kitten food themselves, esp since these gals are so young. Maybe even mix some of the...
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    Scrubs in NICU

    prmenrs replied to s.maire.2126's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We wear our own, no cover gowns for us or parents. Blue or yellow plastic coverall if we need to go to C Section. Wearing hospital-provided scrubs, cover gowns is a traditional practice that is not...
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    circs

    prmenrs replied to UTVOL3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    They also get a LOT of
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    Do you give meds through your UAC....

    prmenrs replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What Pooh said. In the "bad ole' days", the UAC was often the ONLY line. Thankfully, no longer. Watch the baby's back, sometimes vascular compromise can show up there instead of the
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    smallest micro

    prmenrs replied to krltdy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    https://allnurses.com/nicu-nursing-forum/tiniest-baby-links-272465.html
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    I Worked A Movie Set as a RN!

    prmenrs replied to Neveranurseagain's topic in General Nursing

    VERY
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    I'm taking micro at Faulkner and A&P 2 at cacc

    prmenrs replied to Cadnac22's topic in Alabama Nursing

    REMINDER: You cannot "name names" (other than public/political people) in threads or posts on allnurses. There are other websites that let you "rate the prof", or read other people's opinions, but...
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    Useful sites for pre-nursing AND nursing students

    prmenrs posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28203 This is a "sticky" from the nursing student forum. Many sites are useful for pre-nursing, too. If you find one you like, add
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    One of those weeks

    prmenrs replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm soo sorry, Liz! Try to get some "you" time--go do something completely different for a morning, like a museum, or meet someone non-medical for lunch. I think a little replenishment is in
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    Parents never cease to surprise me

    prmenrs replied to NFB2008's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    "De-Nial" is more than a river in Egypt!! The question under the question is "when will everything be ok?". It's the kind of thing someone says when they are having the stuffing scared out of them,...
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    Outcomes for Periventricular Leukomalacia(PVL)

    prmenrs replied to helicoptergal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Any opinions about the child described by singing frog would be speculative @ best, and it is against allnurses.com's Terms of Service to offer any legal or medical advice in any case....
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    PDA murmurs

    prmenrs replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You'll get it, no worries! Be
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    RANT: Work stress!!!

    prmenrs replied to Roy Fokker's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think he's @ the driving range, I think he's playing
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    Methadone and cleft palate

    prmenrs replied to NeoNurse04's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Some foster homes do "medically fragile" infants, which might mean they're w/drawing from methadone, or some other drug. I don't know whether they can give methadone @ home or
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    Maybe an ignorant question, but I'm asking it anyway....

    prmenrs replied to greenfiremajick's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There were some Holiday Inn commercials a while where someone was doing something (brain surgery, rocket science, whatever) for which they were not qualified (as I said, I'm not an NNP), and the punch...
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    PDA murmurs

    prmenrs replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Seems like it took for-evv-er for me to hear murmurs. When I finally did, it was a real whooshy type. Eventually, I've learned to hear 2 types of murmurs: the washing machine variety and one that...
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    Maybe an ignorant question, but I'm asking it anyway....

    prmenrs replied to greenfiremajick's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What we're trying to say here is that, after you graduate and are licensed, get a job in a NICU w/a very good new grad program, and work there, as a staff nurse, for @ least 2 years. THEN take your...
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    Parents never cease to surprise me

    prmenrs replied to NFB2008's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Back in the days of mercury thermometers, I encountered a dad who didn't think the thermometer was working, so he lit a