JenKatt

JenKatt

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  1. VA Hiring Process

    JenKatt replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government, Military

    Anyone have a contact number (outside the main HR number) at

  2. VA Hiring Process

    JenKatt replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government, Military

    Anyone apply for a non staff nurse position? I applied back on 2/12 for an Informatics position and am in limbo. It closed on the 20th, and now says complete (instead of pending HR speciailist)....

  3. Help!

    JenKatt replied to JenKatt's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Thanks for the reply! I actually reworded the search last night and came upon some info on security and access given to users by an NI nurse. Yes my school does have a Phd program (I'm at Maryland)....

  4. Help!

    JenKatt posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    Hey ya'll, I'm new to the NI board and to NI. I've been a superuser in the past but just started 1. a heck of an NI job and 2. my MSN in NI. Anyways since I'm new to everything I'm in a quandary. For...

  5. Night shift nurses

    JenKatt replied to healinghand's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I'm not in NJ anymore, but have worked every concievable shift and have found once you're on nights it's not so bad as long as you stick to it if possible on your days off. I really do get out by 6:15...

  6. what is the normal urine output for neonate?

    JenKatt replied to epiphany's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    our hospital likes 2cc/kg/hr for 24 hours. once below that we start to look at

  7. HOw often do you send twins home together?

    JenKatt replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Before an infant can go home, often NICUs will have the parents sleep overnight at the hospital with the infant. This is to ensure that the parents are able to care for the infant and whatever medical...

  8. Where to work on west coast Florida???

    JenKatt replied to daiseesc's topic in Florida Nursing

    Just a word of warning. Your cut in pay will be

  9. Intraveneous Tubing changing. how often

    JenKatt replied to Donna1955's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our TPN/ IVF tibing is q72 hours, our lipids are q24 and most of our med tubing is q 72, bgut our PGE's are 48, milrinone q48. pretty much whenever a new syringe or new bag has to be hung, the tubing...

  10. HOw often do you send twins home together?

    JenKatt replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'd say 20% sounds right for twins and triplets. We had a rash of multiples not that long ago. only one set of twins went home together, the other 6 or 7 sets of 2 and 3 went home at different

  11. broviac, who change the dressing?

    JenKatt replied to kaibigan's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Every 48 hours? Seems a bit much. In your smaller kids, doesn't there skin getting eaten up with all of the changes? Our central line infection rate is also pretty respectable with a 7 day turn around...

  12. ngt/ogt or none?

    JenKatt replied to kaibigan's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Most of our bad gut kids get zantac in their TPN and reglan IV when they are placed on NPO. We also use sucrose in NPO kids unless it's a bad belly. Usually use the dip the pacifier method, but some...

  13. FANNP Neonatal NP Symposium - review for boards

    JenKatt replied to Brownbetty's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I live down here, our hospital is involved with the conference since we are the largest NICU in the area and have a ton of NNPs. I would get a rental. There is a Radisson directly across the street...

  14. broviac, who change the dressing?

    JenKatt replied to kaibigan's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Since we're a dedicated children's hospital we have a lot more resources I think. Our broviac dressings are changed by our hospital IV team q7 days or PRN at the bedside nurses request. Our PICC and...

  15. Chest Tube Help please

    JenKatt replied to Taylor2ndB's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We had a patient not that long ago who had a chest tube for months after a TE fistula repair. He had a chylothorax post op that would not heal and repeated surgery was not an option (it's a very long...

  16. repogle

    JenKatt replied to kaibigan's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Once in a blue moon we'll use continuous with some of our really bad gastrics, but even with intermittent, we'll only aspirate/ check patency once a shift or if we're gotting nothing out and the...

  17. HELP...Need info on Tampa/St. Pete Hospitals

    JenKatt replied to nursen_99's topic in Florida Nursing

    Don't take ACH off your list. Most of us that work here really do like it. The pay isn't great, but the experience you get here is incredible. It is a bonus to get the experience you get here vs TGH...

  18. pulse probe placement

    JenKatt replied to kaibigan's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our unofficial policy is to change probe placement with hands on, which is usually q6. Feet, wrists or hands are fair game. It can go on the same extremity as the BP cuff, just hope you remember that...

  19. Quit nursing school due to head games.

    JenKatt replied to BioRN's topic in General Students

    BIORN, You could have been me back in 97. I had a adjunct professor teach my first clinical rotation, community health, nursing home stuff. She was a psych NP and wanrted to help all of us. She almost...

  20. how gross & messy is nursing REALLY?

    JenKatt replied to amyrae76's topic in Nursing Career

    I can do respiratory, but I have a hard time with some vomit and

  21. how gross & messy is nursing REALLY?

    JenKatt replied to amyrae76's topic in Nursing Career

    If you want to interact with people, and use skills, try being a car salesman.... they use people skills and all that crud.. nurses use time honored elbow grease... I was reading the above peost by a...

  22. Twas the Night before JCAHO...

    JenKatt replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you sooooooo much... JCAHO is making a surprise visit in less than a month, we got 1 months notice.. since we're military, the JCAHO equivalent is also coming.. talk about

  23. bomb threat

    JenKatt replied to georgia nurse's topic in Orthopedic

    My first month as a military nurse we had to evacuate the hospital because of a bomb threat. We ran it like a fire evacaution. We went horizontal then vertical to evacuate. At the time we had 4...

  24. Questions on nursing shortage

    JenKatt replied to Robin61970's topic in General Nursing

    There is also a nursing shortage in the military.. Question 1: All of the above Question 2: all of the above Question 3: How about this: people stop looking at nurses as human pooper scoopers and...

  25. Help I am a new grad and I made a medication error!

    JenKatt replied to Rosey's topic in General Nursing

    When I got to my current floor, I hadn't worked with adults in over a year and had forgotten much of my basic skills... I repeatedly told my preceptor this, but she pretty much blew me off.. my med...