Baby Wrangler

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Baby Wrangler specializes in NICU.


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  1. Dr. Brown Nipples....

    Can't management shell out to get a dishwasher just for pumping equipment and bottles? We just got one last year for the moms to wash their pumping equipment and baby bottles. You can disassemble the...
  2. Physical Demand

    There's very few nursing jobs that don't require lots of standing unfortunately. Especially like other posters said, when you have an emergency you're on your feet the whole shift drawing up meds,...
  3. Conversing with parents in NICU

    I'm not the most outgoing person either but often times it's the caring attitude and attentive listening that is more important to parents than constant babbling and incessant small talk. I mean,...
  4. Diaper Rash

    We use a zinc barrier cream called Zincofax, but that's just for like mild diaper rashes. We also use Aquaphor, which is glycerin mixed with sterile water, or Critic aid cream for worse rashes. Once I...
  5. NICU Documentaries

    Hi fellow Canadian! :) Another documentary that I would suggest you watch is called Keeping Canada Alive, and it's free to stream on the CBC website. It was just filmed in May of this year, and it's...
  6. Vent: parents

    Family "centered" not family "controlled" . There are
  7. Nursing Model

    Wow! 160 beds! That's the largest nicu I've ever heard of. Our nicu which is a level 3 only has 54 beds at max capacity (which it almost always is). We've been pretty short staffed lately, but it's...
  8. New nicu nurse in need of advice!

    Not so much things to look up beforehand but what I found helpful was to write down the things you learn every day after a shift in a notebook, like procedures, what you need for procedures, tips your...
  9. NICU pearls

    Do you guys notice any difference between them and the other kind? It would be nice if all our babies that needed cpap could be on RAM. No more nasal
  10. Tinkerbell, I think you should look for another nicu job. You've stuck out your year at this place and working somewhere where you're short staffed to the point where you can't provide quality patient...
  11. NICU pearls

    We have ram cannulas too but I was told by our RTs that because it's less of a seal around the nose it doesn't actually provide the same amount of pressure as the mask cpap. We generally only put our...
  12. A few questions on medicines management

    Do you mean prepacked as in stock meds? That's what we call the medications that are in our med room that are not prepared in a specific dose for a specific baby. We generally only use them on admits...
  13. Made first big mistake at work :(

    I think Apple is talking about the T-piece that you would attach to the IV catheter of the PIV. We generally change the T-piece of a PIV (and prime it with saline) after giving a blood transfusion...
  14. Your worst nightmare (Part deux)

    Agreed! I work NICU and once had a dream that it was shift change and I had apparently forgotten to feed a baby the entire shift. I think it's related to workload and insane
  15. New nicu nurse in need of advice!

    Like BecomingNursey said, don't be afraid to ask questions. The fact that you doubt yourself to some extent is a good thing. Nothing pisses off more experienced nurses than new grads that think they...