SailLove80 replied to SailLove80's topic in NICU, Neonatal
Thanks everyone. It looks like a second chance isn't meant to be. I guess with my stress and loss of confidence contributing I made a really STUPID mistake last week. I just posted under the general...
I worked in the NICU for about 7 months. I made a medication error where I reviewed an order and administered 4mg/kg q24 of gentamicin when it should have been 4.5mg/kg q36. I read the Neofax wrong....
SailLove80 replied to SailLove80's topic in NICU, Neonatal
In regards to the IV infiltrate...here's what happened. I was assessing hourly. The nurse that was coming in to relieve me had helped me out over the holiday weekend by coming in a little earlier to...
Hi. I'm a newer NICU nurse. I did an accelerated RN/BSN program an then was in med/surg/tele for a year before transferring to the NICU this past February. Here's my problem...I work w a tough group...