NICUNurseEliz

NICUNurseEliz

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  1. The film: Vaxxed.

    NICUNurseEliz replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to quickly touch on the idea of vaccinations and SIDS occurrence. Below is copied from the AAP's policy statement on SIDS: "In a meta-analysis, Vennemann et al found a multivariate summary...

  2. What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    NICUNurseEliz replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Ooh, I just meant my patient at work and he is doing so much better! I had just returned from lunch and this was a surprise procedure. I think maybe since I hadn't been expecting it that it threw...

  3. What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    NICUNurseEliz replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that I am not meant to be a surgical nurse! We did a bedside procedure on my baby this week that seriously made me woozy for a bit (and I'm generally not squeamish). I took some deep breaths...

  4. 3/19 What I learned this week: more about employment laws than anything else

    NICUNurseEliz replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure it was a combo of "nobody would tell me that everything would be ok" and "we're planning to sue the hospital so we're trying to find actual things to sue over because the hospital...

  5. 3/19 What I learned this week: more about employment laws than anything else

    NICUNurseEliz replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned how much it sucks to spend more than 30 minutes speaking to a family about a baby's condition and plan of care after the fellow and PA had spent more than an hour doing the same only to have...

  6. Healthcare-related "what the heck?!?!" dreams

    NICUNurseEliz replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I recently had a dream that I admitted a 60+ year old homeless drug addict (who coincidentally looked an awful lot like that Geico caveman commercial from a few years ago) to my neonatal ICU. We had...

  7. Is this low?

    NICUNurseEliz replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    We can roll some over, but our employer caps how

  8. Is this low?

    NICUNurseEliz replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that's really low PTO accrual! Not to rub salt in the wound, but when I started, I accrued 8 hours of PTO bi-weekly and now receive about 10.5 hours a pay period at my experience level of 4-5...

  9. Words You Hate

    NICUNurseEliz replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot say the word "alveoli" without it sounding like "ravioli" even though I know that's

  10. Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    NICUNurseEliz replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

  11. Common NICU conditions

    NICUNurseEliz replied to batgirlRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    For starters, I would research the different gestational ages, from 23 weeks to 40 weeks. A 24-weeker is different from a 28-weeker who is different from a 32-weeker. For conditions, here are a few of...

  12. ixchel's 3/7/16 What Have I Learned This Week, with A Lil' Help From My Friends!

    NICUNurseEliz replied to Farawyn's topic in General Nursing

    Ha, that's what I get for writing my post shortly after waking up! My bad! At my hospital (pediatric hospital), we run our intralipids and hyperal separately (different bags and then both given...

  13. ixchel's 3/7/16 What Have I Learned This Week, with A Lil' Help From My Friends!

    NICUNurseEliz replied to Farawyn's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that an excessively high intralipid concentration in neonates is thought to contribute to a fat embolism on rare occasions and can contribute to a massive insult to the kidneys. I learned...

  14. Sedation choices for vented babies

    NICUNurseEliz replied to wensday's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use fentanyl and vec or propofol to intubate and then fentanyl as a maintenance sedation. If fentanyl isn't working well enough, we'll use morphine as a backup. We almost never paralyze our babies...

  15. Do you go to work with parabens on you?

    NICUNurseEliz replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    I spray parabens in the bathroom after I sit there for a while when my unit is crazy busy or there is a code happening. I find that it makes the unit more therapeutic for

  16. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    NICUNurseEliz replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    On the actual topic, I work with several physicians and nurses who wear lab coats but theirs are neither stained/grungy nor wrinkly. They find the lab coats useful and look professional every time I...

  17. Getting my license with an expunged Adjudicated Deliquent Felony Charge. Help! Thanks!

    NICUNurseEliz replied to nurse_with_penis's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I don't have an answer, but your username... I agree that you should consult with an attorney to guarantee that you get a correct answer. No one here can give you legal advice. Good

  18. 2/27 What I learned this week: crying on the job feels so much better when they're happy t

    NICUNurseEliz replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Last week, I mentioned that I really need to grow a spine. I learned this week that I'm capable of standing up for myself more! I learned that some people don't like it when you stand up for yourself....

  19. Home births gone wrong

    NICUNurseEliz replied to MNNICU, RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Again, this is a thread on a NICU nurse forum. When NICU nurses see babies who were born at home, something went wrong, ranging from a minor problem to a tragic outcome. If you want to hear stories of...

  20. 2/20: what I learned this week: people do not understand TB

    NICUNurseEliz replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Haha, I remember learning this the hard way too. The lab called me with a glucose of 900+ and a K of 1.8 and a Na of 110 and so

  21. 2/20: what I learned this week: people do not understand TB

    NICUNurseEliz replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    With the breastfeeding, it's our doctors who try to guilt moms into doing it and then it's always the nurses who are left to pick up the pieces when the moms can't do it anymore and now feel extremely...

  22. 2/20: what I learned this week: people do not understand TB

    NICUNurseEliz replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that women who are essentially guilted into breastfeeding when they previously had no desire of their own to do so rarely succeed at sticking at breastfeeding for very long. This week alone,...

  23. New grad starting in nicu!!

    NICUNurseEliz replied to ScrubGirl88's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Here's a couple of threads to get you started: :) https://allnurses.com/nicu-nursing-neonatal/neonatal-nurse-daily-1017321.html...

  24. NICU Assignments

    NICUNurseEliz replied to RNAvatar's topic in Travel

    I work in a level 3 and we assign travelers feeders/growers for the most part. Occasionally, you might have a PIV or a bili light, something simple. We never give our travelers critical

  25. Utter failure with my first baby that should have been coded

    NICUNurseEliz replied to LisaNICUrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ok, a few points I want to touch on: 1) You are in a level III but your last vent was three months ago? That absolutely needs to change, so you are right to ask for more complicated assignments. You...