Janetnzrn

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1. NICU visitation policies needed

   Janetnzrn replied to anicu's topic in NICU

   Waikato Womens Hospital, Hamilton NZ nicu visitation written policy level 3, 4 bed pods, level 1&2 open room 12 cot spaces 2 visitors per infant, includes parents. no children 3 or under older sibling( 3-10) allowed for 5 minutes unless well beha...

2. Does working at a small hospital make me less of a nurse?

   Janetnzrn replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

   Absolutely not! You are a generalist, ortho and renal in the same room, paeds and copd in the next. All of those are in seperate wards in the big hospital. You are also caring for your neighbors and your community rather than the "pancreatitis in 4B"...

3. Top ethical concerns to RNs

   Janetnzrn replied to BirkieGirl's topic in General Nursing

   I worki in NICU, for me it's pain management.

4. Threatened by patient

   Janetnzrn replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Relations

   Years ago, I worked OB,16 yr old in labour, yelling for pain meds/epidural. Told her I needed to check her dilation and then would give her some meds and call anaesthesia. As soon as I started the exam, and yes, I was gentle, she started swearing and...

5. holidays... sick call...

   Janetnzrn replied to imsickagain's topic in General Nursing

   In my hospital, major holiday sick calls require a medical certificate, if you can't produce one you will be reprimanded by HR and possibly terminated if a pattern develops. We also have alternate holidays off. I would ask if someone would be willing...

6. Self Harm

   Janetnzrn replied to mom to many's topic in School

   Please keep us updated!

7. Do Rn's miss having Lpn's in the hospital setting?

   Janetnzrn replied to Finestnurse, Lpn's topic in Relations

   I remember team nursing. I worked a med/surg floor, I had 10-15 patients, the team consisted of 1 RN, 1 LVN, 1 CNA. The CNA did all the personal care and meal passes, the LVN was responsible for the PO and non IV prn meds and could change basic IV fl...

8. New grad, do not feel challenged at all. Help?

   Janetnzrn replied to RNinCali15's topic in New Nurse

   ouch OP! I'm a NICU nurse, have been for quite a while and I do a lot of charge nurse shifts. I have a lot of sympathy for your plight as I know feeders and growers aren't the most thrilling of patients. However, if you use these assignments to hone ...

9. I really hate my job as a CNA. Will I hate / suck at being a Nurse?

   Janetnzrn replied to taraleee's topic in General Students

   No you won't! I hated my stint as a CNA. Being an RN is very different and your goal of doing mental health has no bearing on your ability to feed or toilet someone. Don't give yourself the "guilts" for not enjoying doing personal cares. I work in NI...

10. Line Changes

    Janetnzrn replied to futureTBA's topic in NICU

    Sterile line changes for our CVLs and UVCs, evidenced based practice for the last 5 years, dramatic decrease in CONS and other line sepsis organisms. Clean for PIVs but with strict clean hub technique. Level 3 tertiary centre.

11. Early Morning Nurses (and Nursing Students)

    Janetnzrn replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a light sleeper and prefer pms, but when I'm rotated to days I set out my breakfast, pack my lunch and put out my uniform the night before. Number one rule, get out of bed right away, no snooze alarms, no resting, no delays. Get the kettle on for...

12. Contacting patient after discharge

    Janetnzrn replied to lvoro001's topic in General Students

    I used to work in a tiny rural hospital doing L&D, my kids were under 5 and at times on the playground I would look around and realise that I had been at the delivery of 75% of the mothers. Lots of them would show me their baby and I'd make appro...

13. Shift Work Disorder

    Janetnzrn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Stress 101

    In my unit no one except permanent night shift workers have a set schedule, the rest of us rotate days, pms, and one week of nights a month. The older I get the less able I am at adjusting to the constant change. Tired seems to be my baseline these d...

14. Going to be fired?

    Janetnzrn replied to Meridian2's topic in Relations

    What do you think ICU is? Let me tell you there are a lot of technical stuff and loads of machines! ICU won't be a good fit. Not sure what sort of nursing would be a good fit as time management and accountability are necessary for every job in nursin...

15. New Grad Shadowing in NICU

    Janetnzrn replied to NurseCait220's topic in NICU

    You've probably had your time shadowing, but the thing that most impresses me is someone thats done some reading on neonates BEFORE they arrive! I really like students that see something and the next day come in and say "I did some reading on xxx" an...