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    STUPID PARENTS!! (vent here)

    walkingrock replied to tgb3rn's topic in General Nursing

    i can only try to imagine the rage you must feel, as a parent for your daughter's trauma, and for the financial loss. :angryfire i don't know how one works through that...i believe, though, that the...
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    How often do you change your indwelling fdg tubes?

    walkingrock posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    one of my co-workers went to a conference recently, where they said the tubes should be changed daily, as there is some evidence of them causing nec, or feeding intolerance. :uhoh21: now i don't know...
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    How often do you change your indwelling fdg tubes?

    walkingrock replied to walkingrock's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    thanks for all the feedback, anybody else??? yes, i agree with jamie: "in & out" tubes really cause problems...i personally also want to see some research on this...i think daily changing would be...
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    Syringe Feeding Near Term Infants

    walkingrock replied to PremieOne's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i've certainly seen the various alternatives to giving a bottle. fortunately, these are not an "issue" where i currently work. i really don't think the "nipple confusion" issue is a problem for most...
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    Can an LPN work in NICU

    walkingrock replied to mgalloLPN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There are a lot of LVN's working mo/baby at my hospital, so I would assume they do hire LVN's there. That might be a good way to get your foot in the
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    nicu pocket gear

    walkingrock replied to adrienurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Well...the nursing toolbelt doesn't weigh down the pants, the stethescope does, but it's not much. It I try putting my Treo also in my cargo pocket (have 2 on right side of each pair of pants, I have...
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    Is your first temp on a new admit..

    walkingrock replied to Zippedodah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our policy is rectal where I work currently. The last place I worked, that was not the case. I really think it is not the best
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    Question for NICU nurses...sorry it's long

    walkingrock replied to RN mom of 2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You might find it helpful to start in postpartum and get some well-baby experience, then transfer to
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    what is the normal urine output for neonate?

    walkingrock replied to epiphany's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've always thought it was
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    Can an LPN work in NICU

    walkingrock replied to mgalloLPN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have some that work in our unit, however, I know many units do not hire/have LVN's working in NICU. I don't know that they would "hire" an LVN in my unit, they may have just worked there for some...
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    nicu pocket gear

    walkingrock replied to adrienurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i personally like to have everything i need on my body! we do have stethescopes at the babie's bedsides, but many of them are crappy...so i like to use mine, plus, i have this thing about the...
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    Article on MSNBC about 22 weekers

    walkingrock replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Wow! I can't even read through all those, not only because of the amount of posts, but the ignorance and vehement emotion by people who don't know enough to be commenting on this...plus those who...
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    Shift You Like Best

    walkingrock replied to ittybittybabynurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There are so many variables to consider. How many days/wk do you have to work, how much energy do you have? What will your child's schedule be (school, kindergarten, etc.), what is your babysitting...
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    neonatal pocket handbook

    walkingrock replied to theduck's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yeah, I'd like info also. I also have the Neofax on my Treo, which is great; sure wouldn't mind having a reference book for NICU on it
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    Visitation Question

    walkingrock replied to BSNtobe2009's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes, I also thought Miranda's post was right on the mark. Also, I wouldn't say that it was a particularly "messed up" family situation, I've frequently seen much more "messed up" than that. She should...
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    Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    walkingrock replied to moorpark's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I spoke to one of my co-workers, who worked at CHLA in the NICU for around 30 yrs...she got transplanted to the Sacramento area about a year ago. She confirmed what the other 2 above said about the...
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    Charting Bloopers

    walkingrock replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I had to do all narrative charting for the assessment in NICU, I kept finding myself accidently writing: infant in open CRIPT instead of open
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    Nothing Left....

    walkingrock replied to slu_rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Wow! I would expect you to be overwhelmed, and to be getting a lot of admits and sicker kids as it is the only way to get experience, which you need when you are new; I would not expect the older,...
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    I am a nurse, but I dream of....

    walkingrock replied to Elisheva's topic in General Nursing

    i've always wanted to work in the animal nursery at a large zoo! :heartbeat (i'm a nicu
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    I have really messed up.

    walkingrock replied to Heather A.'s topic in Ob/Gyn

    i'm sure there were plenty of fellow nurses, in your unit, who "heard" about the incident, and thought to themselves, wow, she really has a lot of gumption to come clean about this. i can tell you, as...
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    Leaving the Profession!

    walkingrock replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    :heartbeat i read all the posts with interest. i can empathize. having been an rn for 27 yrs, and being 51 yrs old. the body just doesn't work like it used to, it gets harder and harder. we don't...
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    Poll: What do you love about the NICU?

    walkingrock replied to carolina_girl's topic in NICU, Neonatal

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    How do you count an apical hr in infants?

    walkingrock replied to bethin's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I agree you aren't likely to hear murmurs or irregular rhythms in 6 or 15 seconds, however, you can take a HR for several short sessions, and then listen at length at heart sounds. Most likely, if you...
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    infants apical pulse

    walkingrock replied to onduty23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I also shut my eyes to listen to murmurs. Another trick is to take a 6-sec HR and multiply by 10. I do this all the time. One should be aware of how regular or how "normal" the HR is at that time...
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    Taking an infant's temp.

    walkingrock replied to kbclary4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been in NICU for 26+ yrs. We don't do rectal temps period, anymore. We also don't do tympanic, or add a degree! Axillary & skin temps only. Our nsy (normal newborn where they do the initial...