NicuGal MSN, RN

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    How do you do scheduling?

    NicuGal replied to nilbit's topic in General Nursing

    No, we have a template we print and give to one of the schedulers when it is due. Any requests outside of Our guidelines goes to the UM before we give it to them. If you don't go By the guidelines...
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    How do you do scheduling?

    NicuGal replied to nilbit's topic in General Nursing

    Each unit is different. We have 110 nurses on staff. We work a bunch of different shifts. We submit a four week block of time to our schedulers (we have 3 schedulers who work on the time). Some...
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    Introduction to NICU course

    NicuGal replied to BeJuled's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The longer you go without a job the worse it looks for you. You won't be eligible for residencies etc. Look at the hospitals around you, are they BSN preferred? I personally would start my BSN and...
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    When is your shift over

    NicuGal replied to joe007's topic in Emergency

    Bad customer service to just ignore someone, all you need to say is, so and so took over for me and I will let her know you need
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    The car seat test

    NicuGal replied to Not_A_Hat_Person's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I work we can't hold a baby for not having a car seat. We will do the test with one of our unit ones. Many of our parents use public transportation. All we can do is inform them of the laws,...
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    feeding and tachypnea

    NicuGal replied to asher315's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's why we put it in our protocol...then we show it to them. Sometimes the docs just don't get
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    Documenting allergies in computer programs

    NicuGal replied to THERESAHALL's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That is part of our admission
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    Do you hear nurses will take over respiratory work?

    NicuGal replied to SeekingNewCareer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We would not function well without our RTs! We have multiple vents and they take care of all the setting up, adjusting, etc. They do treatments, clap and suction. They draw our gases. We don't do...
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    Neonatal dialysis?!

    NicuGal replied to Ack_RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do PD dialysis and have sent out a couple of kids for
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    feeding and tachypnea

    NicuGal replied to asher315's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How old was the baby? We have had some older chronics or kids that were MAS that are baseline high resps, we will go up to 70 with those kids. Otherwise it is over 60, tube feed, over 80 hold feed....
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    Really struggling with my transition to NICU

    NicuGal replied to TigerGalLE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You have to do what you have to do. But check and see if you can transfer before 6 months, many places won't let you. I know where I work the manager can block a transfer if it shorts the unit......
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    Polio Vaccine

    NicuGal replied to efda2rn's topic in General Students

    Whoops thought it was about pertussis... See reading too many communicable disease threads will do that to a girl
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    Trying to transfer into NICU

    NicuGal replied to Whitewlf00's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You could ask to shadow. And then you can meet the crazy parents we work with. No escape from that
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    Charge Nurse Interview

    NicuGal replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    They may ask you how you will feel about having to approach your friends on the unit for errors, complaints, and how are you going to hold people responsible for certain
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    Discharge/Teaching

    NicuGal replied to verosroom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use EPIC and all the diagnosis for the baby are listed on the discharge page and is printed with the instructions. Our docs still keep a "green"sheet with everything on it and our office...
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    Survey on how many patients you get in a shift

    NicuGal replied to neonatal_nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work in one of those states and it is a big joke. We got dinged for staffing and assignments and all the did was come up with a plan. We get together with L/d and the nursery once a shift tell...
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    Polio Vaccine

    NicuGal replied to efda2rn's topic in General Students

    Did you get any DPT or only DT? It would be pretty odd not to have gotten
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    Need Serious help from people who attended school in the Cleveland/Akron OH area!!!!!

    NicuGal replied to Whykai's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Why not just stay in the RN tract? This seems to be a round about way. CSU has an excellent nursing
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    Central Line competency checklist

    NicuGal replied to Bruno1968's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Are you doing accessing and line changes also? We did all of it together and people really found they weren't following all the steps, especially with accessing the
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    1 or 2 person insertion

    NicuGal replied to thomas76's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Our fellows place them by themselves after we sedate our
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    Survey on how many patients you get in a shift

    NicuGal replied to neonatal_nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We combined our units about 10 years ago. Pretty much we oriented the step down peeps to NICU and if they couldn't cut it then they were offered jobs in the NBN. It was rough going at first. Good...
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    Survey on how many patients you get in a shift

    NicuGal replied to neonatal_nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It depends on our staffing. We try to only put one kid with vents, NAS kids, or chronics. When we are busy you can have up to 4 step down kids and up to three with the above kids. Cooling and PPHN...
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    Clinical drama-question about personal property

    NicuGal replied to chiasmus100's topic in General Students

    Just wow ! 1. This sounds like something my high school freshman would be griping about 2. My daughters and I have very trendy expensive bags, but I don't take mine to work and I have told them...
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    Nail and skin care

    NicuGal replied to Mandy110609's topic in General Students

    Aquafor if they are really
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    Pediatric Chest Tube Securement Devices

    NicuGal replied to nterenzoni's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I did a google and there are stat locks for all kind of tubes, but the problem may lay in that they don't make them small enough and the cost may be prohibitive ( at least where I work it would be, we...