NicuGal MSN, RN

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    Marijuana and nursing

    NicuGal replied to swimmer333's topic in General Nursing

    If they do a random test and you are positive you are immediately fired and turned into the BON at my place of
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    Complications of gestational diabetes??

    NicuGal replied to caregiver1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our hospital and another across town treat all high one hours as diabetic. High maternal glucose is considered a tetrogenic. And if you or anyone has had a high one hour, you should be screened for...
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    Can nurses have artifical nails?

    NicuGal replied to MissMiniPink's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    No artificial nails or gel manicures where I work. And we ask moms with artificial nails to remove them or they have to wear gloves. We had an MRSA breakout a few years back and every one of those...
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    Can we talk about breastfeeding and breastmilk please?

    NicuGal replied to TigerGalLE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I wish we used more donor EBM but we don't get reimbursement for it, right now the amount we do use on our little ones is costing our unit $55,000 a year. We have some kids on a study which is...
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    Getting over a weak stomach!

    NicuGal replied to Emikate007's topic in General Students

    You will learn how to discreetly breathe thru your mouth and smile at the same time. Just do the task as quick as you can. There are just somethings that will always gross you out. If I hear or see...
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    Smokers need not apply?

    NicuGal replied to RainMom's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    "What I would not be surprised to see is employers going after the obese for increased insurance premiums or requirements to prove health in order to avoid getting dinged for extra insurance...
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    vent about work assignment

    NicuGal replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    We have a list of patients that should not be given to pregnant staff. Any patient with TORCH illnesses, chemo patients, implanted radiation, a few other certain meds, chickenpox/shingles, patients...
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    Can we talk about breastfeeding and breastmilk please?

    NicuGal replied to TigerGalLE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think part of it is that in our world we are number crazy. So many mls and kilocals per day. Probably more so in the gainer and grower population. We are getting away from supplements as much...
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    Can hospitals average two weeks together to avoid paying overtime?

    NicuGal replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    We are anything over 40 hours/week is OT. If it was over 8 hours we would never be allowed to be scheduled 12's. I'd go to HR and ask to see the policy and your hiring contract. It should be in...
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    Mice on unit

    NicuGal replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    They can, not all. We asked! We live by a Great Lake and they are all over...they eat the lake bugs and
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    night shift nurses with young children

    NicuGal replied to M610's topic in General Nursing

    I worked either nights or 3a-11a. Kiddies went to daycare/preschool until 1pm (hubby dropped them off on his way to work. They didn't go until they were 3 and 4, we worked opposites until then). I'd...
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    Cleaning Isolettes

    NicuGal replied to danielle.smith0219's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our ID department set up strict cleaning guidelines for all equipment after our unit had a huge MRSA outbreak and several swabs from various "clean" isolettes came back
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    Mice on unit

    NicuGal replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Guess what we had today... Our bat was back! This time he came thru the vent in the bathroom while someone was in there! Yelling screaming ensued while she was trying to pull her pants up and run! I...
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    Cleaning Isolettes

    NicuGal replied to danielle.smith0219's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Housekeeping does ours. Who has time for that? To break them down clean, let dry and reassemble is a 45 minute
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    NICU unit secretary at nights?

    NicuGal replied to mee9mee9's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Pretty much the same as the other shifts except for making appointments. But each unit is different. Ours man the door ( locked unit), answer phones, file, put things in charts, make sure our...
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    Mice on unit

    NicuGal replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    We have some whopper roaches! Could lasso those suckers! I swear they thrive on the stuff they try to kill them with! Too bad our bats won't eat them lol We throw a sheet over the bats and out...
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    Speaking of tape residue...(and other pet peeves)

    NicuGal replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Clean up your bedside and at least leave me enough stock to get thru the first round of the day! If your kid pukes, clean the bed linen up, don't cover it up with 4 wash clothes. No scum mouth...
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    Mice on unit

    NicuGal replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    No, but we get bats!
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    Has anyone ever 'taped' a gravity feed?

    NicuGal replied to tinkerbell419's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I haven't heard of that reason for gavage/ gravity feeds. Did they have any literature? We don't have a problem with tape marks, we just got new isolette a and use the ETT holder to tape them
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    Co-workers begging for donated PTO

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

    We can only give time thru HR. The person has to call them and then it comes to the unit. We have had a couple of people wanting extra time, these people knew they had health issues or surgery etc...
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    Has anyone ever 'taped' a gravity feed?

    NicuGal replied to tinkerbell419's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We don't stand there and hold it, we mostly use 5 fr tubes so the feeds don't go quickly anyways, and we tape them low to control the
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    polyurethane nasogastric tubes

    NicuGal replied to gammy1957's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use silastic and leave them in for 30
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    Can a LPN delegate to RN?

    NicuGal replied to roxs752's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Check your state
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    Grunting

    NicuGal replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We call it singing... It is like a whiny hum. Parents and grandparents are always shocked when we tell them that is a sound we don't want to
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    Interesting cases anyone?

    NicuGal replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've seen several over the years, pretty impressive! It is wild how there is a clear line of