NicuGal MSN, RN

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    Incredibly rude and disrespectful patients and/or their family members

    NicuGal replied to lalexa15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What GrnTea said. Once they start throwing things, especially any body fluids, or are threatening in anyway, upper management needs to be notified and security called and at least given a heads up....
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    Study Resources for Certification and/or NICU Newbies

    NicuGal replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Those are the two we use in our classes we teach in our unit for people wanting to take the test. Simple and
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    A little frustated

    NicuGal replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    1. You are lucky to be near NICUs that use aides, most don't. That being said, have you tried to get in peds or postpartum? That will help also. 2. Are you going for your BSN, if not do so. 3....
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    Help me with the diagnosis

    NicuGal replied to dannygirl04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Kind if like what came first, the chicken or the egg :) Which one would lead to the other...what does her X-ray
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    How did you get into NICU nursing?

    NicuGal replied to pixie6089's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Are you in the same system? I would go speak to her personally instead of having hubby do it. Or like we suggested, call and ask for a shadow day. We shadow people all the time and then they speak...
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    First Code Pink

    NicuGal replied to megan005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our child abduction is a code Adam...I thought that was universal lol And my hospital is the original Code Pink place :) It is rough that first time, your unit should do a debriefing to go over what...
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    How did you get into NICU nursing?

    NicuGal replied to pixie6089's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ask to shadow in the unit, this way you get to meet people there. Or take a job in the nursery to get some baby experience if they are hesitant to take people with adult experience only. I don't...
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    Hypothermia Protocol

    NicuGal replied to jrodhuskers's topic in General Nursing

    I work with neonates, but we are pretty tolerant of bradycardia unless it is causing hemodynamic Issues. We will try bolusing and use dopamine to keep them stable. Our kids will have a HR in the 60's...
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    Potentially dumb question about assessments...

    NicuGal replied to SubSippi's topic in General Nursing

    Our attendings read our notes...then they quiz the resident on things that were charted lol The residents then learn they better be looking at what we chart
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    Use of blankets from home in the NICU

    NicuGal replied to lmasta03's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There is an article Medscape about the stuffed
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    Discharge charting..? HELP!

    NicuGal replied to nelge16v's topic in General Nursing

    Ours is all electronic. But before that ours, for our peds floor, went something like; Bobby boy discharged home with mother at 2020. Discharge instructions on post op care, signs of infection and...
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    Use of blankets from home in the NICU

    NicuGal replied to lmasta03's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We had a huge debate with our ID people about this. We do allow them to bring blankets and clothes from home. But they have to be clean and smoke free. If they aren't then we politely tell them why...
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    How did you get out of getting the Flu shot?

    NicuGal replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ours is mandatory also. And if you file an exemption paper it is sent to the medical board to be evaluated. If you are basing it on medical or religion you have to have paperwork to back not
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    How to dress for CNE class

    NicuGal replied to rubato's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you are at the hospital and you will be going from your floor, no scrubs. Our CNS group puts on a few great conferences each year that we can either attend the whole thing or pick and choose....
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    Question on dopamine infusion

    NicuGal replied to kthelander's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our tubing is every 96 with a new syringe/bag every
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    Question that I cannot figure out on homework!!

    NicuGal replied to CiaoBella_Xo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Need accurate numbers, and a lot if the time in peds you don't round off
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    job market for new grads-Cleveland

    NicuGal replied to vitalsignz's topic in Ohio Nursing

    BSN are being hired over ADN. The smaller community hospitals are still hiring ADN unless they have magnet status and then it is kind of a crapshoot if they have the percentage of BSN they
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    What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    NicuGal replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    "I went to the tanning bed and burnt my a$& and boobs, I can't wear underwear". " okay, do you need transferred to burns, they probably can help you with that" You are an idiot
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    Nursing Interventions for dry flaky skin

    NicuGal replied to slp_vball01's topic in General Nursing

    We lather our micro preemies up in Aquafor to decrease insensible water loss lol That stuff will soften up
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    Lordy...6 admits in 5 hours....

    NicuGal posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    And 5 of them methadone/heroin kids 2 from nursery that had scores off the Richter scale!!! These poor babies It is especially bad because we are in pods with 6 kids and these poor off the wall...
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    Bereavement Chair Advice/ Help Nurse Cope with loss

    NicuGal replied to Lynee's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I wish we could go home, but if it happens at the start of your shift or in the middle, you are kind of expected to "tidy up" and pick up a new assignment. We had one of our brand new nurses walk...
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    NICU program gives charge of baby's care to parents

    NicuGal replied to HyperSaurus, RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    With the population we serve in my hospital, I don't think it would work as well as in this hospital. We are lucky if we can get parents to come in once a week sometimes I have to wonder how long...
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    Why are we exhausted all the time?

    NicuGal replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I love reading articles like this lol lol Maybe people who write these types if articles should follow one of us around for a week. I love the go to bed at the same time every night, don't sleep in,...
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    Heparin Locks/Flushes

    NicuGal replied to salaw's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We only use saline on peripherals. We run a KVO thru our central lines if we don't need them for fluids. We had too many lines clot even with the flushes, and it minimized the number of times we...
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    GI content in ET tube

    NicuGal replied to sophie<3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I thought that too,