NicuGal MSN, RN

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    Dear Hospital Administration...

    NicuGal replied to aboucherrn's topic in General Nursing

    Private rooms all the way. When I was a patient at the hospital I work at, I got paired with this poor lady who stunk to the high heavens, had even stinkier family who were loud and horrible. I just...
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    RAM Cannula

    NicuGal replied to juliachloe's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I do have to say I love the Ram Cannula. Yes, they may struggle some with being on CPAP or NIMV, but the overall success is better than being intubated for long term or even having a trach. We have...
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    Question about student nurses

    NicuGal replied to shortNsweetRN's topic in General Nursing

    We had an instructer like that on our peds floor...we wrote it up, went to the director of nursing, who in turn went to the dean of the school and that instucter is no longer allowed in our hospital....
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    Problems with Broviacs!

    NicuGal replied to Double-Helix's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I would tend to think that there is a defect in the lines since you haven't changed your practice. Do they keep the packages so that they can run the lot numbers and see if there has been a problem?...
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    Do nurses have a responsibility to keep their Facebook professional?

    NicuGal replied to Bortaz's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Also, most hospitals have a social media policy and if you are inappropriate and you have you work at a certain place they can fire you as you are a representative of that institution. That's why I...
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    Tricks/Tips for getting plastic/shrink wrap off packaging

    NicuGal replied to jt43's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Per our ID, if a person is on contact precautions, then every thing in the room is on contact precautions. They touch things in the room, go to the bathroom,
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    Obamacare and Nursing.. what do you think?

    NicuGal replied to OKNurse2be's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And right now, as it is written, people can not take the insurance, pay the "penalty/tax" which may be cheaper in the long run than monthly premiums and then sign up when they get sick, no questions,...
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    A rant from the night shift.

    NicuGal replied to gingerpeachee's topic in General Nursing

    You need to say just that to
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    ordered to sign orders for previous 24 hours...for someone else

    NicuGal replied to hopesgramcracker's topic in General Nursing

    We always went back thru the chart with the off going nurse to make sure she had all the orders checked off. Is this something you
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    Grandmas...mean ones

    NicuGal replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Gotta love the Gruesome Grandmas lol We get really mean ones in the NICU sometimes....really? Arent' Grandmas supposed to be sweet and cuddly
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    OMG, wash your hands!

    NicuGal replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    Our parents scrub in, but then touch all kinds of other things, including cell phones, and then think it is okay to touch their baby. Ugh. We keep big things of sanitizer by the beds too, but we are...
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    Are nurses allowed to have their nails painted?

    NicuGal replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well, if you worked where I did you would get a few days of unpaid time off for having fake nails on...nothing like passing a little MRSA on to your patients! In our hospital, you can wear nail...
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    Scared ill be kicked out of school :(

    NicuGal replied to missa8182's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Most likely no, but if they run an audit and they see people who aren't involved in care you could be called. They run random audits on each unit every few months where I work. Lesson
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    "Friends" at work?

    NicuGal replied to TX.RN.Shannon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, 8 of them are my best friends after being there for almost 28 years together. We all had our babies at the same time, we had all gotten married around the same time, we worked the same shift, we...
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    Cleanliness is a must!

    NicuGal replied to Brian's topic in Nursing Humor

    We have to wipe down every high touch surface in our rooms every shift! Fun, fun, love taking the first 20 minutes of my shift cleaning
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    Mandated :(

    NicuGal replied to Morganalefey's topic in General Nursing

    I can totally see why he is frustrated....you are gone a lot more than bargained for and esp if you are scrambling for childcare. And if you are stressed, your whole household is stressed. I would...
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    You look too young to be a nurse

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

    When I tell many of our parents that I have worked in my unit for 27 years I still get...did you start when you were like 12? Just laugh it off and say....one day I'll be so glad to be hearing this...
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    Wrong side/omitted procedure

    NicuGal replied to guest64485's topic in Operating Room

    Oh my....I would have never signed and said, Well I guess my surgery is off, you care to go tell the surgeon why? I would be calling their head nurse and then contacting their risk managment...
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    TPN

    NicuGal replied to NICUR's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We don't cover ours. I believe they did a study at our hospital on this, and we work with one of the top neonatal nutritionists in the
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    "I'm not listening to you" says the doctor

    NicuGal replied to beachmom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would write that incident up and take it to the managers and your practice council. I do have to ask, does your nursery routinely take 34 weekers as a level 2 nursery? Maybe you need an algorithim...
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    What becomes of them?

    NicuGal replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I also sooo disagree with the if we can we should theory. The general public just doesn't know what it will be like, and the majority of our kids that are dependent for all their care never go home....
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    In what order are nurses placed "on call"

    NicuGal replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    We cancel OT first, then PRN, ET, retired PRN. After that then we move to regular staff. We keep a log on who has been cancelled. If we are mandatory cancelling then we only cancel in 4 hour blocks...
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    NRP Question

    NicuGal replied to Twinmom06's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is required as part of our orientation where I work, even in OB. I believe you have to have your RN/MD/RT to take the test. And if you take it now, are you going to have to retake it as part of...
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    adult patients admitted to a pediatric hospital

    NicuGal replied to rnsusan's topic in Pediatric

    We have a huge comprehensive care service, so they all come back to the comprehensive peds floor as that is where their docs
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    Taking post-mortem pictures

    NicuGal replied to Double-Helix's topic in Pediatric

    We also use Lay Me Down to Sleep for our NICU and PICU. We have a huge peds/baby bereavement group at our hospital. Many parents will not want to look at the pictures right away, but all the...