NicuGal MSN, RN

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    Disaster at work?

    NicuGal replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I worked the night of the big black out here on the Northeast coast...it sucked. But we do have a whole disaster plan in place. Many of us have been thru HEICS training at my hospital. Very eye...
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    when patients go off the floor...

    NicuGal replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think that much of this is stemming from the fact that many of the hospitals are going non-smoking and you cannot smoke on property, therefore the patients are leaving hospital property while still...
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    0.9 is not full time?!

    NicuGal replied to simvee's topic in General Nursing

    We are considered full time for anything over 32 hours per week. Below that is part
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    when patients go off the floor...

    NicuGal replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    If our stable patients want to go to the little snack place, library etc they get a visitor pass sticker that states when they left. To come back on the floor, they have to have the sticker on (they...
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    Employee Survey Time

    NicuGal replied to Blindsided's topic in General Nursing

    We have two generic log in computers we use for those kind of surveys. They are always logged in and are in our conference room area we share with the
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    Chest tube, flush and aspirate?

    NicuGal replied to tojal1989's topic in General Nursing

    If you are permitted to do it at your hospital, there should be a policy/procedure in your manual/online. Check that before doing
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    Wiping off IV ports

    NicuGal replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Always wipe before and
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    How do you verify NG tube placement on your unit?

    NicuGal replied to digitiminimi's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do air and listen, we don't do xray confirmation unless it is an ND or NJ
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    How would you feel?

    NicuGal replied to stashiaj's topic in General Nursing

    Did you go to the manager and ask why? You have to be proactive. Did you put in for the shift, but did you also go and ask what the hours were going to be? I am assuming that you would know what...
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    Discouraged Nurse Graduate

    NicuGal replied to ahilt24's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Like all the others: You may have to take a job for how in anything you can get into...med/surg, peds, etc. Get a foot in the door. Many of the bigger hospitals are looking for BSN prepared now and...
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    Being late to work...

    NicuGal replied to sarabellum1's topic in General Nursing

    Chronically late people....can't stand it. How does it affect us...well, someone has to usually stay until you get there, or give written report to the charge nurse who has to pick up your patients...
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    How would you feel?

    NicuGal replied to stashiaj's topic in General Nursing

    We see this all the time where I work...you can't work the hours so you are mad about it?! What is it that you actually want? The manager can't just create a position for you, she has to hire into...
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    Suctioning of ETT on < 27 weekers?

    NicuGal replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We will go 6-8 hours without suctioning many times. RDS is not a mucus producing problem. Sometimes after they are initially placed on the high freq they will rattle up some old secretions. EBP...
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    Air Embolism in Infant

    NicuGal replied to kk2021's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes, syringe pump tubing can be anywhere from 0.2ml to 2ml, would it have killed the baby, probably not, but it should still be looked at as a lesson, one the instructer should have pointed out. That...
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    I'm sorry sir, I cannot call the neurosurgeon at 3AM for that...

    NicuGal replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...I guess I am spoiled by working in a teaching facility,but you're telling me if I told you I had a splitting headache at 3am, you'd tell me, sorry nothing you can do about it? You better...
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    Keeping A Written Record Of The Patients You've Had: Good Or Bad?

    NicuGal replied to All4NursingRN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If you work in peds or OB/NICU, the limit of statue is 18 years plus. The parents have until the age of 18 to bring suit, then if the the child is competent, they can sue after the age of 18 for say a...
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    Male Nursing Student Interested in NICU Nursing

    NicuGal replied to jchap12's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Go for it! We have several guys we work with and we love them...they even out the estrogen levels lol Parents, esp most dads, enjoy the guys. And our older more chronic kids love having the guys...
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    prolapsed stoma?

    NicuGal replied to littlegreenfrog's topic in General Nursing

    We see this a lot with our kids, as long as it looks pink and continues to work, they don't worry too much about it. Sometimes it does retract back up, but sometimes is stays like that until they do a...
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    Keeping A Written Record Of The Patients You've Had: Good Or Bad?

    NicuGal replied to All4NursingRN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    You should not be keeping things with patients names, etc on them in your house, that is a huge HIPAA violation. I have been involved in several cases and always have been asked if I have any records...
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    Will an arrest record affect my nursing licensure?

    NicuGal replied to kathy1285's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Even if they license you, some places of employment won't hire you if they see your fingerprints in a data base, I know our hospital is one of
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    How do you deal with explosive customers?

    NicuGal replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We were taught the acronym LAST in our patient coordinator class... Listen, Apologize, Solve and Thank Listen to the client, " I am so sorry this happened/was said,etc to you/familymember,etc. I will...
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    Abusive Doctors

    NicuGal replied to MJB2010's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Write it up and have any witnesses sign it. We had an attending that was like that...he was sent to HR 3 times, all three came back with anger management classes, etc. The 4th time he got fired....
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    Clocking out ..NO Overtime

    NicuGal replied to SNFLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Correrct, but how many floor nurses are salary? Not many. Once you clock out you are not supposed to continue to work, if you finish patient care, you are not covered by the hospital for anything...
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    Call Off Policies?

    NicuGal replied to belle87RN's topic in General Nursing

    We are on a point system that is a rolling year. One point for each hour you called in, after X amt of points you get a written, more points, verbal, etc. At a certain number that is prorated to...
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    Clocking out ..NO Overtime

    NicuGal replied to SNFLPN's topic in General Nursing

    You can NOT clock out and continue your work, that is