NicuGal MSN, RN

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    Hand help please!

    NicuGal replied to HarleyNrs's topic in General Nursing

    organic skin care Meadowlake Farm Beehive Skin Therapies All organic line of products and the person who developed them is a NICU nurse :) Great stuff! Her hand cream and wound salve are out of...
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    Lack of standards in healthcare

    NicuGal replied to esunada's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There are certain standards that have to be done per protocol, or your butt will be in a sling. Sometimes there are more than one way to do a procedure, both being right, such as how long to run feed...
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    Self Scheduling VS. Rotation, & County VS. Private Hospital Job

    NicuGal replied to nursynurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    You have to look at what you think you can tolerate. Is the first place going to be too rigid for your life needs? Are you going to be able to put money into retirement funds with the second one, or...
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    Newborn Nursing Diagnosis

    NicuGal replied to Adelene's topic in General Students

    For respiratory...look at the gestational age and what you wrote. Not immature, what age is considered premature or late premature? also,RR WNL, what are the norms for a newborn. Look at temp and...
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    PPD Test Reaction

    NicuGal replied to wkate's topic in General Nursing

    Ask for preservative free next time...mine always got like
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    I either need day shift or to be single. Vent

    NicuGal replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    You just have to keep reminding him...and if that doesn't work, do stuff when he is trying to sleep...sounds awful, but I did it twice and my husband got the message. The worst thing though was him...
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    How Do I tell my current job that I need time off for 1 month to work as a camp nurse

    NicuGal replied to careo180's topic in Nursing Career

    I have to echo what the others said. Especially if it is during the summer when the most vacation hours are taken. This isn't a personal leave, nor a medical leave, this is a leave to do another paid...
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    RN obtaining Consent for Blood Transfusion & PICC lines

    NicuGal replied to bhanna02's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, the fellows and NNP's are responsible to get consent for PICCs and blood
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    EPIC STORK electronic medical record

    NicuGal replied to obmomrn's topic in General Nursing

    You shouldn't have to do taped report if you are doing bedside, that takes up a lot of time. My unit, and the peds floor, do a charge nurse to charge nurse report on the whole floor, but each nurse...
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    What is your units procedure on accessing central lines?

    NicuGal replied to hcox1975's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use a biosensor if we have need to access for blood draws on any of our lines. Nice closed system. Our bigger babies get 3fr fem lines so we can draw off those...makes life nice! We just have a...
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    SGA vs, IUGR

    NicuGal replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    They are! They are older babies in these little bodies...most of the time they don't really have any problems except they are small! They are bright eyed and bushy tailed, that is for sure
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    What is your units procedure on accessing central lines?

    NicuGal replied to hcox1975's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have a central line bundle in place, we adapted from ihi.org We don't do sterile procedure to access lines. We cleanse the hub with alcohol (chlorhex if cultures), let air dry and then access....
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    severe skin flaking...anyone seen this?

    NicuGal replied to luvbug9956's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to say scabies, SJS, or staph, esp if she has it in her blood. Scabies...just makes me want to itch! There are also certain types of ichthyosis that people can have. They just shed skin...
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    Link to a neat essay about...

    NicuGal replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We decided at work that we make 6 figures...if you count the 2 figures behind the decimal point
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    Forgot to start continuous feed!

    NicuGal replied to obprof's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hey we all do it...I've fed the bed more than one time in my career. Take it and learn from it. I doubt you will be disciplined over it...just admit to the mistake, tell her what you are going to do...
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    No more fun scrubs

    NicuGal replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing

    Be happy they are giving you an allowance, even if it only buys 2 sets. Our hospital is purchasing ours, but they have to be laundered there, no more wearing them in and out of the hospital. We are...
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    SGA vs, IUGR

    NicuGal replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    IUGR babies are usually associated with something that prevents them from growing well, such as PIH, poor placental perfusion, TORCH infections. SGA means you grew a little baby lol That is the...
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    When is the best time to tell the employer that you are pregnant?

    NicuGal replied to iCare24's topic in General Nursing

    I'd bring it up after you are hired, esp in the first trimesters, there are things you have to becareful of. You won't qualify for FMLA, so most likely you will be given 6-8 weeks leave after the...
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    NRP certification online?

    NicuGal replied to MommyandRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We only do renewal this way. You have to have some actual hands on experience under your belt (ie on orientation) for the stuff to click really. We have an actual class for our newbies. Also, if...
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    chinstraps on ncpap

    NicuGal replied to wensday's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The ones we have don't seem to work well and being a county hospital we are stuck with them. We tried the bili mask thing but got reprimanded because that isn't what they are for...okayy. We have...
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    scoop method for recapping

    NicuGal replied to michelecl's topic in General Nursing

    No scoop method here, as a matter of fact, I think that is a ding by the Health Departments and JACHO (or whatever they are calling themselves these days lol). We have sharps containers at each...
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    chinstraps on ncpap

    NicuGal replied to wensday's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have used them, but we don't like
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    Link to a neat essay about...

    NicuGal replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I loved it...read it yesterday :) But didn't she say something about 6 figure salary....I want to work there lol But it is a very true essay!
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    Bad preceptorship assignment

    NicuGal replied to tajlemm6's topic in General Students

    Can I ask what type of program you are in? If you only had 8 clinical days, well you should be filing a complaint over that! And you aren't getting screwed,you put it on the paper and you got one of...
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    Bad preceptorship assignment

    NicuGal replied to tajlemm6's topic in General Students

    You have to take what was handed to you and make the best of it. I think you will be amazed at how many of these people have many other problems besides behavioral....those nurses have to be on top...