NicuGal MSN, RN

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    are there any nurses out there who haven't been vaccinated?

    NicuGal replied to Kendel.G's topic in General Students

    There are certain areas in the hospital they can deny you to work in, such as maternal child due to the risk of you contracting one of the diseases you aren't vaccinated for, unknowingly, and then...
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    Vanco Administration Question Please!

    NicuGal replied to suzi0612's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Are you at a hospital afflilated clinic? They should have med guidelines to use. In our hospital and clinics we always use pumps, nothing goes in by gravity anymore. We do give Vanco without a...
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    do you think I should be written up?

    NicuGal replied to daisymae65035's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree, you should be checking the EMR for meds your patient is on and making sure they did receive them. That is part of your responsibility. And yes, you charted something that was not...
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    Do you need a license to practice as a RN or can you just how proof of passing NCLEX?

    NicuGal replied to ilove's topic in General Nursing

    In Ohio, we don't receive cards anymore, we only show up on the
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    specialty with lowest turnover rate?

    NicuGal replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    Maternal Child nurses tend to stay. In my unit, a level 3 NICU, we have over 25% of our nurses with 20+ years of experience, and this is out of just over 100
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    Not many Black/African American nurses working in the ICU's

    NicuGal replied to i-njoy-being-a-nurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Must be regional, we have a good number of AA nurses on all our units where I work! But it is true that there are less numbers of AA that enter the medical field in the
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    All tapped out. . .NAS

    NicuGal replied to TiffyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Makes you want to hit the morphine bottle with him doesn't it ? I feel so awful for those kids. And then at the end of the day...all you want to do is scream yourself. I hear you on the never...
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    NicuGal replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Should I wear makeup if I am working with sexual predators? They find me cute because I am little and attractive...really, I did NOT just read that! No girl, make yourself as ugly as possible, maybe...
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    Can Male RNs get jobs in Maternity Nursing?

    NicuGal replied to Samian Q's topic in Male Nursing Students

    We have many guys that work in L/D and NICU where I am ...we love them! They even out all the estrogen we have floating around
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    Male nurses student and skipping OB/L&D clinicals

    NicuGal replied to Jfarmboy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Nope, can't skip those clinicals, it is part of the program. And you may see pregnant or post partum women in your ICU, esp if you are working at a big level 1 trauma center. We have done C-sections...
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    Lost two kids yesterday

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

    I'm so sorry to hear about your kiddos Our jobs are very rewarding some days and just down right awful others Take some time for
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    HDN, Erythroblast Fetalis ??

    NicuGal replied to PSmi625's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm not quite getting what you are asking. When you need to transfuse a neonate, you do a cross and type on them, just like you do anyone else. The only time we use a special blood pack is if they...
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    New Graduate Nurse

    NicuGal replied to Kayla0120's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You have a lot on your plate. Honestly, I have never known anyone to go into an NP program without having been in their job first. As for the certification, they really are not going to make you...
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    Mixing infant formula half strength..

    NicuGal replied to Kristen<3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We had one that decided that if she didn't dilute the concentrate she could only feed him 3x per day, she figured he was was getting all the calories he needed.
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    Mixing infant formula half strength..

    NicuGal replied to Kristen<3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The google search talks about when you would half formula, not the consequences. You need to look at what the formula is providing, you can search the formula websites to see the composition and come...
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    Certification after school

    NicuGal replied to cdgpatterson's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ditto, you can't do a specialy exam without the documented hours of practice. I would caution against getting the other certs such as NRP, etc because you really do need to be in practice to be able...
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    Question about normal weight loss of a sick infant

    NicuGal replied to 01nurse2012's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There really isn't a norm for that. Most newborns gain 15-60gm per
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    Mixing infant formula half strength..

    NicuGal replied to Kristen<3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Look at what makes up the formula (ie minerals, calories,
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    instructor says nursing is not for me..

    NicuGal replied to Orlette's topic in General Students

    I agree, you have to make a little small talk because it is amazing what you will learn about you
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    Are You still footprinting infants in delivery for identification?

    NicuGal replied to aimeern33's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We quit doing that over 20 years ago. The baby's footprint will be different even a few hours after delivery, there aren't really any identifiying whorls or marks, they actually all kind of look the...
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    Discharge Prep

    NicuGal replied to nursecarlie06's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It is a universal problem it seems. People don't document what they do with parent's, so the discharge nurse does it all. Happens all the time and is my biggest pet peeve ever. Different if the...
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    Subutex withdraw

    NicuGal replied to doularoz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi dmm1971, this is a nurse's forum and we can't give advice on your situation. You can private message the poster above you
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    Positioning for HFOV

    NicuGal replied to menemsha's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ours is the same, less frequently if they are unstable. The shouldn't need CPT when on HF
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    Since when is it my responsibility to...

    NicuGal replied to nrsang97's topic in General Nursing

    We have to document who we give the result to...if it is the nurse caring for the patient or the doc. It is one of your jobs to make sure that value gets where it needs to go. You took the result,...
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    Probiotics in the NICU? What's been your experience?

    NicuGal replied to jpeters84's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have a pretty well known nutritionist that works with us and our docs and she still are on the fence. We have used them with a few of our short gut kids with good results, but that took alot of...