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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

    Sweeper933 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    A bunch of us on my unit have decided that Pregestimil smells like McDonalds french
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    Primary/secondary apnea.

    Sweeper933 replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Nothing like being called down for "thick mec" - baby comes out limp with no respiratory effort. Then the OB takes their time clamping of the cord, lets dad cut the cord, then suctions out the baby...
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    Child Abuse

    Sweeper933 replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Wow...
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    Funny Names

    Sweeper933 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have a baby now who's name is: Jail (mom says it's pronounced
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    Do you swab for MRSA upon admission?

    Sweeper933 replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our entire hospital swabs EVERY patient for MRSA upon admission, and then again every Sunday night during their hospital stay. We've had babies test negative the first few, then positive after
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    Emotional Overload

    Sweeper933 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    First of all - I'm apologizing in advance for how long this post is probably going to be... I just have a lot on my mind right now regarding my most recent primary (D). To make his incredibly long...
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    Hammock Therapy

    Sweeper933 replied to bethin's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Me
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    Emotional Overload

    Sweeper933 replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I know there are some babies that we just can't help. It's just the way our job goes sometimes. It just sucks knowing that he may have had a better chance if his parents had made different decisions....
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    Funny Names

    Sweeper933 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    lol.... this baby was just born a few weeks ago on my
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

    Sweeper933 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Seriously!!!!
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    Funny Names

    Sweeper933 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Baby girl...
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    it's so frustrating..

    Sweeper933 replied to acerila's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Seriously... Especially when it's one of the primairies for the baby, and it's a moonlighter of sorts (or any doc who barely knows the kid). Thankfully 99% of our docs are really good about listening...
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    it's so frustrating..

    Sweeper933 replied to acerila's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is definitely one of the most frustrating thing that us night nurses have to deal with! I remember a baby a few months back... he had spontaneously perfed a few weeks ago and was getting better...
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    You know it's a slow night when....

    Sweeper933 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    So our census has been rather low for the past few weeks now (in the mid to high 20's, when we are usually 40+). It's gotten to the point where we are all starting to go a little stir crazy... We...
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    You know it's a slow night when....

    Sweeper933 replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    lol.... so true! Our docs have told us that the antepartum unit is bursting at the seems right now, so I guess we will probably get slammed pretty
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    Funny NICU Video

    Sweeper933 replied to mybabies's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    lol... that's
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    Getting burned out

    Sweeper933 replied to Imafloat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As others have stated - mental health days are definitely needed every now and then. After a hard night, a lot of times a bunch of us will go out to breakfast. It always feels good to get some good...
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    Embarassingly dumb question

    Sweeper933 replied to hikernurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I still shake my head when one of the "vets" asks me a question... I always think to myself... you've been doing this for longer than I'm alive - yet you're asking me for advice?!?!?! I guess that...
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    Volunteers in the NICU

    Sweeper933 replied to RNDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We also have volunteers come in and hold babies. The parents have to give permission for them to do so. I'm told that they are a huge help... they never come around on night shift
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    Embarassingly dumb question

    Sweeper933 replied to hikernurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh yeah... definitely have done that before... "so you really want this blood pushed in, through the UAC, as fast as we can do it???" (the baby was coding at the time... but still... that's fast for...
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    Embarassingly dumb question

    Sweeper933 replied to hikernurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's why it's part of our protocol to have any vasoactive drips hooked up on the part of the line closer to the pumps... that way when any meds are flushed - it only flushes the little bit of the...
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    What kind of feeding system do you use?

    Sweeper933 replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We also changed everything over to the "orange striped" tubing. Probably d/t that same sentinel event that occurred somewhere... We've been using this system for all of our enteral feeds, and haven't...
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    Nasal suction guidelines

    Sweeper933 replied to AbearsdenRNC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Why in the world would they be cutting the end off of the neosuckers??? We use those on my unit, and none of us have ever had a problem getting all of the (thick) secretions out of the
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    How many patients a day

    Sweeper933 replied to NICUplease's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We rarely have a case of MRSA on my unit (47+ bed level III). Lately we've had a few kids come in from the "outside" w/ RSV that we have put into isolation on a 1:1 assignment. Since our isolation...
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    How many patients a day

    Sweeper933 replied to NICUplease's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't know you do that - have all your babies due at the same times! We get our babies in different schedules - q3 starting at either 8,9, or 10. (same thing with q4 schedules). To answer the above...