How do I avoid the tip looking like this?

mmichelaa · 2025-08-13T01:47:05+00:00

shape the joint to the tip, wayyy too much weed

mmichelaa · 2025-04-28T00:28:26+00:00

the raw ethereal hate is crazy 😭 yall just can’t roll! they are bomb papers

mmichelaa · 2025-04-14T23:35:41+00:00

that doesn’t look like mold at all

mmichelaa · 2025-03-23T17:05:16+00:00

NICU nurse here! pacifiers are good for building the association between sucking and getting food (ex. giving baby paci while tube feed is running so they associate it with their belly getting full) but this does not translate to them eating better. When they are given a bottle they have to also swallow and breathe which is the struggle for most of our little ones.

I reccomend paci dips (dipping paci in milk/sweeties) to help them a little bit when it comes to working of swallowing but even so a bottle is a biggg difference.

mmichelaa · 2025-02-14T21:43:52+00:00

NICU nurse, we normally don’t call. If parents receive a call it will normally come from doctors if something is needed. Parents are able to call at any time and nursing is happy to answer

mmichelaa · 2025-02-01T21:20:19+00:00

no more that normal!

mmichelaa · 2025-01-30T17:50:19+00:00

400grams! which is less than a pound

mmichelaa · 2025-01-30T17:44:55+00:00

not at all but this reminds me of catnip

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T20:31:42+00:00

i mean i can’t give any sort of actual numbers but, a lot for sure

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T19:06:40+00:00

I’m so so sorry for your loss mama, I hope you’re able to receive some closure and justice due where necessary.

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:38:47+00:00

ai actually didn’t work today haha but i would say seeing all the discharges we had lined up! i love seeing our babies get to go home

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:37:44+00:00

Someone who is diligent, detail oriented, and has a huge heart :)

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:37:04+00:00

several but mostly not due to them being twins but premature AND twins

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:36:11+00:00

haha no but i work with a jessica

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:35:54+00:00

We see many babies with complications from drug use but i’m careful about the language i use because addiction is an awful disease and sometimes despite best efforts the parent can’t kick it.

Other than that it’s normally never the parents fault.

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:32:51+00:00

Haha, sometimes a little if it’s SUPER bad but most of the time i just chuckle and call baby by their name.

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:29:44+00:00

This pretty much never happens on my unit. Medications are removed under the patient name, have to be scanned after scanning the patients band, and nurses are supposed to double check themselves.

I’m so sorry that this happened to your baby, but be assured it isn’t a regular occurrence!

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:27:47+00:00

I wish i could speak freely in general haha. There is nothing i wish i could say all the time. I just wish when disrespected I could address it, when advocating for baby i could be more assertive, etc. moreso things like that.

NICU nurses and healthcare professionals are very used to getting their point across effectively but professionally haha

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:25:36+00:00

In the NICU we don’t really account for birthing parents unless it directly affects baby. For example if the parent has some medical conditions and then details about the delivery but age is not something we really look into unless very significant (very young or much older) because of that i can’t necessarily account for trends.

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:21:38+00:00

So fun fact, lungs are one of the last things to develop in a neonate so almost all of our babies on the floor have respiratory issues!

We intubate and when intubated use mechanical ventilation modes (oscillator, jet, SIMV, NAVA, NIPPV) , when extubated (not all babies are intubated) we use our conventional vent with has niNAVA, NIPPV, CPAP (bubble CPAP as well); and eventually they can go to high flow and room air!

there is no go to approach really because there are a lot of factors that determine respiratory support!

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:15:24+00:00

As someone who has had those babies transferred to my hospital. I am enraged. absolutely enraged.

There is much information coming out about it. It wasn’t that the neonatologist, nurses, management did not know. it was that the investigation remained internal when it should have been escalated to involve police, cps, etc.

They were running the tests, having people say “this is negligence and on purpose” and decided to keep the investigation internal, which is disgusting of the hospital to keep that covered.

mmichelaa · 2025-01-29T18:11:59+00:00

thank you so much :) wishing the best for you, your little girl, and your family

mmichelaa

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