[nicuRN2007]

Hey everyone!

I'm a new nurse, and I've been working NICU for 8 months. I'm newly pregnant and I remember reading on here a while back that pregnant women shouldn't take care of patients on iNO. Can you give me more info on this? I've never heard anyone mention this at my job, and I want to be informed in case someone tries to assign me an iNO patient.

Also, should I try and stay a safe distance from a patient on iNO, even if I'm not caring for the baby? If so, what is a safe distance?

Unfortunately, some of the more seasoned nurses that I work with are a bit cynical of pregnant nurses not wanting to do certain things (holding for x-rays for instance).

I don't want to do anything that will possibly harm my baby.

[Jolie]

Congratulations!

Please talk to your OB/midwife and ask for guidelines on occupational health issues and pregnancy.

[BittyBabyGrower]

http://http://allnurses.com/forums/f...ml#post2374873

Here is a link to one of the discussions. It is policy in our unit for pregnant docs and nurses to not be in the room with nitric. I have a link in my post that we refer to.

[SteveRN21]

That's too bad that your coworkers react that way to you not wanting to be near during xrays. I mean, come on! Unprotected xray exposure is known to cause problems. As if any of them wouldn't care if it were their baby. Unfortunately, I HAVE seen my share of pregnant coworkers refuse to take a perfectly safe and doable assignment with the excuse that they are pregnant. (Also another older discussion on this forum)