skysurfer

skysurfer has 8 years experience and specializes in ICU.

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1. Nasal suction guidelines

   skysurfer replied to AbearsdenRNC's topic in NICU

   Dear Colleagues, i am writing from Switzerland. We do not have such suction devices like the neosucker. We use atraumatic catheters. And here comes my question. Years ago i learned that one can insert a "atraumatic" catheter with applied suction. Whe...

2. re-structurating the interdisciplinary teamwork

   skysurfer posted a topic in NICU

   Dear Colleagues, our unit (Ped/Neonat. ICU) is currently in the process of re- structuring the interdisciplinary teamwork. We like to see our work as a relational triangle between Nurses, Physicians and Patients (& Parents) which can (and should)...

3. Re-structuring the interdisciplinary teamwork

   skysurfer posted a topic in General Nursing

   dear colleagues, our unit (ped/neonat. icu) is currently in the process of re- structuring the interdisciplinary teamwork. we like to see our work as a relational triangle between nurses, physicians and patients (& parents) which can (and should)...

4. Re-structuring the interdisciplinary teamwork

   skysurfer posted a topic in General Nursing

   dear colleagues, our unit (ped/neonat. icu) is currently in the process of re- structuring the interdisciplinary teamwork. we like to see our work as a relational triangle between nurses, physicians and patients (& parents) which can (and shoul...

5. oral vs. nasal intubation

   skysurfer replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU

   There is a breakdown of a whole lot of other things, too, if a baby is intubated for months and months....... We usually intubate our infants via nasal airway, simply because it´s tolerated better by the infants and the fixation is more easy and ac...

6. NICU Shifts how long?

   skysurfer posted a topic in NICU

   Cheers everybody, i am a NICU Nurse from Switzerland and i am planning to work in the USA. In Switzerland we have 9 hour shifts, whereas in germany where i worked befor i moved to switzerland, we had shifts that lasted 7.45 hours. I am wondering how ...

7. Practice guideline regarding the use of Oxygen and SaO2 in Preterm Infants

   skysurfer replied to skysurfer's topic in NICU

   If you´d copy the document to your desctop, you should be able to fill out the Qestionnaire and then insert it at your Email program to send it to me...i just tried it. Hospital / Unit: SaO2 Limits in Preemies Upper Limit: Lower Limit: ...

8. Practice guideline regarding the use of Oxygen and SaO2 in Preterm Infants

   skysurfer replied to skysurfer's topic in NICU

   Hello out there, As everybody can see, my post was read about 88 times by different People, but i havent received a single questionnaire..... What´s the problem? are there no Nurses that can answer the questions? Don´t they want to? Too much work? C...

9. The use of sucrose in NICU please respond:

   skysurfer replied to cajrio's topic in NICU

   Stone age? if you´d knew how many different treatment options are available and have been shown as effective, but no one cares about them, for various reasons........ Yo cant be a bad nurse, because you can tell your colleagues about the use of sucr...

10. The use of sucrose in NICU please respond:

    skysurfer replied to cajrio's topic in NICU

    Bucher et al 1995 showed in a study that sucrose in such small doses has not been shown to cause hyperglycemia.....:thankya: In intubated children i´d bee very careful because of possible aspiration of the fluid.

11. The use of sucrose in NICU please respond:

    skysurfer replied to cajrio's topic in NICU

    Hello cajrio, We are using sucrose(glucose 20%) for pain relief in Infants 0-1yrs. The Infant has to be on enteral feeding, has to have a normal sucking behaviour, and a normal sip reflex. Contraindications are as follows: NEC, confirmed or estimat...

12. can nurses intubate?

    skysurfer replied to mommy2BCD's topic in NICU

    Hello From Switzerland, We don´t intubate at our Unit, we dont have RT´s, so the intubation is done by our Physicians. But we perform BGA´s interpret them and do Vent changes. In our post graduate intensive care course, which takes 2 years to graduat...

13. NICU nurses

    skysurfer replied to nsgst05's topic in NICU

    Just visit the following websites http://www.sccm.org/specialties/pediatric/picu_course/index.asp http://pedsccm.wustl.edu/Clinical_resources.html hope that helps

14. Practice guideline regarding the use of Oxygen and SaO2 in Preterm Infants

    skysurfer posted a topic in NICU

    Hello everybody, We (Eastern Swiss Childrenshospital St.Gallen) have developed a questionnaire to collect information over the optimal use/current practice of using O2 and SaO2 in preterm Infants with bradycardia/apnea syndrome. There exists a consid...

15. NICU nurses

    skysurfer replied to nsgst05's topic in NICU

    I was in the middle of the my Nursing education, when i saw a documentation on TV about Preemies. That´s when i knew once i will work on such a Unit. I did a practicum during my last semester where i had to do it in my vacation time, cause in our sch...