jnsatc

jnsatc specializes in neonatal ICU, adult med/surg.

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1. NICU Rooming In before discharge

   jnsatc replied to angellady24's topic in NICU

   we have 9 transition rooms on our unit that parents can room in with their babies. every baby is on a central monitor, but the parents are heavily encouraged to provide all personal care to their baby. We have a rooming in sheet that the parents can ...

2. looking for bath protocols

   jnsatc replied to jnsatc's topic in NICU

   Thanks for everyone's input. We do baths on the night shift, but we only have 2-3baby assignments, so i can't say that the baths aren't getting done because we are over worked. I think alot of people are afraid to bath a real sick kid, but like i sai...

3. looking for bath protocols

   jnsatc posted a topic in NICU

   I was just wondering what everyone's doing as far as bathing their neonates. We are a level 3 with no current bathing protocol and unfortunately it has been known for some of our kids to not be bathed in 2wks which is totally disgusting. Personally I...

4. TPN via UVC

   jnsatc replied to astral92's topic in NICU

   If we have a UAC and a UVC then the TPN and lipids run through the UVC and 1/2NS with heparin 1:1 runs through our UAC; otherwise our TPN and lipids run through our UAC. We never run pressors, bicarb, or blood through our UAC's

5. New to NICU

   jnsatc replied to carebeth's topic in NICU

   I was in the same position that you are. I worked adult med surg for three years then out of the blue decided to go to NICU, never dealing with kids or babies before in my life. I had a 4mth orientation, great preceptors and my unit is great, everyon...

6. Undigested -vs- Partially Digested Residuals

   jnsatc replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in NICU

   We don't check residuals on our trophic feed babies (1cc q 4 or 8hrs) since it will take a while for the stomach to fill and then empty. We are starting to stop checking residuals unless we fill a need and then if a residual is 2/3 of the feed, we gi...

7. Would you recommend your NICU/hospital?

   jnsatc replied to futuregaspasser's topic in NICU

   I work at Mission Hospitals in Asheville NC and highly recommend it. I have never worked in an area where everyone works as a team and truely likes each othe and gets along. We call the docs by their first names and they treat us with respect and ask...

8. what's your policy on switching out isolettes?

   jnsatc replied to luv-r-babies's topic in NICU

   We change our isolettes every 2 wks

9. Umbilical Artery Catheter Question

   jnsatc replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in NICU

   We leave our UAC's in as long as they continue to work. I've seen them left in over three 3wks sometimes. I've not noticed an increased rate of infection or cloting. We don't use radial lines. Once we remove the UAC's we try to place midlines, otherw...