pooperscooperrn0624

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1. leaving bedside nursing

   pooperscooperrn0624 replied to infantRN's topic in Case Management

   I have just accepted a job as a NICU case manager/UR for a private insurance company. I have 15+ yrs of bedside NICU experience and am familiar somewhat with what the hospital visits involve. Can anyone tell me how to prepare while waiting for orien...

2. Emory Crawford Long and ADN New Grads...

   pooperscooperrn0624 replied to Mexarican's topic in Georgia

   What is the census like in the NICU there at Scottish? Most local NICU's are low right now.

3. bereavement care

   pooperscooperrn0624 posted a topic in NICU

   We are working on our bereavement care focusing on parents' support. We are puzzled with all the HIPPA violations how do handle a few issues. First, taking photos post mortum without consent. Many parents don't think they want photos but later regre...

4. discharge of MRSA infant

   pooperscooperrn0624 replied to pooperscooperrn0624's topic in NICU

   My main concern is who we are exposing going out the door touching everything in sight and the RN handling the carseat coming out of the isolation room then caring for other infants after not wearing precautions. Once our infants test positive they ...

5. discharge of MRSA infant

   pooperscooperrn0624 posted a topic in NICU

   Curious as to how you guys discharge an infant who has been on isolation precautions prior to d/c. Currently we follow strict isolation precautions, then suddenly everything changes once the d/c order is written. We carry the infant out of the hosp...

6. Tips for Clinical Observation in NICU

   pooperscooperrn0624 replied to kimsnothome's topic in NICU

   Remember developmental care on these infants. Be organized and do what you need to do quickly then get out of their bed. Do not talk over the infant when you are assessing it. I will IM you a good website video on newborn assessments. This is mor...

7. auscultating on HFOV

   pooperscooperrn0624 posted a topic in NICU

   Do you auscultate breath sounds for your infants on HFOV? If so, what method do you think is best? Our RT's say the sensormedic manual says there is no accurate way to assess lung sounds. We listen and feel for equal vibration. My nicu friend says ...

8. new policies

   pooperscooperrn0624 posted a topic in NICU

   hey guys, need help writing new policies. do you have a policy on how often to change suction canisters or admission of infant of hiv mom? also looking for standard policies and procedure manuals. have you seen any online? thanks

9. Has anyone here used Viagra for PPHN?

   pooperscooperrn0624 replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU

   I have used it on just one baby. We gave it PO so I don't know what other routes there are. We teased our male staff that seemed to hang around us more while the baby was on on it. We had lots of fun with that one.

10. Required to wear girly scrubs

    pooperscooperrn0624 replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men

    I have never understood the concept of changing into scrubs at work-whether you laundry them or the hospital does. We did that about 10 years ago but I feel certain that is old school by now. Any infection control nurses to answer that? Most NICU's...