iHeartNICU

iHeartNICU specializes in NICU.

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1. Thank you NICU Nurses

   iHeartNICU replied to babylinn's topic in NICU

   This is why I went into NICU. I love it and can't imagine doing anything else. Good luck to little Patrick and your family :)

2. Enteral feeding pumps

   iHeartNICU replied to megcourt's topic in NICU

   We also use the medfusion pumps for our feedings and medications. We do use different tubing though for our feedings and our meds. The tubing for the feeding is orange.

3. Help! I am starting my internship in the NICU on Tuesday.

   iHeartNICU replied to Johnnysx3Girl's topic in NICU

   HEY! I would say one of the most important things is be willing to learn everything. Ask questions, don't ever feel like it's a stupid questions. Yes, you may get an eye roll or something every once and a while (hopefully not) but don't let that both...

4. Our NICU needs a new Kardex/report system

   iHeartNICU replied to CareForBabies's topic in NICU

   Wow, I can't even imagine not having a kardex that is not up to date. We get an order and while we still have the chart open we update the kardex (the kardex is kept at the bedside of each baby along with their chart). We also put in our own orders s...

5. "What's with all the men in the NICU lately?"

   iHeartNICU replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU

   I don't think it's weird at all. We have around 100 nurses on staff and have 5-10 men. They all do a great job and the parents seems to love them. We have one man in particular who is FANTASTIC with breast feeding and the moms are so thankful when h...

6. Would you want to be your own nurse? Your own patient?

   iHeartNICU replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

   I would say yes to both! Being a kidney transplant patient for 20 of my 25 years of life and now being a nurse myself, I have learned things from both perspectives and can appreciate both being a patient and being frustrated with a nurse and also bei...

7. Who loves their job?

   iHeartNICU replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

   I LOVE my job in NICU. I love getting to see a baby who started out so sick/premature needing every intervention we can offer, then growing bigger, getting stronger, learning how to PO feed and breathe on their own and finally going home. I love gett...

8. To my future patients

   iHeartNICU replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

   Kudos to you all who deal with this every day, I certainly couldn't keep my cool in those situations. That's one reason I work NICU :)

9. Promoting Team Bonding/Spirit on a Unit/Floor

   iHeartNICU replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

   Same here! Normally if you need help, there's people around who don't even wait to be asked....they just jump in and do whatever needs doing and then they get the same in return from me. We have great teamwork the majority of the time. Even on really...

10. The Beginning to an End

    iHeartNICU replied to AlmostBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Totally normal! I felt like I learned close to nothing about how to actually care for patients while in school. I learned lots of things but the physical, taking care of people, didn't seem to be one of those things, despite skills labs and clinicals...

11. Shower question about Canadian hospitals.

    iHeartNICU replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in International

    Hey! I'm not from Canada so I can't really speak on that behalf but I seriously wouldn't worry about it too much....especially not let it be a deciding factor of what field to go into. I know lots and lots of nurses that don't strip before going in t...

12. Funny Names

    iHeartNICU replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU

    They pronounce that as Ashley?? That poor child, nobody is ever going to guess that I took care of a 6 year old in clinical and his name was spelled Jonathan. I walked in the room, where he and his mom were, and said "Hi, Jonathan, I'm going to be y...

13. baby sitting primary after discharge

    iHeartNICU replied to iHeartNICU's topic in NICU

    Definitely not going to be their maid! They asked me to baby sit every once and a while, that's it. I'm not a pushover.....just someone who cares about a family and their situation. As far as them paying me my per diem amount, absolutely not. I would...

14. baby sitting primary after discharge

    iHeartNICU posted a topic in NICU

    Hey guys, I have a questions. I have a primary, former 25 weeker who is looking at discharge around Christmas. The parents asked me the other day if I would be willing to baby sit their daughter every once and a while. Mom will not be working so she ...

15. nurse hydration

    iHeartNICU replied to karnicurnc's topic in NICU

    Hmmm, well we don't label anything at our computer workspaces normally. We use bedside tables to keep our flowsheets on and we usually have all of our pateint's papers there and we usually label there too. So, that being said, it seems like at our co...