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1. Wanna hear this major drug booboo?

   guest01 replied to KRVRN's topic in NICU

   Wow, poor gal. Our hep lock flush is in a vial in a chest of drawers with other meds. I'm new so I've never had to use Vec: to tell you the truth, I don't even know where it is. And we flush all our heplocks q 8. We add heparin to our fluids lik...

2. Problem with respiratory team!!!!!!!! Arghhhhhh!

   guest01 replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU

   We do not routinely use sedation on our oscillator kids, unless warranted, like a pphn kid, restlessness, agitation, etc... I work at a large teaching hospital also and our RT's do not interpret lab gases. Our residents check on them and make change...

3. TCM problems

   guest01 replied to nell's topic in NICU

   I have RT remembrane and recalibrate, but it takes hours; also they are good with tips on how to get them to work better, like site and site prep and making sure it sticks well. I find the monitors to be undependable and a pain in the ***. Hopefu...

4. LVNs and NICU

   guest01 replied to NJS's topic in NICU

   To NJS, We do not have LVN's in our hospital, but if they do in your area go for it. some nurses I work with say they can't believe why anyone would choose to give birth other than the best hospital with a good NICU. But I know it is from their ho...

5. Anyone using NIPS scale?

   guest01 replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU

   We use the PIPP scoring tool. Just started a few months ago, we look at gest age, facial movements, HR and desats. It's not always helpful and the residents don't like to order pain meds even if the score is high. But we have to record it q shift...

6. first day of orientation

   guest01 replied to Nicunurse_RN's topic in NICU

   Niccnurse_RN I'm sorry your orientation is turning out so badly. You are right on for expecting more. Don't give up sticking up for yourself, perhaps all of you will be a catalyst for change and help nurses who are yet to work there. I can't belie...

7. Oxygen saturation

   guest01 replied to xcski's topic in NICU

   Thanks for your replies. We use 2l flow even in babies not full term, I think it is irritating to them and if they needed cpap why not the infant flow, even though I hate to work with it. We had mechanical phlebitis about a few months ago and the co...

8. Oxygen saturation

   guest01 replied to xcski's topic in NICU

   Wow, I can't believe the variation in O2 concentration parameters. In our NICU all premies less than 36 weeks or so have to have the alarms set at 82-92. If they are in RA most of the time we can increase the parameter. Over 36 weekers are kept a...

9. Med-surg or NICU first?

   guest01 replied to Neonatal WannaB's topic in NICU

   I have been a nurse for 4 years. I have worked in a nursing home, pedi home care, step down medical cardiac, med-surge-telemety, and now NICU. Working in the other places helped me with organization to some degree, and how to handle stressful situ...

10. How did you know you were made to be a NICU Nurse

    guest01 replied to peaceful2100's topic in NICU

    I am new in the NICU, graduated from an ADN program 4 yrs ago. I have worked in many diff. places so far from pedi homecare, nsg home, and hospital nursing. I hated most of it, love the NICU. I learned things in the other places that were helpful, b...