grlgid

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1. Funny Names

   grlgid replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU

   just wanted to bump this up to the top and see if anybody had any new names to add. I love this, it always gives me a chuckle.

2. HELP! Ostomy bag will NOT stay on!

   grlgid replied to Preemie2RN's topic in NICU

   Hi We have used glycerin with stoma powder and questran all mixed together. You can spread it as thin or as thick as you need it in different areas

3. Feeding Protocols

   grlgid replied to HawkeyeRN's topic in NICU

   I would love a copy as well :) thanks in advance Tina [email protected]

4. What kind of scrubs do you wear?

   grlgid posted a topic in NICU

   So facing yet another uniform change, this time going the freedom to chose which ever kind of scrubs we want to being mandated a hospital wide uniform has got me wondering what does everybody else wear in their units? Currently we wear scrubs with...

5. Neonatal Conferences?

   grlgid replied to lccougar02's topic in NICU

   Memorial Health in Savannah, Ga offers a perinatal conference the first week of march every year. I have gone the last few years and the NICU side has been pretty good. I am looking forward to this year's speaker as I have heard him before and he...

6. Funny Names

   grlgid replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU

   okay the newest one we had was - mignon someone looked it up and it supposedly means cute we all just called her Filet(sp)

7. Need tips on dealing with neonatal abstinence

   grlgid replied to minky84's topic in NICU

   Our step-down unit is basically one big room. *We try to place those babies away from each other as they seem to feed off each other once they start to cry. *We try to have them as a 3 baby assignment whenever possible and only 1 withdrawing baby p...

8. Methadone and cleft palate

   grlgid replied to NeoNurse04's topic in NICU

   We've had two cleft/methadone babies back to back and have had at least 6 methadone babies through our doors since just before Christmas. Most of the moms say the same thing, they never new that their baby would go through withdrawl, they were told...

9. Our NICU needs a new Kardex/report system

   grlgid replied to CareForBabies's topic in NICU

   Our NNP's use Neo-Data and their info is nicely transferred over to our report sheets. It makes giving report so much easier since everything is there all we have to do is run down the sheet for each patient and make personal additions. Tina

10. isolette humidity

    grlgid replied to jscrn's topic in NICU

    we don't use humidity at all in our isolettes. If they are wee (under 800g I think the protocol is now) they get 5 days of aquaphor to help with the fluid loss thru the skin but otherwise nada. They keep talking about trying out humidity since we ...

11. Chest tube question

    grlgid replied to RN4Little1s's topic in NICU

    ok you are right I mixed terms up a little bit suction = bubbling water in chamber (although we are switching to dry suction soon) water seal/gravity same thing as far as I know...no suction

12. Funny Names

    grlgid replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU

    When I was a little girl, the older lady who stayed at the cottage next to ours was named Baby girl as well. She married a man whose last name was Blue so her leagal name was Baby Blue. (the story she told me was that he dad got so excited filling ...

13. Chest tube question

    grlgid replied to RN4Little1s's topic in NICU

    Hi, The way we do it is: Water seal is hooked up to wall suction so you get a nice rolling bubble in your water chamber (we usually keep ours at 15) gravity is when we turn the suction off we almost always clamp it for several hours befor...

14. Funny Names

    grlgid replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU

    we now have a baby whose name on quick glance looks like lesbian, mom says its pronounced le-say-bian (it's not spelled that way) I'd hate to be her come middle school

15. Withdrawal

    grlgid replied to kitty29's topic in NICU

    If they are stable a swing or a vibrating bouncy seat is a wonderful thing but don't forget the all important pacifier, please don't forget the pacifier. They all seem to have that hyperactive suck and get really upset when that "binkie" in not pre...