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1. What are the smallest diapers available?

   LANurse replied to HealthShepherd's topic in NICU

   We use these. I like them much better than wee-pees. http://www.small-beginnings.com/cuddlebunpage.htm

2. Aquaphor burning skin??

   LANurse replied to BeckyNICURN's topic in NICU

   We are talking 22-23 weeks and an occasional 21 weeker thrown in just for kicks. We do not use humidity, we use Aquaphor q6h x14 days. It serves the same purpose as humidity does, which is to decrease insensible water loss,until the skin is keratiniz...

3. Aquaphor burning skin??

   LANurse replied to BeckyNICURN's topic in NICU

   You may have to adjust the Servo temp downward with the probe placement behind the ear, but it works pretty well. Once the skin has keratinized, and the Aquaphor treatment stopped, we place the probe on the trunk with a temp probe cover.

4. Aquaphor burning skin??

   LANurse replied to BeckyNICURN's topic in NICU

   We have been using Aquaphor on micropreemies for many years now, and we have not had the problem you described. We use it for a period of two weeks, and the babies are kept on radiant warmers. If you are having a problem with the temp probe cover, yo...

5. pay incentives in Birmingham area

   LANurse posted a topic in Alabama

   I am considering a move to the Birmingham area, and was curious about shift differentials, weekend and any other incentive pay that hospitals in the area offer. I am very interested in UAB, but would welcome any other responses as well. I would appr...

6. Former 26 weeker,now a NICU nurse

   LANurse posted a topic in NICU

   I thought some might be interested in this article, I am going to attempt to post the link! http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1083402923120270.xml I can't figure out how to post the link to her picture, but it is on the front...

7. How do you wake up in the am

   LANurse replied to iliel's topic in General Nursing

   One thing that helps me, is putting my alarm clock across the room, not within arms reach. I have to get up and walk over to it to hit the snooze bar. This wakes me up more, and I tend not to oversleep.

8. Preemie survival rate question

   LANurse replied to VickyRN's topic in NICU

   These statistics came from our chief of Neonatology. I did not personally crunch the numbers. I know that it is not the norm for 23-24 weekers to die any more, when we first started resuscitating 23 weeks, most of them died. The survivors are not all...

9. Preemie survival rate question

   LANurse replied to VickyRN's topic in NICU

   These statistics are from the unit I work in , from the last two years 2001-2002. gest. age / percent surviving 22 wks- 25% 27wks-93% 23 wks 75% 28 wks-95% 24 wks 76% ...

10. Holiday differentials?

    LANurse replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    We do not get holiday differentials for any holiday, and we do not get weekend differentials either.

11. What do you absolutely HATE about nursing? How about nurse abuse?

    LANurse replied to LANurse's topic in General Nursing

12. What do you absolutely HATE about nursing? How about nurse abuse?

    LANurse posted a topic in General Nursing

13. Busting at the seams!

    LANurse replied to LANurse's topic in NICU

    Administration, as usual, is not much help in the matter. We have a new DON, and she came up to our unit to see if anything could be done.Suggestions were transferring our older chronics to PEDS and PICU. which the attending neo promptly shot down. H...

14. Busting at the seams!

    LANurse posted a topic in NICU

    Just curious, what is the practice of your unit regarding admissions when you are getting too darn full? We never stop admitting and accepting transports, no matter what the census. Our unit is designed to hold 70 patients, we hit 90 last week. Our n...