CareForBabies

CareForBabies has 14 years experience and specializes in NICU.

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1. Anyone using PALS inthe NICU?

   CareForBabies posted a topic in NICU

   I am just wondering if many NICU nurses have taken PALS. We are not required to, but often keep babies in our NICU until they are several months old. We are also required to float to the pediatric floor. Wondering if PALS would be relevant/helpful in...

2. Safe Sleep inthe NICU

   CareForBabies posted a topic in NICU

   Hi, has anyone out there implemented safe sleep in their NICU? We have a new policy that has been very difficult. No prone or side lying, HOB flat, no boundaries or snuggly for all patients >34wks regardless of medical condtion. Needless to say ba...

3. Weaning to open crib

   CareForBabies posted a topic in NICU

   I was just wondering... How low do you wean your isolettes before moving baby to open crib? At what temp do you dress and/or swaddle baby? We typically wean to 28C and then place babies in open crib. This seems much warmer than room temperature and I...

4. Changing to standardized drips?

   CareForBabies posted a topic in NICU

   Our NICU is considering changing to standardized concentrations for all of our drips. I think its a JCAHO thing. Has anyone done this yet? Currently we use the rule of 6's to calculate our drips. Any baby that is on 20mcg/kg/min of dopamine gets the ...

5. Our NICU needs a new Kardex/report system

   CareForBabies posted a topic in NICU

   I work in a 40 bed NICU that needs a new Kardex and a consistent method of giving report. Our current Kardex is old and usually not updated because it just doesn't work for us anymore. Our shift report is very casual and nurses just write it out on b...