MsJessikia

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1. Vapotherm pulled by CDC???

   MsJessikia replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU

   I read the letter that our attending recieved from the company. They did a recall of the machines because a few hospitals found some bugs in them... starts with an R...Wish I could remember the name!!!!! So they are looking for ways to sterilize the...

2. what's your policy on switching out isolettes?

   MsJessikia replied to luv-r-babies's topic in NICU

   gasp!!! I dont know if we have a policy!!!!!

3. Child Life in NICU...HELP!!

   MsJessikia replied to minniemiteRN's topic in NICU

   our unit needs something too.. but no $$ in the budget

4. what do CNA's do in the NICU?

   MsJessikia replied to Ariel70113's topic in NICU

   in my level 3 unit... cna's do nothing.

5. The use of sucrose in NICU please respond:

   MsJessikia replied to cajrio's topic in NICU

   we use sweetease... although i think we are switching to tootsweet (because its cheaper of course). No doc order. but a standard protocol. 0.2 ml x3. Not on NPO or intubated kids

6. A question re: Albumin Transfusion

   MsJessikia replied to mweaverrn's topic in NICU

   all of our blood products are ordered to be pre-filtered

7. Surfactant use in premature infants

   MsJessikia replied to Laura21's topic in NICU

   gosh, it seems like everyone gets survanta in our unit. Im going to say under 32 wks is an automatic. Older than that.... it depends on their resp. status, admit xray, etc.

8. NICU nametags and cribcards

   MsJessikia replied to BlueYYsRN's topic in NICU

   we have the usual blue/pink crib cards with their info on it (dob,wt, etc) just like the well baby nursery. A very talented nurse we have on Days does calligraphy, and makes each babe their own name card that hangs elsewhere on their bed. Then we d...

9. staying awake on night-shift

   MsJessikia posted a topic in NICU

   Hi there... I work nights (7p-7a) and sometimes I have the hardest time staying awake. I guess my biggest problem is getting enough sleep before hand... But my question to you all is: What do you do at night (when you have the spare time) to ke...

10. Need help creating a report sheet

    MsJessikia replied to Love4Me's topic in NICU

    I would love a copy of your "brains".... our unit has a little half sheet that everyone uses.. but its still not good enough for me... I need more organization!! TIA!!! Jessica

11. Capillary ABG Samples

    MsJessikia replied to ander12_sand's topic in NICU

    we do it just like gompers.....

12. Prone Positioning in the NICU

    MsJessikia replied to nurse_leeny's topic in NICU

    what kind of fluff are you using?

13. Preemie/NICU-isms

    MsJessikia replied to mermom's topic in NICU

    I LOVE EM!!! :rotfl:

14. Scrub or handwash?

    MsJessikia replied to Mimi2RN's topic in NICU

    3 minute scrub and surgical hospital scrubs for us... scrub and gown for parents.

15. What happens in your NICU when you are short staffed?

    MsJessikia replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU

    we pull extra nurses from other maternal child units (which happens quite frequently... they will get the feeder grower assignment, no ivs, pretty basic) that are available and then we start calling in for OT... if no one can do that then they use in...