nurse2teach

nurse2teach has 12 years experience and specializes in ob/maternity/nbn.

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1. Newborn Blood Screening Protocol

   nurse2teach replied to nurse2teach's topic in NICU

   what process do you use? eg: wasting 2- 2.5ml of blood, nothing else can be in that line like heparin, antibiotics, etc. process of placing sample on filter paper (ie- no needle) Or are there any other guidelines that are used? and do you have a...

2. Newborn Blood Screening Protocol

   nurse2teach posted a topic in NICU

   General guidelines recommend heelsticks for newborn blood screening. What are the guidelines/protocols used in your institutions regarding drawing specimens for newborn screening via central lines?

3. Your NICU's protocol for cleansing IV ports

   nurse2teach replied to minky84's topic in NICU

   A question regarding chloraprep- I see that many of you are using chloraprep for IV starts and line changes. Is it not true that chlorpaprep is not to be used in children under 2 months of age due to lack of research?

4. Oxygenation guidelines

   nurse2teach replied to nurse2teach's topic in NICU

   NeoNurseTX , Thanks for the response. Does your institution have a written policy or guidelines regarding these parameters that you could share?( you could block out the name or it would be referenced appropriately). I am looking for anything relat...

5. Oxygenation guidelines

   nurse2teach posted a topic in NICU

   I am desperately seeking a concise oxygenation policy/protocol/guidelines for nurses to use in NICU. I am not having much help from the neonatologists with narrowing this down. The research I have gotten seems to be all over and somewhat confusing fo...