HeartNIC

HeartNIC has 14 years experience and specializes in NICU.

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1. would this be useful?

   HeartNIC replied to goats'r'us's topic in NICU

   We get a lot of hats donated and definitely use the hats in NICU. I love the ones that are soft and a little stretchy but not overly loose. Parents (and nurses) really like holiday specific hats. At Christmas we had a lot of red and green. We just...

2. NICU monitor event review

   HeartNIC replied to HeartNIC's topic in NICU

   NICU Gal - You are right on with what legal said - physicians need to be documenting that they are reviewing and interpreting the events that we are documenting! The medical director thinks having the nurses look it up and document will decrease the...

3. NICU monitor event review

   HeartNIC replied to HeartNIC's topic in NICU

   The idea was from the medical director, our monitors are high tech and doctors were noticing A&B events recorded on monitors but not charted. The events are generally those heart rate drops that self-recover within 5 seconds or so. Sometimes a nu...

4. Thermoregulation in NICU - what does it have to do with hypoxia?

   HeartNIC replied to LR_C's topic in NICU

   Okay, so you have a cold baby, neonates have very limited ability to respond to cold stress. A physiologic consequence of cold stress is increased O2 consumption. This causes O2 needs to increase which can lead to hypoxia and lactic acid production....

5. Neonatal IV question

   HeartNIC replied to NickB's topic in NICU

   We do not cover IV's with anything. Our armboards are soft and cushiony and there has been no problems with babies scractching themselves. I know in PEDS they use covers to keep their patients from picking at and pulling out their IV's but we have n...

6. NICU monitor event review

   HeartNIC posted a topic in NICU

   We recently had a change in practice requiring nurses to do a monitor event review to catch any A&B's or desaturations recorded in the monitor that were not witnessed or charted. An event log review is to be done at end of shift and documented th...

7. Thoughts on using donor breast milk in NICU?

   HeartNIC posted a topic in NICU

   My unit is looking at starting to use donor breast milk and we need to decide on what population ( If anyone has any thoughts, advice, or opinions to share on starting a program using donor breast milk I would really appreciate hearing from you! Than...

8. Feeding Protocols

   HeartNIC replied to HawkeyeRN's topic in NICU

   Same here, I would love to see a copy of a nurse directed feeding protocal and algorithm if anyone is willing to email to me. Our docs are directing ours but are willing to take a look at what we come up with. Thank you! [email protected]

9. Is nursing really for me?

   HeartNIC replied to <3 RN <3's topic in General Nursing

   I experienced the same kind of feelings in the first 2 1/2 years I was a nurse. I was certain I picked the wrong profession and was ready to go back to college for a career as a teacher. I decided to try something completely different so I applied to...