tkrahn

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1. Heel Warmers

   tkrahn posted a topic in NICU

   Hey NICU friends. So our NICU doesn't use heel warmers for lab draws. A long time ago 1 baby got burned so they took them away. We've had many traveling NEOs ask why we don't use them. Our policy states to put warm water in a diaper and place that on...

2. Labs/Blood Gases

   tkrahn replied to salaw's topic in NICU

   If you are still giving out copies, I would love one as well. Thanks!

3. Question for NICU nurses that transitioned from adult care

   tkrahn replied to pixie6089's topic in NICU

   Look into a BSN program with a capstone/internship class at the end. You'll do so many hours in a certain unit of your choice and hopefully you can get in NICU. That could help a lot. Good luck to you.

4. picc teams

   tkrahn replied to picc.is.an.art's topic in NICU

   I work in a 70ish bed level 3 and we don't PICCs. The story is a few years ago 2 or 3 babies died and they link it to the PICCs so we have midlines now. Our NNPs put them in.

5. Light Cycling for ROP

   tkrahn replied to tkrahn's topic in NICU

   I haven't heard of it. But if I come across it in our unit, I'll look into it more.

6. Light Cycling for ROP

   tkrahn replied to tkrahn's topic in NICU

   Thank you everyone for your input. I talked to the nurse that asked me to take this on with her and told her what I found. She couldn't believe that I couldn't find any supporting evidence but was thrilled that this could go a step in a different dir...

7. Light Cycling for ROP

   tkrahn replied to tkrahn's topic in NICU

   We keep our babies under a thick isolette cover from 23-31 weeks and keep their oxygen saturations at 85-93. At 32 weeks we remove the heavy cover and place a smaller lighter blanket over their bed and change their limits to 85-95. If they are still ...

8. Light Cycling for ROP

   tkrahn replied to tkrahn's topic in NICU

   Wow. Our unit is BIG on light cycling for ROP. We are trying to standardize a way to do it with specific times, certain lighting, etc. One of our NEOs teaches us and parents that light cycling keeps ROP from advancing. I have yet to find any informat...

9. Light Cycling for ROP

   tkrahn posted a topic in NICU

   Hi everyone. This is my first time posting, but I've been reading through all of your posts for a long time now. I've been a NICU nurse for about a year now and I've been asked to do my first "project". Our unit has been trying to make a consitent po...