Name a NICU product you couldn't do without

prmenrs, RN · Oct 18, 2006

"the only good chronic is a drugged chronic" We used to give them wine (among other things)! Anything to keep them calm. Even w/pharmecuetical assistance, they were miserable 90+% of the time. What a nightmare.

SteveNNP, MSN, NP · Oct 18, 2006

Definite Yes to all the above!

I couldn't do without SweetEase/TootSweet. Nectar of the gods....sleep potion....you name it.

Imafloat, BSN, RN · Oct 19, 2006

Definite Yes to all the above!
I couldn't do without SweetEase/TootSweet. Nectar of the gods....sleep potion....you name it.

I just learned that Sweet Ease is 2 bucks a container...yikes!

RNin2007 · Oct 19, 2006

This is an interesting thread. Wow Prmnrs, you used to use karo syrup?? My daughter (680g) was in a study for the fructose solution they use now (Sweet Ease). She is now 12. That giraffe bed is way cool too...I don't know much about it (I am a student on rotation in NICU) and our unit only has a few and they seem to be used by the real tiny babes. The top coming off seems super useful.

~J

tarheelnurse · Oct 19, 2006

Surfactant is definitly up there, but so is my neopuff!

dawngloves, BSN, RN · Oct 19, 2006

I just learned that Sweet Ease is 2 bucks a container...yikes!

Get Out!! :uhoh21:

prmenrs, RN · Oct 19, 2006

Yup. Karo syrup! The dark kind was great when they needed help pooping.

Then they found Botulinum spores in honey, and ?? in Karo as well. So, no more Karo!

Remember, we're talking about the early 70's here. (OK, so I'm old) We were amazingly inventive w/kids who had problems digesting formula. Once we even got an airline to bring us fresh poi to try on a baby! We were desparate @ the time. I don't think it worked.

SteveNNP, MSN, NP · Oct 21, 2006

I just learned that Sweet Ease is 2 bucks a container...yikes!

That may be true, but it's a lot cheaper than a $110 tubex of morphine for procedures........

Steve

Jokerhill · Nov 11, 2006

nicunurse2004 · Nov 15, 2006

Rocking Cribs im not sure of the correct name for them but we have two of them, that we have used in the past for chonic BPD babies that are almost ready to go home. They have a wooden base and have a swaying motion in three speeds with sides that come down like a warmer bed. I know they are very expensive to keep up and purchase but on those desperate time we have used them. I also agree with the vapotherm we used to us it a lot until it was recalled wish we could get it back. I also love tootsweet.

KK7724 · Nov 20, 2006

"Little Suckers" brand yankuers and nose suctioners. Never realized how good I had it at my private Level III; now working in a university hospital.

KK7724 · Nov 20, 2006

Also, Dash Monitors. These are sooooo nice! Man, I miss my old hospital!! I miss the confidence I used to have, since now I'm at a place where my way of taking care of my babies is not "per ____ protocol".