A Review on Jets

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Specializes in NICU.

Hey fellow NICU nurses,

I've been primarying a trach baby for about 6 months who will be heading home soon. We are about to get a new bunch of new nurses so they will be orienting with her (with other preceptors) since she is our only trach baby. So I was going to request some jets because I've had just about everything paired with her except a jet.

Please oh please oh please. I need a quick review course on jets to make sure I've got my head on straight. They will be one-to-one assignments for me (since someone else will have my primary patient). My trach baby has been on the vent all this time (on MMV mode), so vents are NOT the issues. Neither are micropreemies or the sickest of the sickest (b/c i've been through it all with my primary).

But I need a run through on the positioning of everything inside the isolette, which tube points up (not referring to the ETT), backup rates to help recover from bad spells, understanding all the numbers again, etc (servo pressure, etc.). I'm sure I'll be great once I jump back in there, but it's been a while!

Thanks guys! Y'all rock!

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.

Interested in this info as well. Our NICU educator recently sent an email asking us which procedures we'd like to have further training on, and I immediately asked her for vent training. Hope she can come up with something.

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bunnell, clinical directory lists many resources under both the patient management and support materials tabs.

i hope this information was helpful. :specs:

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Specializes in Level II & III NICU, Mother-Baby Unit.

I tried to click on the "Bunnell Clinical Directory" in the post by chare above but my computer would not open the page. I came here because my e-newsletter from the Academy of Neonatal Nursing which arrived today mentioned this same website as having, "...HFJV tutorial with clinical answers and questions..." I went to their link and found some really good stuff; some rather clinical but all good even if a bit dry. Hope it helps.

Try typing in "http://www.bunl.com/AllPagesHTML/Clinical-Main.html" and se if you get there. If that doesn't work you can try to search for "Bunnell Inspired Infant Care".

http://www.bunl.com/AllPagesHTML/Clinical-Main.html

Cool, the hyperlink I posted worked. Yippee!

Another possible resource that looks like a very good one is from the National Association of Neonatal Nurses. Their neonatal nurse practitioners put together a "Resource Guide for the Use of High-Frequency Jet and Oscillatory Ventilation". It comes as a 16-page desk reference in a 9x6 inch format which suggests strategies to use when managing infants on either HFJV or HFOV (vent settings, respiratory and blood gas abnormalities, guidelines for initiating and weaning these vents, etc.) It can hang on the vent as well by an o-ring. There is also a 3x5 inch card which is a quick-start guide you can keep in your pocket or hang on your badge holder. Both of the sizes come laminated. There is also a bibliography included for reference and further reading. you can go to http://www.nann.org to find out more.

I hope this link will take you straight to the page:

http://www.association-office.com/nann/etools/products/testproducts.cfm?product_class=RT

I absolutely love everything I've gotten from NANN in the past. I think I will order this now myself!!!

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Specializes in NICU.

After about 30 min with my jet patient, it all came back to me...yesterday, i was given a patient on an oscillator, so i must have been doing things right!

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Greetings All, I am the Director of Education and Clinical Services for Bunnell. On Friday, February 19th, I uploaded the new Bunnell Website I developed. That was right about the time this discussion thread took place. There was much tweaking required to get the website running smoothly. But . . . it's purring along just fine right now. The following link will take you to where you were trying to go: http://www.bunl.com/Clinical-Main.html.

You may want to check out the Slides and Video section of the new site. I have provided a number of instructional videos that address just about everything you will need. However, if there are particular nursing issues that would be useful, just let me know by using the Contact form on the website. I'll shoot and post the video if it will help you.

All The Best!

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