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1. Moving to single patient family rooms- help!

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2. Moving to single patient family rooms- help!

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3. Moving to single patient family rooms- help!

   Cfholmes posted a topic in NICU

   I'm an RN working on a committee to plan for a move into a new level III NICU with single patient family rooms. We will be moving from a 14 bed bay style to a 14 room unit with a work station between every 2 rooms and 2 nurses stations. Since it is a...

4. Hydrocolloid for skin protection?

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   Hi! I'd like to know what other NICUs do to protect the nasal septum from breakdown when using nasal prongs for cpap or nasal cannula. Our current practice is to cut a strip of Replicare ( hydrocolloid) and apply it from just above the lip to above t...

5. Flush solution for UVC?

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6. Flush solution for UVC?

   Cfholmes posted a topic in NICU

   Hi! I'd like to know what other NICUs use to flush their Umbilical Veinous Catheters after drawing blood from them. We use dual lumen catheters. Our current practice is to flush with solution drawn from the bag of 1/2 normal saline with 1/2 unit of h...