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1. Primary Nursing vs Transisitional Care Core Team

   ncnicunurse replied to ncnicunurse's topic in NICU

   Thanks for your reply. When they come to transitional the first thing out of their mouth is "i am only here to take care of my primary". Doesn't matter that the core team has been doing all the teaching, interacting, etc. Or they are mad to be here, ...

2. Primary Nursing vs Transisitional Care Core Team

   ncnicunurse posted a topic in NICU

   I am wondering if anyone is having problems with the primary nurses of the transisitional infant wanting to take over in the transisitional care nursery. We have a core team of nurses that work there, and it was decided a year ago that the primary nu...

3. African American Nurses in NICU

   ncnicunurse replied to Rosepink's topic in NICU

   Hi I work with several AA in my nicu. I myself am the Orientation Coordinator. It's taken several years to see more AA nurses in the nicu, when i first started here back in the 80's there was myself and one other. Most of us have been at my hospital ...

4. Blood glucoses

   ncnicunurse replied to Mimi2RN's topic in NICU

   :balloons: We do them on admission and for infants on TPN or any iv fluid once per shift. If they get an am chemistry we use that result unless it comes back out of range (low or high). Changes in the dextrose content we do one in two hours, if you a...

5. manual temps vs. temp probe

   ncnicunurse posted a topic in NICU

   I want to start a new practice in our unit with infants in cribs/bassinets. The temp probe for the monitors end up on the floor, the babies pull them off and sometimes they just don't work. Do your units use probes or just do manual temps. I am tryin...

6. Do you use warmer beds?

   ncnicunurse replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU

   We use the Drager beds, the gel bed and the regular to admit. Then transfer to an isolette. It's a real pain, but that is our protocol.