Our nurse manager feels that we are more liable if we put them on portable monitors without someone to "monitor the monitor". She feels that if the condition warrents monitoring then the baby should be in NICU or SCN.
Our NICU is starting a new policy that will allow NAS babies to room in with their mother while we are starting and increasing PO Morphine, without CR monioring. My concerns are that we are giving a respiratory depressing medication to a 2,3,4 day old neonate without knowing how it will react. Does anyone else use morphine in this manner?