Ashley NICU

Ashley NICU has 17 years experience and specializes in NICU.

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1. Considering an MSN-ED

   Ashley NICU replied to darrarizer's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Hospital Educators usually require the MSN-ED. So if you have interest in staying within the hospital and doing nursing staff education or patient education, that is a

2. Replogle Tube Maintenance

   Ashley NICU posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Hi All! Wondering if your institutions have guidelines for replogle maintenance once the replogle is to gravity drainage. When on LIS, we flush with NS Q2H. We don't have a guideline for once it is to...

3. UAC protocol

   Ashley NICU posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Hello all! Just wondering what the protocol is at your institutions regarding how often you change out the microclaves on an umbilical line after a blood draw. Our policy states to change after every...

4. NGT policies about days until removal for Neonates

   Ashley NICU replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Yes, our facility chose to have EPIC flag this for us every 7 days per our hospital protocol.

5. NGT policies about days until removal for Neonates

   Ashley NICU replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   We change out NGT every 7 days. It is flagged in EPIC and will be a pop-up reminder when it is due to be

6. Age vs Years Nursing

   Ashley NICU replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

   Age: 34 Years in Nursing: 7 years with BSN, 5 years with MSN, total of 12

7. NICU: Assessment Documentation

   Ashley NICU posted a topic in General Nursing

   Nursing staff in our NICU are questioning how often to chart full assessments. We do full patient assessment Q3-4 hours. the initial shift assessment is charted in EPIC. EPIC gives the option for...