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  1. looking for bath protocols

    lovemyjob replied to jnsatc's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am a littlke late chiming in on this, but we bathe everynight, sometimes only water and only face and groin depending on what the baby needs. Linen are changed every night, and tif the kid is PPHN...

  2. what's your policy on switching out isolettes?

    lovemyjob replied to luv-r-babies's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We dont change

  3. Do NICU's hire CNA's?

    lovemyjob replied to tofutti's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not really, I worked in a nursery where the tech had been there for 32 years and she was depended on to help detect problems (which she was amazingly knowledgable of,) wash all of the equipment, feed...

  4. What Level NICU are you at?

    lovemyjob replied to Mags4711's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    One of the problems that I see with the level III being subcategorized is that one of our competing hospitals boasts to the public that they are the same level as us when the only surgery they do a...

  5. What Level NICU are you at?

    lovemyjob replied to Mags4711's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do everything except transplant, so that makes us a IIIc. I think there should be a seperate level (like level IV) for those that do

  6. Adult Icu To Nicu??

    lovemyjob replied to hppygrndma's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    One of my coworkers just switched and he still does Adult prn so he keeps up his adult skills, but he is doing very well in the

  7. Do you "foil" your lipid tubings?

    lovemyjob replied to sherirn127's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our NICU actually changes TPN every 72 hours, no matter the size. I dont work days, which is when they do tubing changes, and I am not sure about the lipids, but I really dont hink trhy change them...

  8. Inventions we'd love to see....

    lovemyjob replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

    Instead of an spray can of ativan, get a continuous dose by sending it hourly through the air vent in each room!! And one at the n. station for whe you feel like you might lose you cool with some...

  9. The 1st Time You Cried on the Job

    lovemyjob replied to Eilana's topic in General Nursing

    I am bawling as I read these posts. I second the above post. PICU and peds nurses are very special people and I also thank you for caring for all of those children and their families. I have known a...

  10. Change of shift report

    lovemyjob replied to angel333's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a NICU where we give a face to face report. PRN I work at a place whewre they gived taped report. I def prefer face to face report at the bedside (that is easier in an open unit where...

  11. Would you consider a home birth?

    lovemyjob replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am not trying to take away what midwives do, I think their support for their patients is what makes them different and a true asset to nursing as well as labor and delivery. I just think it best in...

  12. Would you consider a home birth?

    lovemyjob replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    the midwives at both of the hospitals i work in do not do home births, and though they are at the hospital, they do not do episiotomies routinely, have several rooms equipped for water births, stay...

  13. Would you consider a home birth?

    lovemyjob replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You arent understanding. No one is syaing tht hospital births dont come with similar risks as home births, many of us are syaing that the minutes lost between home and hospital with high level NICU...

  14. NICU Rooming In before discharge

    lovemyjob replied to angellady24's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am not sure on our criteria either, but we def keep our kids on both the home monitor as well as a remote view monitor so we can determine that mom woke up to the alarms and also for our own peace...

  15. Late crumpers

    lovemyjob replied to LilPeanut's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have a twin (ex 23 weeker, now 6 mo, somehow didnt get nec, but has a grade IV IVH) who has that cough....makes me nervous. I havent been a NICU nurse for long enough to notice trends, but I will...

  16. Would you consider a home birth?

    lovemyjob replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Could you live with yourself if you had a homebirth and you were that small percentage where MAS, asphyxia, PPHN, ect and your baby either died or ended up wih severe brain damage? Could you really...

  17. Co-bedding Twins

    lovemyjob replied to cshell1964's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have one MD that is totally against it, but has never said why...I would really be interested in the article as

  18. Best way to get to NICU

    lovemyjob replied to Hooligan's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I spent a year in the newborn nursery (ABX therapy, IVIG, Phototherapy, Fluid therapy) at a academic medical center and then went to the NICU. The nurse manager does hire new grads, but says that it...