shadow2k6

Thank you all for your time in responding to my question. I have a better understanding and will approach the situations appropriately. I have to say this message board has been very helpful in helping me keep a open mind in caring for our littlest patients.

Hello there, I work at Yale New Haven Hospital, and I have to say it is a great hospital. We are very new grad friendly, we just hired a group of 12 nurses in our unit and I would have to say some of them look just like they got out of high school. Some people here get their experience and leave. We do divide our NICU into acute and sub-acute care. We start out our newer nurses in the Sub acute area. The pay is pretty good too. Its a large teaching hospital, so its good for teaching, and the docs are all on a first name basis with the staff. I love my job, can you tell.

Hello all there, this is my first time posting so if i mess up I am sorry. I work at a rather large level 3 NICU and are always trying to keep up to date on a lot of things, but we are having discussion regarding parents holding/or kangaroo care with an infant who has a UAC or radial art line. We sometimes keep those lines in for weeks if we cannot get any other access. Some quote it as policy, but I think it is safe under supervision. When you tell a mother she cannot hold her otherwise stable infant due to the fact her infant has a arterial line, it does not promote bonding. Just wanted to know if any of your NICU's have similar policies. Thanks all