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    Cobedding.

    preemieRNkate replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Your babies walk out?? Wow! Most of ours go out in a corificeat. Sorry, I couldn't resist, it's 3 am and I'm at
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    First time working night shift!

    preemieRNkate replied to NICURN04's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I hear ya, I'm going to days after working nights for the last 4 years. I will definitely miss my coworkers at night, and the somewhat quieter (as in less parents and less doctors) atmosphere at...
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    First time working night shift!

    preemieRNkate replied to NICURN04's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Usually when I have to work a couple of days on, and only have one off before going back in (and I try not to do that often), I don't reverse my schedule for the one day off. I go to sleep in the...
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    Crib Cards & HIPPA - researching policies

    preemieRNkate replied to DonnaH123's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    We use the generic Similac cards as well, pink for girls and blue for boys. We use a Sharpie for the mom's last name. The rest of the info on the crib cards are written in regular ballpoint ink, like...
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    Vancomycin & lipids

    preemieRNkate replied to NICU_babyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We run ours separately as well. We still refer to it as
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    A good read

    preemieRNkate replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yeah, it is amazing how far we've come in the last 25 years or
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    Transilluminator

    preemieRNkate replied to ScammRNC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sometimes our docs will check while we're waiting for a CXR. Our radiology techs are really good at getting up to us for stats though. We have the biliblanket transilluminator (Ohmeda Medical), a...
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    Do you allow rings of any kind in your NICU??? and other infection questions...

    preemieRNkate replied to NANSNURSE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We change our isolettes every week, but we never change cribs either. I usually wipe down all the siderails with antimicrobial wipes at the start of the shift
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    Need your advice!

    preemieRNkate replied to doglvr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Glad you enjoyed your experience! Good
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    99 Balloons - Warning. You'll probably cry your eyes out.

    preemieRNkate replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We had someone from a perinatal hospice program speak at our bereavement conference last year. It was really
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    Ever have a blood bag explode?

    preemieRNkate replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, what a mess! Glad I work in NICU, where we use small amounts of blood for our
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    No reimbusement if patient satisfaction score are low?

    preemieRNkate posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    At a recent staff meeting, our NM told us that Medicaid will not be reimbursing if the patient satisfaction scores are less than a certain percentage. I am not totally clear on what she was talking...
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    No reimbusement if patient satisfaction score are low?

    preemieRNkate replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our nurse manager has very little respect for us, and the results of the nursing satisfaction survey showed that. I heard (and this may just be a rumor) that if the results of the next nursing...
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    it's so frustrating..

    preemieRNkate replied to acerila's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :icon_hug:
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    Morgue procedure?

    preemieRNkate posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm helping out our bereavement committee with something, and I'm looking to you guys for some help. Currently, when we take a baby down to the morgue, they get placed on a shelf on a cart. Also on...
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    I never thought that I'd say this, but I'll have to take a closer whiff of Preg next time we have a baby on it. Just to see if you guys are
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    99 Balloons - Warning. You'll probably cry your eyes out.

    preemieRNkate replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thank you for saying that, but I do have to say that I think that most of us DON'T see families like this every day. That's what makes them so special, and that's why most of us found this video so...
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    Morgue procedure?

    preemieRNkate replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for all your help! Maybe I will suggest a Moses basket for the morgue, and we'll continue our practice how we take them down
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    Do you allow rings of any kind in your NICU??? and other infection questions...

    preemieRNkate replied to NANSNURSE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We are allowed to wear a plain wedding band, nothing on the wrists, necklaces are to be worn inside the scrub top. That's what our policy says regarding jewelry. As far as nail polish, it currently...
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    Morgue procedure?

    preemieRNkate replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Something like this is what I'm talking about. What happens to the basket? Do they stay in it down in the morgue? Even if we continue to carry them down wrapped in a blanket, it would be nice to have...
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    Morgue procedure?

    preemieRNkate replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What currently happens in my unit is: once the baby is all ready to be brought down, we call distribution services (the guys who deliver stuff throughout the hospital, sometimes transport patients,...
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    it's so frustrating..

    preemieRNkate replied to acerila's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Us too, and I'd rather go to the DR with one of our NPs than the resident or fellow any day! Our NPs also go out on the transports
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    99 Balloons - Warning. You'll probably cry your eyes out.

    preemieRNkate replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Wow, no kidding about the
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    Never thought I'd see this on the unit...

    preemieRNkate replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh yeah, people do that. And more. You won't believe it til you see it. I think we should all get together and write a book. Although we'd have to make it a series, it wouldn't all fit in one
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    Morgue procedure?

    preemieRNkate replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our morgue doesn't have drawers, it's just a big refrigerated room. I'm just trying to think of something a little better than a shelf. It's like a rolling metal cart, and the shelf is the bottom...