twinkletoes53

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  1. Tell all about Arkansas!

    twinkletoes53 replied to military spouse's topic in General Nursing

    I am a NICU nurse, and Have worked at Arkansas Children's Hospital for 30 years. If you are interested in Pediatric, I would recommend you check out and tour the hospital. We are a very progressive,...

  2. oral vs. nasal intubation

    twinkletoes53 replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We intubate orally all the time, unless a baby has birth defects that prevent us from doing so. We use Neobars to secure the ET tubes. If an infant is nasally intubated for a long time, would that...

  3. Art Sticks

    twinkletoes53 replied to Shenandoah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    At our hospital, RNs are limited to one stick only per person when attempting an arterial stick; three sticks per person for IVs, then you ask for help from another nurse; usually an experienced one....

  4. first day in nicu

    twinkletoes53 replied to newnicurn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    you have my best wishes. you deserve to be in a position where your skills and hard work are appreciated. i have been in nicu for over 25 years, and haved loved everything about it. we do have iv...

  5. How Do You Welcome Families?

    twinkletoes53 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    does your nicu do anything special to make families feel welcomed, and involved with their baby on a hands-on way, and not just sitting and looking at him? :welcome: how soon are your parents...

  6. NICU: Do you remember when...?

    twinkletoes53 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    i have worked in a level iii nicu for 26 years. i remember "way back when"; things we used to do, or not, that are considered routine today. i'm asking other nicu "veterans", what do you remember...

  7. neonatal websites

    twinkletoes53 replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Try www.motherbabyuniversity.com. I have had good luck getting information from this site. Plus they offer free continuing education hours for the NICU

  8. critical care differential

    twinkletoes53 replied to nanceynurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our hospital does not offer a critical care differential. We are a children's hospital, and so the administrators feels that each unit is a specialty onto itself. However, when the hospital census is...

  9. ET tube

    twinkletoes53 replied to mawjood's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The largest size NeoBar, I think it's the peach one, says something like "for babies over 2200 grams" on it. We were using Neobars on all sizes of babies, but found that with the larger and more...

  10. Best Practive for bathing neonates?

    twinkletoes53 replied to BABY--RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I forgot to add that we do have warming lights that we place over the scales or wherever the tub baths are placed, so that the babies don't get cold. Our policy also states that we take a temp. before...

  11. ET tube

    twinkletoes53 replied to mawjood's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    "Do you like the neobar? How is it on the skin? How often do you need to replace it? Do you have many unplanned extubations with it's use?" We started using Neobrs in our NICU a couple of years...

  12. bilimeter readings

    twinkletoes53 replied to asher315's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We check our bililights each shift, and document the radiometer reading in our flowsheet. We want a reading of a minimum reading of 10. I read a lecture recently, where the professor said that you...

  13. Wild day while charge...have to vent!

    twinkletoes53 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You did a GREAT job, Steve. It sounds like you kept your cool and had things in control. I know it probably didn't feel that way at the time. Oh, yeah, we have a charge nurse that I've worked with...

  14. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

    twinkletoes53 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've been taking care of a 700 grammer for 3 months now. She weighs 2.5 kg. now. We are working on her PO feeds, which she is having trouble with. (We have to thicken all feeds to honey consistency...

  15. How do u deal with death?

    twinkletoes53 replied to dares_to_care's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In our unit the neos. or NNPs tell the parents about their infant's prognosis. A doctor is always present when a baby dies, so they tell the family, not the RN. I ask the family if they have...

  16. Best Practive for bathing neonates?

    twinkletoes53 replied to BABY--RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do not have a L & D in our hospital; all our babies are transported in; some from surrounding states. We have a new policy in our unit, where all stable babies, regardless of weight, get some...

  17. You know you work nights when.......

    twinkletoes53 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    You're wearing your nightgown or pajamas at 3:00 in the afternoon. And when you call a friend at 1100, she asks you what is wrong and why are you up at this time. working nights for 24 years, and...

  18. Kangaroo Care

    twinkletoes53 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    we implemented kangaroo care, also called skin-to-skin holding in our nicu a couple of years ago. i am interested in the experences other units havd had with skin-to-skin holding. we allow intubated,...

  19. Poll: What do you love about the NICU?

    twinkletoes53 replied to carolina_girl's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :welcome: Everything! The babies, family, staff, doctors, nurses, and all support personnel. I have worked NICU for 26 years, and would not trade my job for all the money in the world. Every baby and...

  20. Hypoxic Brain Injury & Elective Hypothermia... Who's doing it?

    twinkletoes53 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal