We don't do footprints as routine, and especially not on the timy premmies, who do not need the handling and certainly don't need ink put on their thin, permeable skin - who knows what chemicals are...
I don't work in the USA but I have been a nurse for 35 years and there are a couple of points I would like to make. First of all, the experiences related by micugirl may not be like yours, but they...
Joannie replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal
The last unit I worked in was a very busy unit and we made up all our own infusions - dopamine, fentanyl, morphine etc, and did our own IV adds (KCL, NaCL, etc) and EVERYTHING was checked by 2 nurses....
Joannie replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal
Just a quick question - was the problem that the stuff in the syringe was not the same as the stuff on the label? Everyone is really quick to blame the nurses for not doing their checks, but...
I presume that an LPN is what we in NZ call an Enrolled Nurse - a graduate of a shorter programme of training (18 months I think it was). We used to employ several ENs in our Level II nurseries, but...
I know, it sounds impossible to give a preemie a suppository, but it is fairly common practice where I have worked. We cut a sliver off the side of the suppository with a scalpel blade and use KY...