iceNICUnurse

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  1. Would you consider a home birth?

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

    I have to say that I dont understand where you get that the infant mortality rate is higest where there is good health care. In Iceland we have the lowest infant mortality rate in the world, 2.5 of a...

  2. Speaking of Noise In The Nicu....I have a ?

    iceNICUnurse replied to RNwntaB's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is the same thing I allways say! If they are healthy enough to make so much noise...they must be ready to go home. The noise in our unit is more from the staff and the monitor alarms than from...

  3. oral vs. nasal intubation

    iceNICUnurse replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have them nasally 90% of the time. They are much more stable nasally and they almost never go out by accident. I dont like oral tubes, the tape gets wet from saliva and the baby is constantly...

  4. How to treat umbilical cord?

    iceNICUnurse replied to sofiam's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Same here. But we do tub baths with the cord still on. No problems if we make sure to dry it properly

  5. Best Practive for bathing neonates?

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

    We don´t use any soap at all on any newborns. Just plain tap water (Our tap water is wery clean). We teach the parents to wait as long as possible to start using soap b/c it makes the skin dry....

  6. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    Just today we discharged twins who had been with us for 12 weeks and gone throug everything there is I think. The smiles on the parents and the hug and kind words from them were wonderful. This is...

  7. NICU Burnout...need to cry

    iceNICUnurse replied to BlueYYsRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ((((((Big Hug to you))))) I hope you will feel better tomorrow.

  8. hmm maybe time for a change....

    iceNICUnurse replied to Annken's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think everyone feels this way sometimes. It is so normal when things have been hard to want to go away. Somehow I have always gotten over these feelings but I sure have had them. If you feel the...

  9. Careplans

    iceNICUnurse posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi. I am looking for a website with NICU nursing careplans. Does anyone know where I can find something like that. Do you use Nanda Nic and Noc in your NICU???? Thanks

  10. Would you consider a home birth?

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

    I totally agree with you on this one! I would never have a home birth. I have seen too many things go

  11. looking for bath protocols

    iceNICUnurse replied to jnsatc's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We dont tuch our Mec asp kids or PPHN either. Like one of our docs sais: "it is better to be a here dirty than clean in heaven". They usually get better in a few days anyway so we just

  12. looking for bath protocols

    iceNICUnurse replied to jnsatc's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We bathe our kids tvice a week. As soon as they are fairly stable the parents do the bathing. We only use plain water, no soap at all. Linen are changed as needed. We have a very low infection...

  13. Spinoff, NICU levels - does the definition need changing?

    iceNICUnurse replied to LilPeanut's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is so complicated where you all are. Where I work we are level everything. We just take every sick newborn no matter what. We only send out complicated cardiac surgery kids but all the others we...

  14. Preemie resuscitation in regards to gestational age

    iceNICUnurse replied to d2k2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have a 24 week policy but it has happend that we tried to resuscitate a 23+some days with mostly bad results. But it all comes down to the neo on call this is not really a written

  15. Really upset, bad shift last night

    iceNICUnurse replied to Gompers's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ((((((Big Hug))))) Belive me I have been there too. Don´t beet yourself up about this I am pretty sure that you did everything you could for this

  16. What type of surfactant do you use?

    iceNICUnurse replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi! We use Curosurf and have been using it for a long time. We start out with one dose and then the docs tend to play it by ear. If the baby is asking for a lot more 02 then they give a second dose...

  17. Elective Cesareans/On Demand

    iceNICUnurse replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi! I am a NICU nurse in Iceland. Here we have a CS rate of 18% and are trying to bring it down. Here they almost never do CS on the mothers demand. And they do VBAC´s all the time. Here they dont...

  18. A question re: Albumin Transfusion

    iceNICUnurse replied to mweaverrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We dont use any filters for

  19. nasogasatric feeding practices!

    iceNICUnurse replied to Leofric's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh my! Inserting a new tube 8 times a day...that cant be good for the baby. They get so angry sometimes when we put down that

  20. NICU nametags and cribcards

    iceNICUnurse replied to BlueYYsRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In my unit we like to make these name tags. Every nurse has her own style. We have a little box where we put our fun stuff for arts and craft. The staff brings things like stickers and pens from...

  21. nasogasatric feeding practices!

    iceNICUnurse replied to Leofric's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We usually use a 10 ml syrange to check for residuals. Then we use 20 ml for the feeding. We feed by gravity almost all the time. We only use pumps if the baby does not toleate the feeding well....

  22. Too Much Lipids!!

    iceNICUnurse replied to neonursey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am so sorry this happend to you. Once a baby in my unit got a whole 24hours worth of lipids in one hr. It was a long time ago but as far as I know the baby was fine. But the Nurse who did this had...

  23. Closed suction systems

    iceNICUnurse posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi everyone! Do you use the closed suction systems on your units? Do you use them when the baby is on occilator or Nitride oxide? Thanks

  24. PDA ligation in non-symptomatic infants?

    iceNICUnurse replied to fergus51's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have once seen it done. That was a baby from Greenland that was going back home to its igloo and they dont have any heart specialists there. Otherwise if the baby is completely non symptomatic...

  25. Closed suction systems

    iceNICUnurse replied to iceNICUnurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks so much for your replies We are thinking of starting to use this in my unit but some are a little worried that it does not work well for the sickest kids. People are afraid of air trappement or...