babylog2012

hey all, I haven't been here quite a while AND please excuse my english. I'm a neonatal nurse from, well initially from Germany, worked in France, Switzerland, Australia, Scotland...always neonatal units and I need to say before you criticise other countries cause of their training have a look what they're doing. Each of them is doing a fantastic job in their own way....I'm going back to Melbourne this year though I don't agree with all the things they're doing but I think everybody is doing the best for the patient:that's what counts!!!

Thank you so much for your replies. It's always interesting for me to see how different things're done in other countries. Ipuprofen is given in 3 doses over 15 minutes. It doesn't interfere in feedings as bad as indocid so we can continue feedings as usual.

In Europe we often don't use indocid anymore due to the side effects - we now use ibuprofen..same result but side effects are not that bad, well, considering renal problems. I sometimes wonder anyway what sort of drugs 're given and not tested or even recommended for children (we don't talk about prems). Is it the same in other countries? I wonder...

Anyone experiences with treating a duct with either indocid or ibuprofen?

When I was working in Melbourne there was a nurse in charge making ward rounds, drugs, organising stuff..and she was helping. wherever there was help needed she was there and I was so impressed by this. Our nursing manager would'nt even bother to ask

Unfortunately I gotta say it's the same in our unit. I don't exactly know what're level III or II babies (maybe you could explain to me) as I'm from Europe but here in switzerland it used to be 1:1 for very unstable like oscillators/jets... now it even seems to be 1:2 or 1:3 even when one baby is ventilated. At least you gotta give it a go to see how you're getting on, when it doesn't work out due to the unstability of a baby the other's 're helping. For me it's not only frustrating - it's always a challenge as I hope the baby doesn't extubate itself - sometimes I just hope it survives my shift!

I'd love to share my experiences with people from other countries but I don't wanna attack somebody by telling about my good and bad days (let's say I found a few things strange :wink2: ). But I think it would be a good thread!!

Hi evrSyone, I'm a new member from Germany, working now in switzerland. You may apologize but times my english is not very good. I've been working in NICU for a couple of years now and I just love it. But the best I've done ever is to work abroad: working in Scotland and Australia to see how intubated babies are handled there...it was interesting, suspicous, great, sad, but....it was an experience I'll never ever forget and I would always do it again!!! Now I'm looking for a new idea as I'm studying (in my days off) natural medicne to get the title of a naturopath and I'd love to combine neonatal intensive care with natural medicine. Sounds a bit strange but I'm convinced you can do so much more for a 370g baby in sort of bach flowers, osteopathy e.g. Unfortunately there're not much studies about that but I'm working on it .