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  1. Still not comforatble with NICU

    dawnebeth replied to ittybittybabynurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was so incredibly nervous the first year I was in the ICN as a brand new nurse that I made myself physically ill. I did many things wrong and even a really bad med error and was threatened with...

  2. Alarm limits and ROP

    dawnebeth replied to Mithrah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We've done a lot of studies on alarm limits and ROP where I work and the neos have been really happy with the policy of lower alarm limits and decreased eye disease. And decreased laser surgeries!...

  3. ETT and fighting vent??

    dawnebeth replied to nicurn08's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What were his blood gases like? Maybe he needs sedation, a chest xray and different vent settings? Being a nose breather really has nothing to do with being on the vent, especially if the tube down...

  4. Hand washing?

    dawnebeth replied to babyNP.'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work in a level 3/level 4 ICN, and we do not wear gloves simply because the baby is a micro preemie. In fact, I've never considered size to be a cause to wear gloves. Gloves are worn with isolation...

  5. Administering a Glycerin Enema

    dawnebeth replied to mgturtle's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Most of our babies get prn orders for one fourth of a glycerin suppository to be given q 24 hours if they haven't stooled. Nurses are the ones who give all suppositories and enemas, although we...

  6. Questions about neonate drug withdrawal management

    dawnebeth replied to Race Mom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The baby scored a 19? Poor, poor baby. In the level three nursery where I work, we get drug withdrawal babies all the time. We would have started a baby with a score of 9 on morphine! And it can take...

  7. NICU parent as a NICU nurse good or bad?

    dawnebeth replied to jenj1928's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    One of our nurses had a preemie in our unit 36 years ago, before she went to nursing school. I think it gives the nurse a unique perspective as both mom and nurse. She has a wonderful way to relate to...

  8. new graduate entering the NICU

    dawnebeth replied to madmaxls6's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for explaining what STABLE meant, I'd never heard of that--I guess because we transport babies in. As for what a new nurse would need in the ICN, mostly NRP is required. In our unit, after six...

  9. Little Confused

    dawnebeth replied to prettygirl1987's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was hired in an ICN one and a half months after I graduated from a 2 year associates degree nursing program. The nursery trained me for three additional months--and for about a year, I still felt...

  10. new to NICU

    dawnebeth replied to annmarie1959's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'd say it took me over a year to feel like I knew what I was doing in the ICN. I made a lot of mistakes and even got in trouble with the manager once but I stuck with it, and now they let me teach...

  11. Question about your unit

    dawnebeth replied to EarlyAdditionRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work in a level three nursery in a children's hospital, so we do not have deliveries, all the babies are transported in. We do all surgeries except transplants, and have ECMO, jets, HFOV,...

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

    dawnebeth replied to carolina_girl's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I love the ICN--and I've never worked anywhere else. I graduated 21 years ago tomorrow--and always knew I wanted children or babies. I got the job in the ICN on my 31st birthday and started working...

  13. NICU preceptorship (last quarter of nursing program)

    dawnebeth replied to BettyPaige's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I wish my school had offered a preceptorship the last semester--I would have gone for it in a second. Now, 21 years later (to the day!), I precept student nurses almost every quarter in the ICN where...