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1. Need Help with Primary Care Nursing in NICU

   oglesbymom replied to oglesbymom's topic in NICU

   Are there any draw backs to primary care nursing? Any problems you notice?

2. CPAP, SiPAP, High Flow ??

   oglesbymom posted a topic in NICU

   I was wondering what other units use. We use SiPAP and CPAP. We quit using Vapotherm a couple years ago after several babies died, and apparently the water was growing things. From what I hear the company fixed the problem and now it works great. ...

3. Heelstick vs venipuncture?

   oglesbymom replied to gudiarani's topic in NICU

   We rarely use heelsticks, except for CBG's and blood sugar. We have had some travel nurses and nurses come from other hospitals that want to know, why in the world we don't use heelsticks more. I really don't know. We do a lot of venous sticks for...

4. Need Help with Primary Care Nursing in NICU

   oglesbymom replied to oglesbymom's topic in NICU

   I thought of another question about this last night. How do you have primaries and orient new nurses. At our hospital, when a new nurse comes, he or she is assigned to one nurse (preceptor) for 12 weeks. So does the preceptor get dibbs on the sick...

5. Alarm limits and ROP

   oglesbymom replied to Mithrah's topic in NICU

   We have protocol that says, give them 30 sec to recover without intervention, then increase O2 by 5% increments every 30 sec until sats are within protocol. 34wks 88-92%. If they are on 21% then limit can be 100%. Our incidence of ROP have gone WAY...

6. Need Help with Primary Care Nursing in NICU

   oglesbymom replied to oglesbymom's topic in NICU

   Thanks for your replies!! Does anyone have your protocol or primary care outline or anything that I could present to my unit as an example (from another hospital). Or possibly contact info for the person at your hospital that can send me that info....

7. Need Help with Primary Care Nursing in NICU

   oglesbymom posted a topic in NICU

   Hi everyone! I am new here. I work in a level III NICU in Texas. I have been there 4 years, I am a RNC and a member of the transport team. My hospital does not do primary care nursing other than having the same patient assignment for the two or t...