mweaverrn

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1. A question re: Albumin Transfusion

   mweaverrn posted a topic in NICU

   Hi there! I haven't been on here in ages...been busy! Anyways I wanted to pose this question to you. Does your hospital require the use of a filter during Albumin transfusion? Our hospital policy is vague when it comes to Albumin. In general it s...

2. You know you're a NICU nurse when...

   mweaverrn replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU

   LOL those were great. Have you ever said that if your baby didn't hurry up and it he/she was going to be wallpaper. LOL, sometimes it's just frustrating. Thanks for a good laugh! Michelle

3. tiniest micropreemie

   mweaverrn replied to mweaverrn's topic in NICU

   Sadly the baby did not make it. The parents were hysterical and cussing at people on our unit saying we killed her. Hopefully the will come to their senses. They seemed a bit irrational from the get go. She is still pregnant with the other twin t...

4. tiniest micropreemie

   mweaverrn replied to mweaverrn's topic in NICU

   Thanks for the links. I'm going to show this to my neos at work, but even still small is one thing...gestational age is another. This baby is a twin and 360 g and 23 wks. Remember that she had been ruptured since 22 wks. as well. All these things...

5. Hang time for breastmilk

   mweaverrn replied to donnuchi's topic in NICU

   LOL you almost fell in! Nope we have no on-site freezer..just a bunch of apartment size refrigerators. On occasion we do run out of breastmilk and have to substitute formula. We try to calculate it so that doesn't happen. Most parents, especially...

6. tiniest micropreemie

   mweaverrn replied to mweaverrn's topic in NICU

   I agree..I bet she won't make it. Obviously she has had some will to survive to make it this far though. Her skin doesn't look that bad either, but she's so small. The parents are totally unrealistic and trying to throw statistics at the neos. I ...

7. Hang time for breastmilk

   mweaverrn replied to donnuchi's topic in NICU

   OK let me clarify this. We don't personally freeze any breastmilk in our unit. Once the breastmilk is thawed we only keep it 24 hrs. from the time it was taken out of the freezer. If a mother should bring in fresh breastmilk we keep it 48 hrs. fro...

8. Any Nicu Nurses Experience -double Bunking In The Nicu

   mweaverrn replied to 4thebabes's topic in NICU

   We have taken over our census as well. We're a 30 bed Level 3 and we have been as high as 40. Sometimes it looks very cramped up. Technically speaking I don't think the bed space is as large as it should be for 30 beds. WE have 4 other Level 3's ...

9. Nurse/Patient ratios

   mweaverrn replied to TeenyBabyRN's topic in NICU

   Pretty much the same here. It all depends on acuity. The most I've ever had was 4 feeders and growers. On occasion I have seen as many as 5 feeders and growers to one nurse, but that isn't typical. Generally we have 2-3 babies a piece. Our L&...

10. Hang time for breastmilk

    mweaverrn replied to donnuchi's topic in NICU

    Our feedings are either straight gavage, over 1 hr. or over 2 hrs. We do hands on care every 3 hrs. We store fresh milk 48 hrs. and frozedn 24 hrs. regardless of whether it has been mixed with HMF. This is our unit specific practices.

11. tiniest micropreemie

    mweaverrn posted a topic in NICU

    Well just when you thought you've seen it all!!! I've seen some small babies, but this has to be the smallest. She is a twin, but her sister is still happily in utero. She is now 33 hrs old and still alive an kicking! She was born at 23 wks, rup...