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  1. tiniest micropreemie

    mweaverrn posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  2. A question re: Albumin Transfusion

    mweaverrn posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

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

    mweaverrn replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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!

  4. tiniest micropreemie

    mweaverrn replied to mweaverrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  5. tiniest micropreemie

    mweaverrn replied to mweaverrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  6. tiniest micropreemie

    mweaverrn replied to mweaverrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

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

    mweaverrn replied to 4thebabes's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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...

  8. Nurse/Patient ratios

    mweaverrn replied to TeenyBabyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    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....