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1. Concerned mom-- play equipment safety question

   mermom replied to mermom's topic in PICU, Pediatric

   I appreciate your response. I'm actually doing my online research as we speak, and apparently it's not usually a matter of falls from the tramp. Just the forces associated with jumping is the main...

2. Concerned mom-- play equipment safety question

   mermom posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

   Hello all, Please forgive the intrusion, I was reading the NICU nurses forum and in the discussion regarding whether a NICU nurse would choose homebirth, it was mentioned that for the same reasons a...

3. Little curious abt NICU levels!

   mermom replied to Sandhya's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I have read that there actually is a Level II Plus (or +), which sounds like what you have, and what my dd stayed in. Because I read everywhere that Level II does not typically accommodate vent/CPAP....

4. Home A-B monitor criteria?

   mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   In defense of online support groups, they saved my sanity. I'm sure I would've dealt with the experience on my own terms somehow without them, possibly found a few preemie parents in my small...

5. Home A-B monitor criteria?

   mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   ALTE = Apparent Life-Threatening Event Sometimes (in our case) used to describe un-self-resolving A-B episodes

6. Home A-B monitor criteria?

   mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Thank you for the info~ after 4 years I'm still learning. I realize there are no guarantees even with healthy FT babies, but with the increased risk of prematurity and according to history, I think a...

7. Home A-B monitor criteria?

   mermom posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Hi all, I have a friend who had a 33-weeker (born IUGR at 3#3oz) who was in NIC for 4 weeks and had a Grade I and Grade II (or III) IVH. While in NIC he had a few apnea episodes. A week after...

8. Preemie/NICU-isms

   mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I was thinking more along the lines of "parent-friendly" terms of endearment. For example: Isolette-- womb with a view Preemie tank top-- nurse-beater step-down unit/feeder-grower room-- fat farm Heat...

9. Preemie/NICU-isms

   mermom posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Hi nurses, Would you please share your funny preemie/NICU pet names for things, like some of these for example: first attempt at breast-- "meet and greet" under oxyhood-- in da 'hood c-pap-- elephant...

10. 7-day Brady-watch and discharge criteria

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This was very enlightening, thank you. I can always find information here that I can't find elsewhere on the web. I'm very appreciative of you ladies for taking a moment to help me understand from a...

11. Ok, RANDOM question.What do you think of anne geddes pictures?

    mermom replied to t2000JC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Interestingly we just touched on this subject on my preemie parenting bb while discussing the frustration over the misconception of what preemies actually are. While I enjoy some of her work, we were...

12. 7-day Brady-watch and discharge criteria

    mermom posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi ladies, Preemie mom here with a quandry. Often times on the preemie parenting forum we'll get a later-term (past 32 weeks) preemie mom who is frustrated by extended time in NIC for Brady-watch....

13. How many 37, 38-weekers wind up in NICU?

    mermom replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The reason I ask is that there is a bit of controversy regarding early (pre-38 weeks) self-induction inquiries. We are concerned that these mothers do not truly comprehend the gravity of the possible...

14. How many 37, 38-weekers wind up in NICU?

    mermom posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was just wondering how many 37,38-weekers do you encounter in the NICU due to organ immaturity (RDS, etc). **I am adding my subsequent question further down in the thread here, so that it will be...

15. Question about NICU duration

    mermom posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Have any of you seen a 29 or 30.0 weeker go home in 3 weeks? Is that plausible? Thanks Wendy *preemie