BittyBabyGrower

BittyBabyGrower MSN, RN

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  1. Do you allow rings of any kind in your NICU??? and other infection questions...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NANSNURSE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We can wear one ring and watch. Isolette covers are washed when isolettes are changed. If you require family to remove jewelry, do you advise them about fake nails/overlays? We just put an...

  2. 99 Balloons - Warning. You'll probably cry your eyes out.

    BittyBabyGrower replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We watched it at work last night....oh we were all crying. God Bless that

  3. Never thought I'd see this on the unit...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our CPS does get involved. I've seen so much in all my years, I could go on Oprah and no one would believe me LOL We get all that stuff and sex too!!! Yippee, gads, I love my job!

  4. Morgue procedure?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have mortality services that come and pick up the baby. We wrap the baby according to hospital policy and then they come and get the baby. They just carry the baby in their arm, it is wrapped in...

  5. Do you use Biosensors from Vital Care Products?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I played with it a bunch the other day and found some quirks I didn't like. Once, somehow, I ended up with fluid in that sheath over the syringe...what the heck! And the stopcocks aren't the...

  6. Child Abuse

    BittyBabyGrower replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Most of our positive screens end up going home with mom or a relative( and you know as soon as they go out the door, the kid is with mom again) because our foster homes are so overloaded there is no...

  7. Is this upsetting to anyone else?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Gompers's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I tend to side with RD....it comes to a point, as a parent, that you have to put the child's needs and comfort above what you want. That poor child has to be totally independent on her, and that is...

  8. Study abroad?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to babiesRmylife's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Where I work they would tell you to pound salt! But we do exchanges with a Russian hospital on occasion since our medical director is involved somehow over there, but the unit has to be able to spare...

  9. Cobedding.

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ah, not true Steve...think about it...when twins get sick USUALLY the A twin is the one with the infection, esp with a vag delivery. We like to say that one cleaned out the path on descent! Also,...

  10. NICU anxiety....

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Jacobero's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That anxiety about skills and knowledge is really normal! You have to change some of your thought processes and skills to do NICU! As for the interpersonal things, if you are getting bad vibes,...

  11. Need your advice!

    BittyBabyGrower replied to doglvr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    When we have people shadow, we don't have them do anything but observe and ask all the questions they want to. You haven't been hired, so you can't be put to work or expect to know anything! go and...

  12. lpn's in nicu

    BittyBabyGrower replied to nurseryt's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We don't either, they do use them on well baby side, but our hospital does not have any LPNs in the ICU's. I think this is true, esp if you are a magnet

  13. Cobedding.

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We only co-bed if we need bedspaces, but even then they have to be very close to going home because if one gets sick then you have to separate them anyways The AAP does have a statement against...

  14. Pulse ox reading on same hand during mechnical BP reading??

    BittyBabyGrower replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    We leave the pulseox on the extremity we are using all the time...sometimes that is the ONLY extremity we have....you should just write down the PO reading before you inflate the cuff. And a sat of...

  15. Anyone take an online CPR recertification course?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    I'd check with your ed and training at work....almost all places now require the AHA provider

  16. Car Seats...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NICU_babyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We have a mandated video they watch and we tell them way ahead of time to bring the seat in and fit it as we will need it for the CSC. We don't loan seats out anymore, one, we weren't getting them...

  17. Emotional Overload

    BittyBabyGrower replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I hate stuff like that, and sorry you are going thru it. We have lots of parents we want to shake, but you have to grin and bear it sometimes, no matter what it is, because ignorant people will...

  18. Hammock Therapy

    BittyBabyGrower replied to bethin's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Interesting, but I agree with Steve..they would end up tossing out of it and landing at the bottom of the isolette where they like it best!

  19. Car Seats...

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NICU_babyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Per our legal department, the car seat is the family's problem. We tell them they need to read the manual before and take it to the firehouse to have it checked. If you help them put the kid in the...

  20. Withdrawal

    BittyBabyGrower replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use methadone on the hard to wean kids....we try them on morphine and if their score cont to be high we put them on methadone. We have had kids withdraw so hard we had to intubate them and knock...

  21. Two questions....

    BittyBabyGrower replied to PrudenceNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We run up to D12.5 thru a peripheral and up to D25 thru our centrals. We don't use blood warmers on any blood products for regular transfusion, the tubing takes a lot to prime it. We have been...

  22. What kind of feeding system do you use?

    BittyBabyGrower replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks guys! Yes it was a sentinel event that sparked all this. Actually, up on the peds floor we had an incident of the feeding being put thru the IV...that is really scary! We have never had an...

  23. How many patients a day

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NICUplease's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We close to outside maternal and neonatal transports,but we can't refuse the ones that deliver at our hospital. Actually, all the nicu's in our area are over or at capacity, so we are all in the same...

  24. How many patients a day

    BittyBabyGrower replied to NICUplease's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We too stagger our feeding times, we have the 8-11-2-5 and 9-12-3-6 schedule. Sometimes you end up with all your feeders on the same schedule, sometimes not. With our census being over capacity right...

  25. Nasal suction guidelines

    BittyBabyGrower replied to AbearsdenRNC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Wow! We don't have a guideline for nasal suctioning at all, but maybe try Springhouse or Lippencott manuals, they may have something. And as for pulling the neosuckers, that won't do anything as...