rainbows4me

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1. New grad in the nicu

   rainbows4me replied to jas1274's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Congratulations on passing the boards! It takes a long time to become comfortable in NICU. Some people are more natural with organization and time management than others, and as a new grad, you're...

2. Bubble CPAP chin strap help!!

   rainbows4me posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Looking for some help here... Our unit uses bubble cpap. We have been struggling with ideas for chin straps on our babies who continually have their mouths gaping open, and thus stop bubbling and...

3. Would you consider a home birth?

   rainbows4me replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Great book! I have read this book, along with many other midwife/doula/homebirth books. And yes, I am a NICU nurse, and yes, I've had a midwife birth with a free standing birthing center, and yes, I...

4. Would you consider a home birth?

   rainbows4me replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Now let's be fair. You honestly think that bad things don't happen in hospitals? That a bad birth at home would have been a great birth in the hospital?? I hate it when people assume that a...

5. Would you consider a home birth?

   rainbows4me replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   To be honest - I'm glad I'm done having babies! As a NICU nurse, the blissful ignorance is gone - I have seen the bad outcomes of birth. Bad outcomes of hospital births and bad outcomes of home...

6. Sick Time for Nurses in NICU

   rainbows4me replied to hmarandola's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Which is an easier moral to follow if you aren't risking losing your job for calling out. Not as simple as worrying about your paycheck, it's worrying about your career, your evaluations, not to...

7. Pneumograms

   rainbows4me replied to fergus51's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   We do "5 channel studies" which along with the regular HR/RR/sat also monitor esophageal pH. Never saw so many kids diagnosed with reflux as those on our unit... wonder how many kids off the street...

8. Stress Scale

   rainbows4me replied to KES's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Seems like it's usually a 2-3 or a 8-10... Not usually in middle! And our whole unit seems to be that way as well - either we go a whole shift with no admission or we're getting 3 admissions,...

9. how long have you been...

   rainbows4me replied to Tiny1Nisolet's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   A year and a half. Love the work I do, don't always love the politics of such a seasoned unit. Like yours, ours has many 25+ year veterans, many of whom started in our unit as new

10. Knocking on isolette

    rainbows4me replied to Super RT's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have to agree, that while it's not my first choice, i've done it many times. Last night, in fact, I was forced to as well! When your hands are dirty and you see a brady to the 50s, sat in the 60s...

11. what do CNA's do in the NICU?

    rainbows4me replied to Ariel70113's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our unit uses "technical associates", which are often CNAs. They do heelstick blood draws, Algos, car seat tests, and help with feedings, baths, weights, vitals, stocking, etc. We are a 50+ bed...

12. Preemie resuscitation in regards to gestational age

    rainbows4me replied to d2k2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

13. what's your policy on switching out isolettes?

    rainbows4me replied to luv-r-babies's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    seven days here as

14. Preemie resuscitation in regards to gestational age

    rainbows4me replied to d2k2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use 23 weeks and 400 grams as a cut off. Our outcomes with 23 weekers (23 and change) have not all been bad, but certainly the majority of them do not survive without major problems along the...

15. Dopamine question

    rainbows4me replied to babynurse2001's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our dopa/dobuta is mixed together (same syringe) in a dosage based on the kilos of the baby in either single or double strength. I think it's similar to what Gomper's described. We then have a chart...