IronRN

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1. Breastmilk for mouth care

   IronRN replied to mlizhev's topic in NICU

   I've often wondered about the benefit of this, our unit routine is to cleans the mouth with sterile h20 after all feedings and with vented babes to moisten the MM's. I'll source that article, very interesting. Thx

2. Earliest viable gestational age?

   IronRN replied to everthesame's topic in NICU

   I basically agree with everyone on the 22/23 weeks being the cut off due to lung development and anyone out there who claims to have a sub 23 weeker, I'd bet my liscence there are dating issues. My issue is with the term viable, I think when we tell ...

3. OG /NG Tube Placement

   IronRN replied to THB4471's topic in NICU

   Currently aspiration/auscultation with each "event" so feeding or med. We are currently training staff to implement the ph litmus testing, so this will become the norm in the very near future. I'm not totally sold that it is necessary as I've never s...