heymama1plus1

heymama1plus1 has 11 years experience and specializes in NICU.

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1. Some questions about gentamicin...

   heymama1plus1 replied to summerlove2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   We have measured and tested our particular brand of IV tubing, triflow, t-connector, microclaves, etc (everything from where the syringe touches the tubing to where it hits the baby's bloodstream) and...

2. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

   heymama1plus1 replied to Brian's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

   Yesterday's vote came through.... 84% voted for an open ended strike. Wish us luck that the hospitals will come to the table finally and talk before we

3. Potential MN Nurses Strike?

   heymama1plus1 replied to Brian's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

   I am a MN nurse who is in one of the striking hospitals... it IS a ULP strike. They (the union) have a huge list of violations. Send us good vibes that the hospital caves before we get to the...

4. Some questions about gentamicin...

   heymama1plus1 replied to summerlove2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I've been around awhile and I gotta ask... what is retrograding a med? Is it something normally done on adults (I've only done

5. Enteral feeding pumps

   heymama1plus1 replied to megcourt's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Gravity for small bolus volumes, medfusions for volumes We also have the enteral feeding set with the orange end that won't fit into a med line (to avoid errors). We use separate pumps labeled for...

6. Sat monitoring -- Car Seat Test -- CHANGES?!

   heymama1plus1 replied to spacey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Their pulse ox is put back on for the car seat trial (if it's

7. Baby Care DVD

   heymama1plus1 replied to spacey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   It was just a regular video camera... nothing professional. I think someone edited it with iMovie. We get mixed reviews from people; a lot have no interest in watching. We of course do all the...

8. Baby Care DVD

   heymama1plus1 replied to spacey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   We made one on our unit. That way it mirrored our teaching sheets and used the materials we had on hand (our bottle/ nipple types, our baths,

9. Earliest viable gestational age?

   heymama1plus1 replied to everthesame's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   We had a 22 week IVF baby... actually did quite well considering (just ROP and some DD)... funny thing, mom was PG (on her own) before the 1st baby was

10. Do you let gastroschisis babies with silos be held?

    heymama1plus1 replied to heymama1plus1's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Curious... what does your silo look like? Does it have the "springloaded" metal ring that pops under the skin then the mesh-type bag that rises above? Have you ever had one come out accidently?...

11. Do you let gastroschisis babies with silos be held?

    heymama1plus1 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    For example, completely stable, on room air, a small defect with The way we do our silos- they are held up by some twill tape looped over the top of the warmer. If you keep the same tension, why not...