Kldrn9963 MSN

Kldrn9963 has 18 years experience as a MSN and specializes in nicu management.

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1. The Newborn Bath

   Kldrn9963 replied to PinkNBlue's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We wait 6 hrs. We do baths anytime of the day. Most parents are fine with bathing the baby if the are already

2. Frenectomy

   Kldrn9963 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Does your newborn nursery do many frenectomies? It seems many of our new moms are now coming in and asking for this to help with breastfeeding. If you do this in your hospital, who does this, the ped,...

3. Skin to skin after delivery

   Kldrn9963 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   What practice does your hospital follow for skin to skin after delivery? Do you continuously monitor the baby on a pulse ox? How often do you get vital signs in the baby? How long to you keep them...

4. Maternal mandatory drug screening

   Kldrn9963 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Does any have any hospital protocols/policies they would be willing to share with

5. Unlicensed personnel

   Kldrn9963 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   In newborn nursery, does anyone routinely use unlicensed personnel (techs, CNAs) in their staffing matrix? We do not do couplet care and staff only rn's currently in the nursery. If you do use...

6. Newborn cribs

   Kldrn9963 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Curious what kind of cribs every uses for their newborns. We have steel and are considering going to wood for the "homey feel". Any experiences with wood versus steel? I think infection control may...

7. Security on Mother Baby Unit

   Kldrn9963 replied to kms6417's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We are a locked down unit using the HUGS security system. We monitor and screen all visitors. We drill once a

8. newborn readmits back to NICU

   Kldrn9963 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Does anyone readmit newborns from home back into their NICU? If you do, can you please share your criteria/policies with me? Our neos feel NICU RNs better care for these infants than the ped floor....

9. Initial assessment while in Kangaroo Care

   Kldrn9963 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Just curious how many units are placing infants in Kangaroo Care right after birth and doing the initial assessment on mom's chest. We do not routinely do this at our hospital and many nurses do not...

10. Neonatal Admission Meds and bedside barcode scanning...How do you all do it?

    Kldrn9963 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Recently administration has told us we have to use bedside medication scanning on ALL of our newborn meds. Newborn admission meds have been problematic (vit k & erythromycin) We have a huge...