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Hi...my colleagues and I are looking for resources on providing information for parents, especially new admissions. Are there any units giving out information leaflets/ booklets to parents? What are the informations provided on the leaflet? We will be grateful if we can hear from you all soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Time waits for no one.

Is the wafer come together with the Hollister bags? Currently, I am nursing a baby with stoma but we just can't seem to prevent the stools from leaking from the side of the stoma bags. And now, the parents are quite upset with the excioration skin around the stoma(due to hte frquent changing of the bag). Can anyone help?

I need some suggestions on how to secure UVC/ UAC lines for those VLBW babies. My unit is currently using transpore tapes to form a goal post, but they are constantly getting wet from the humidity inside the incubator and thus the goal post is not able to hold them in place or they are either too heavy and always fall towards the groin area. Does anyone do something differently? Thanks

Well, sad to say we are not covered legally and we are not even pay for the transport allownace too. Sometimes, we are also faced with problem like: the baby's mom will call us if she had ran out of feeding tube and of course we would buy it for them from our own pocket first. We never claimed any money from them or the hospital later. we just don't know how to let the parents know that we are just render our service by volunteering our free time and expenses.

Hi, I have worked in a neonatal ICU for several years. We have a group of nurses volunteered ourselves in the home care service. And we provide home care to babies whom discharged from our unit, which require special care like tube-feeding, gastrostomy feeding and home with oxygen etc. As it is a volunteer service, we do not collect any money from the parents. I am just curious to know whether any of you are doing this as part of your unit or on permanant basis? And how do you assess the home nursing care and any documentation required after each home visit? Are there any hospitals' neonatal units providing the home care service like us too? I am really keen in learning more about this area.

In current health care environment requires nurses with the skills to find and apply the best evidence practice for effective health care. A question comes into my mind recently and would like to hear all of your opinions on this area. Evidence-based practices encourage critical thinking in nursing What do you think? Is it applicable in your area of work? Hope to get as more views as possible because I am currently doing a presentation on this topic.

In current health care environment requires nurses with the skills to find and apply the best evidence practice for effective health care. A question comes into my mind recently and would like to hear all of your opinions on this area. Evidence-based practices encourages critical thinking in nursing What do you think? Hope to get as more views as possible because I am currently doing a presentation on this topic.

In current health care environment requires nurses with the skills to find and apply the best evidence practice for effective health care. A question comes into my mind recently and would like to hear all of your opinions on this area. Evidence-based practices encourages critical thinking in nursing What do you think? Hope to get as more views as possible because I am currently doing a presentation on this topic.

How to deal with parent who has always gave "sacarstic" remarks and also have preference nurses to nurse their babies? I had this mum saying that to me one of my night duty before she went home: "Nurse, don't fall asleep tonight!" I was so shocked and angry...just because her baby had self-extubated in one of the night. Morever, that was my first time taking care of her baby in that night duty. And, she wasn't talking in a joking manner. I did tell my nurse clinician about this matter on that very night...but to my disappointment, she did not do anything to it. In my ward, most of nurse managers never stand up for nurses' rights, especially towards the demanding parents. And, just because her baby is premature, she always expect the nurse that taking care of her daughter, to be always in the room. And she will always interrupting the nurse conversation with the other baby's parents, by adding sacarstic remarks... :angryfire

Can I ask what does your copy of unit rules consist of? And are the parents allowed to keep the paper or is it filed into the baby's casenotes?

OP here . . . That would be really great! Thanks so much. Enjoy your vacation.

OP here . . . Thanks for the replies and dialogue! Keep the comments coming!

Because, this debate topic is a training for us, nurses whom are newly introduced to nursing debate in Singapore. Therefore, this is a warming up practice for us. And not much of the articles in local context too. But, I really appreciated for all your replies. :balloons:

I read from the journals that nurses have to be assertive in introducing urselves to the patients and families during their stay and by wearing the name badges clearly in view. But, I really wonder do these methods really help? Any better way for easy identification during emergency, especially in hospitals where all staff wear srcrubs?

thanks, aellyssa! but i really don't understand your last sentence means?