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how often do you change the dressing for central lines, broviac? do you have a special nurse to change it? does anyone has a policy on this? thanks!

hi again! i need ur opinion, when u have an admission, is it a routine care that u check all the four extremities for blood pressure? when is it only indicated? in my previous hospital we check on;y the bp on one extremity either the left or right le...

we change our TPN Q 24 hours and our Intralipids 20% Q 12 hours. with or without additives, the bag has to be changed Q 24 hours; but, the tubings can be changed Q 72 hours only if the IV solution is plain D10%, D5%, NSS.

what is your protocol for car seat study? how long do you usually keep the baby in the car seat? while doing the test, do you apply any kind of material, cloth or towel rolls if the baby seem to be very small for the car seat? then, when the baby goe...

when you use corpaks, how often do you change it? also, how often do you check for 'residual' or 'gastric aspirates'? according to one of my colleagues, it is not necessary to check for the corpak placement prior to giving the bolus, intermittent or ...

how would you give the Zantac or Reglan, and or Sucrose if the baby was placed on NPO? would sucrose serve it's purpose if given via ngt or ogt? then, how about the reglan and zantac?

are you fellow nurses using the swaddle bath or the conventional bath? do you use a special kind of soap or shampoo or bathing equipment? how warm is the water should be? some of my co-staff i have seen directly places the baby under the flowing wate...

hi all, is it a practice for all to use NC 2L-3L without blender or blenderizer for preemies and term baby?

my preceptor called the NNP and asked if the Zantac and Reglan should be given via NGT since babe on NPO, NNP said "give it NG."

thanks tweety

:rotfl: sorry about the post, wrong sent comment. this should be on another thread.

we do not have a vapotherm but it is a practice in this hospital to give NC 2-3L. there are times they used the blender and at times not. there was one baby handled by one of the preceptors who was on NC@ 3L O2 with blender @ 40%, eventually the bab...

thanks for the immediate response. i got confused 'coz one of our NNP ordered Reglan and Zantac P.O. for our baby who has GER. she's very much aware that the baby is having reflux, she didn't change her order to IV but instead asked my co-staff to gi...

another trivial question, i may say. if the baby is on continuous suction and is attached to a repogle, is there a need to aspirate for drainage every 3 or 4 hours (during cares)? any opinion?

thank you sparkyrn, that is what i believe too. i just wionder why in our flow sheet, there were two spots where we have to record the gastric output (residual or gastric aspirate) when we mean the same thing. aside from that portion in our flow shee...

this question may sound so silly to others. is the term 'residual' also the same as 'gastric aspirates'? we have been using this NICU flow sheet in my new hospital and there is a space provided for both of these 'terms.' when should i use the term 'r...

what do you usually prefer to make use of when obtaining morning lab/bloodworks for babies? do you frequently use venous or heelstick? in my hospital, nurses prefer to use venous as compared to heelstick even if they will get only a small amount of b...

it is nice to receive helpful points of view from NICU nurses all over the globe. best of all, thanks to sparkyRN for your advise and concern. thanks to bittybabygrower, too! your share of ideas is highly appreciated by me. :) :) :) :) :) :) ...

Yes, I am from the Philippines. However, I have gained my NICU practice from the Middle East, in Saudi Arabia. Nursing practice in KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) is basically based in UK. :nurse: Whatever you seek for your future; wh...

it's me again, i would like to know how each different hospitals or NICU from different places do their routine admission. will there be any variation on how we admit babies or everything even from different places will be of the same NICU admission ...

i'd like to make a correction in regards to my last statement, i meant that in my previous hospital, NICU nurses don't do the four-limb test unless the baby is heard to have a murmur on ausculation. this is the reason why i have found myself unique a...

i need your two cents of a coin. where do u usually place ur pulse probe? is it a practice in ur institution to place the pulse probe on the either the left and right wrists aside from either the left and right foot? do u place the probe where the bp...

we do things/cares differently in various places, at least, now i know am not the only one performing in some unique ways. thanks to all for your input, it help me think am not wrong and become more confident. the same with gompers, they said they do...

i see that we do really do things different from different facilities and countries...anyways, as long as it is good for the babies then i agree to it. in my previous hospital we do the probe placement every due cares, meaning we do it either every3 ...