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Hey NICU friends. So our NICU doesn't use heel warmers for lab draws. A long time ago 1 baby got burned so they took them away. We've had many traveling NEOs ask why we don't use them. Our policy states to put warm water in a diaper and place that on...

If you are still giving out copies, I would love one as well. Thanks!

Look into a BSN program with a capstone/internship class at the end. You'll do so many hours in a certain unit of your choice and hopefully you can get in NICU. That could help a lot. Good luck to you.

I work in a 70ish bed level 3 and we don't PICCs. The story is a few years ago 2 or 3 babies died and they link it to the PICCs so we have midlines now. Our NNPs put them in.

Hi everyone. This is my first time posting, but I've been reading through all of your posts for a long time now. I've been a NICU nurse for about a year now and I've been asked to do my first "project". Our unit has been trying to make a consitent po...

I haven't heard of it. But if I come across it in our unit, I'll look into it more.

Thank you everyone for your input. I talked to the nurse that asked me to take this on with her and told her what I found. She couldn't believe that I couldn't find any supporting evidence but was thrilled that this could go a step in a different dir...

We keep our babies under a thick isolette cover from 23-31 weeks and keep their oxygen saturations at 85-93. At 32 weeks we remove the heavy cover and place a smaller lighter blanket over their bed and change their limits to 85-95. If they are still ...

Wow. Our unit is BIG on light cycling for ROP. We are trying to standardize a way to do it with specific times, certain lighting, etc. One of our NEOs teaches us and parents that light cycling keeps ROP from advancing. I have yet to find any informat...