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    I'm never primarying again, y'all

    Sweeper933 replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Wow. I guess I should consider our pain management protocols to be pretty good then. Any baby who is vented and less than 29 weeks (around there) has fentanyl prn orders built into the admission order...
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    I'm never primarying again, y'all

    Sweeper933 replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have been going through a similar thing w/ the primary that I have been taking care of lately. He has some chromosomal abnormalities that have in turn caused multiple abnormalities. It seemed like...
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    We're giving her what??

    Sweeper933 replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Every once and a while we use Viagra on the chronic PPHN kids when nothing else seems to be working. We do get some funny looks from the parents at first, but it doesn't last. When I first saw a baby...
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    humidity policies/standards

    Sweeper933 replied to premiesRus's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In regards to the humidity in the actual unit, I really have no clue what it is... For the babies, we initiate humidity for all
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    new grad in NICU

    Sweeper933 replied to NurseKaytlin's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Same
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    Breastfeeding policy

    Sweeper933 replied to wrighty's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If babies have a UAC/UVC, then no holding at all. The only exception to that that I have seen is when it's a term kid (usually glucose issues...) who only has a UVC b/c they had no PIV access... on...
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    Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

    Sweeper933 replied to RNDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

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    Visitation during RSV season

    Sweeper933 replied to ScammRNC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As far as I know, we do not change our policy regarding sibling visitation during RSV season. Our policy is that if they are under the age of 12, they must be a sibling in order to visit. Each...
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    Pneumogram guidlines.

    Sweeper933 replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We also do the exact same thing (I had never even heard of a
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    My internship and graduation are coming!

    Sweeper933 replied to CallieAnne's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As on any unit, your shifts can range from one extreme to the other. I've had nights where it seems like I have the easiest assignment in the world, and find myself looking for other things to do all...
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    Halloween in the NICU

    Sweeper933 replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Same here... for all pictures that we take of the babies, not just for
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    Halloween in the NICU

    Sweeper933 replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Build-A-Bear outfits are definately the best fitting outfits for premies there are! This past spring we had a Dad who was the biggest Cubs fan, so he brought in a Cubs outfit from Build-a-Bear for his...
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    Halloween in the NICU

    Sweeper933 replied to MegNeoNurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    For all the holidays (halloween, christmas, thanksgiving, valentines day, 4th july...) we dress the babies up in costumes and take pictures and post the pictures on cute backgrounds and put them up at...
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

    Sweeper933 replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is why I (usually) love IUGR babies! They're so cute and little - and yet they're usually the smartest ones in the
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    Parent Conferences

    Sweeper933 replied to nicunana's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We also have these meetings held, although they are not on a regular basis. We will get the meeting together when there is a lot going on that we have to discuss with the parents. Docs, RNs, social...
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    can't decide between the NICU and ER

    Sweeper933 replied to JulieRN07's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    While on most units nurses are not responsible for actually doing these procedures, we are responsible for assisting with them. You have to know what supplies you need, and what the doc will be...
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    Strengths and weaknesses

    Sweeper933 replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work in a 50+ bed level III unit. We do pretty much everything except complex cardiac kids / echmo... We are good at appropriate developmental care 9and long-term care guidelines for chronics),...
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    can't decide between the NICU and ER

    Sweeper933 replied to JulieRN07's topic in NICU, Neonatal

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    "Nitric Headache?"

    Sweeper933 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This is the reason that our RTs tell us that we can't do nitric on NCPAP - there's too much rainout and we'd all be on nitric
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    Clear TPN?

    Sweeper933 replied to EricJRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There have been a few times where are pharmacy's supply of the MVI for the TPN runs low, and it's on back-order (or something like that). So when that happens, they just order the MVI for every other...
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    Funny Names

    Sweeper933 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    While a lot of unusual names often times come from some parents being a little too creative... we have a baby on our unit who's name is definately more from the parents not being too creative... Dad's...
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    Funny Names

    Sweeper933 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not to offend any cultures by saying this, but I love when parents take normal names, and add stuff to them. Like adding La, Ja, Ta, De.... to the beginning of a normal name. Jamario,
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    Funny Names

    Sweeper933 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    S'nora (girl, pronounced sa-nora)...yeah... darshawn and deshawn for twin
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    Funny Names

    Sweeper933 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm so glad someone started this thread!!! Twin girls: hope and faith (we had 2 sets of those in the past year) Luv (pronounced "love" - for a baby boy) Treasure (girl) Miracle (a few of these in the...
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    Do your parents have to wear cover gowns when visiting?

    Sweeper933 replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Nope (only if parent has MRSA or something like that.....) - we do have them scrub in