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    Is your first temp on a new admit..

    Sweeper933 replied to Zippedodah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We still do first temps rectally - according to our protocol that's what we are supposed to do. However, a few months ago, we got a transport from another hospital. Term baby that ended up having an...
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    Ah yes... gotta love when a 800g baby gets their hands wrapped so tightly around their ETT that their knuckles are turning white! It will also never cease to amaze me when I find one that one of my...
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    I have been reading these posts here and there, have even added my own a few times. Last night I had one of those "charge nights from hell". Too many babies, not enough nurses, not enough space, not...
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    Ah yes... squirting poop... I once had a little boy who somehow managed to squirt through the porthole at the end of the isolette - right onto the other nurse in the room who just happened to be in...
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    Name a NICU product you couldn't do without

    Sweeper933 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Definately the Giraffe Omnibeds... they work wonders for those Also, the silence/suspend button on the monitors!!! Especially for those chronic
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    Funny/happy NICU moments needed

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

    Some things off the top of my head... -Seeing a kid totally perpindicular in their isolette - their heads pressed up against the portholes -When they sneeze and make that cute little noise at the end,...
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    I need to vent a little....

    Sweeper933 replied to prmenrs's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Wow, I guess we're pretty lucky in our unit. We'll have skills day on our unit, but it's put on by our fellow NICU nurses, so everything is related to NICU. We have to do computer charting/CPR/NRP...
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    Anyone watch ER thursday?

    Sweeper933 replied to t2000JC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm glad that I'm not the only person who was bothered by that whole situation! Not to mention, that when they would show far away shots of the baby in the isolette... the isolette wasn't even turned...
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    25 weeker w/ Epidermolysis bullosa...

    Sweeper933 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'll try to make this all as brief as possible... I've been taking cary of this baby all week who was born at 25 2/7 weeks. Soon after birth, it was suspected that he had epidermolysis bullosa - the...
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    Does your Nicu allow holding with UAC

    Sweeper933 replied to shadow2k6's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    On our unit, parents are not allowed to hold as long as their baby has a UAC/UVC in. We let them know the importance/fragility of these lines, and for the most part, they understand. As far as...
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    25 weeker w/ Epidermolysis bullosa...

    Sweeper933 replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I wanted to give thanks to all of you who offered your support/advice. Last week was a rather long and tiring one. Long story short, his condition continued to worsen through the end of the week /...
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    25 weeker w/ Epidermolysis bullosa...

    Sweeper933 replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The Ethics committee is a good idea, hadn't thought of that yet. I'm sure that if the parents continue to want this whole situation drawn out, we will be consulting w/ the Ethicc committee. We are...
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    Has Anyone Ever Interview at Baker School of Nursing?

    Sweeper933 replied to THOMP974's topic in General Nursing

    I recently graduated from there in DEC '04! I loved the program, and was much happier there than a few of my friends who went to KU nursing. From what I remember about the interview, they just ask the...
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    pacifiers and preemies

    Sweeper933 replied to RN4BABES's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    According to our PT/OT... there is NO SUCH THING as nipple
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    How is pain treated in your NICU? (Particularly on HFOV or SIMV)

    Sweeper933 replied to hmarandola's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I can't imagine being on HFOV w/o some sort of pain medication! On our unit, whenever a baby is on the HFOV, they have Fentanyl drips ordered, usually 1-3mcg/kg/hr, depending on the situation. On our...
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    Feeds while on indocin

    Sweeper933 replied to NicuNightRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We always hold feeds while a kid is on Indocin. If I remember correctly, I was told it was because Indocin can cause decreased bloodflow to the abdominal area, hence increasing the risk for NEC. If a...
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    Erythromycin and fused eyes

    Sweeper933 replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We administer the Erythromycin whether their eyes are fused or not. If they are fused, we keep the tube of the Erythromycin, and re-administer it when the eyes
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    looking for bath protocols

    Sweeper933 replied to jnsatc's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    At the Level III where I work, we do all of our baths on nights. For babies 1000g, we give baths every 3 nights. Once again, if the kid is too critical to get a bath, it just gets deferred until they...
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    who to contact?

    Sweeper933 replied to girlfromtx's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I graduated in Dec of '04. In August of '04, I had contacted the NICUs that I wanted to work in, had some interviews, and had a position offered (and accepted) by the time school started at the end of...
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    Preemie resuscitation in regards to gestational age

    Sweeper933 replied to d2k2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our unit currently only has two giraffe beds (darn beds are awesome, but SO expensive!). When we know that we are getting a Sorry to kind of ramble on a bit about all of this, I tried to pick out the...
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    Preemie resuscitation in regards to gestational age

    Sweeper933 replied to d2k2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work in a Level III NICU in the Chicago suburbs. Our general policy is that we will resuscitate any baby > 23 4/7 weeks. The docs of course have long talks withe parents regarding outcomes for 23...