Utter failure with my first baby that should have been coded

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Jokerhill

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I don't want this to seem like an attack on you, but learn from it. Sounds like the outcome was okay, baby lived, I'll point out that babies have decels in utero for just as long and live normal lives after. To learn you need to recognize the problem, it seems there was a communication problem most of all. With a years experience I would not expect you to run a code but I would expect you to communicate with the others. Others don't always know your skill level and expect you to tell them what you need, as you identified your lack of experience with experience as what you needed, you sometimes have to tell others that. Take it and learn from it, identify what went wrong, believe me I rerun every one I have ever been on over and over, in my head, trying to find what could have been done better. The result may have been good, but I want to learn and be better next time. Take the gilt your feeling now and use it as motivation to learn more, no one says you can't take NRP again with a years experience I will bet you learn a lot more as you now will understand things better. I can take a textbook and read it cover to cover and not learn a thing, but when something is new and I have a motivator like you have I will learn it and more. Have a good day and better tomorrow.

Bossybootsi

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I don't know if you'll ever see this, but yes, the baby did survive. He's doing great now, I see his mom on FB all the time.

Oh yay!! I have been actually coming back and forth, ya know, now and then to see if there was an update. Baby is what? 2 now? I am so glad

Specializes in Developmental Care.

From experience, it frequently feels like nothing goes right during a code, even if you have everyone and everything there. It sounds like you did things as best you could given the circumstances. Those ex 24 weekers frequently have issues like that.

Although we seldom do it, you can always call a code in the NICU, and that will get you people there to help, who even if they are not familiar with NICU can still help. It'll also get you people who may have down time elsewhere on your unit. There should be a dedicated code blue line on your hospital phone, or my unit has buttons on the wall that trigger a code blue.

Rather than beat yourself down, use this as an opportunity to grow and learn and also benefit your unit.

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