Any policy or practices out there re oral care. What do you use sterile water and breastmilk, when and how often etc Thanks
2 Comments - Our unit just wrote a policy based on articles printed in Advances in Neonatal Care. Breast milk will be swabbed in the baby's mouth with every hands on care every three or four hours
The PPC highly encourages personal findings and research that appeal to both the novice and expert neonatal nurse. The following are suggested areas of interest: pharmacology, medication safety, developmental care, advances in research, workplace violence, implementation of evidence-based practice-other topics will be considered. The 2014 Annual Educational Conference will be held September 10-13 in Phoenix
We have no protocoll on our neonatal unit for skin to skin, it is done on an adhoc basis, with different members of staff. I am looking to gather information to put together guidelines for skin to skin for our unit, to include NICU and High Dependency/Special Care Would anyone be willing to share their guidelines and experiences with me
2 Comments - Key Point: Infant who are stable on nasal cannula may participate in kangaroo care regardless of FiO2
Hi, I am looking for good resource to learn Wound and Stoma care in neonate. Please, email me if you know
Surgical: Members discuss topics within the neonate community to improve the nursing care, management, and treatment of infants requiring surgical intervention
Hi Everyone, Our NICU team is called upon every now and then to perform gastric lavages on neonates found on our Mother-Baby floors
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NANN's journal, Advances in Neonatal Care (ANC) , would like to gain a better understanding of how NANN members read the journal, our member's top-rated benefit
Join NANN’s Membership Committee on Thursday, June 23 at 6:00pm for NANN Connections: Crucial Conversations in the NICU . A panel of neonatal nurses will share tools from Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High by Joseph Grenny for mastering difficult conversations, regardless of the topic or person. NANN Connections events are free for all neonatal nurses and APRNs. Invite your peers for a night focused on nursing self-care!
We have recently been utilizing nasal trumpets in the management of pierre robin patients. We had to improvise a system to keep them in place. This requires placing a small hole in the outer tip of the trumpet, and threading umbilical ties through the holes, and then taping the ties in place with tegaderm or use trach ties
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is currently hiring a full-time neonatal nurse practitioner in the NICU at its Lawrenceville campus in the city of Pittsburgh. This position is a rotating shift, and you will provide patient care services, including assessing and managing patients in the outpatient and/or inpatient environment, by following established standards and practices. Responsibilities - perform physical exams, obtain complete medical history and record findings - order appropriate laboratory and diagnostic procedures - interpret and integrate data to determine preliminary diagnosis and therapeutic plan - administer medication and injections in compliance with state law and clinic guidelines - perform procedures as directed by physician and/or as directed by written agreement Basic Qualifications - successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner program is required - BSN or MSN is preferred - professional nursing experience and/or nurse practitioner experience is preferred Licensure/Certifications - current license to practice nursing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is required - ACT 33 is required within 30 days of hire - ACT 73 is required within 30 days of hire - CPR is required within 30 days of hire - Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner license is required Please visit www.chp.edu for more information!