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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 - This should be readdressed on a regular basis, approximately every 24 hrs. F. Inform parents of signs of overstimulation or restlessness that may indicate the infant’s need to return to the isolette or radiant warmer
Our Level 3 NICU has recently been recieving our post op patients back into our units with epidurals in place for pain management. Because the RNs do not have a protocol for managing the epidural (operating the pump or changing out the medication bags etc), the anesthesiologist changes out the...
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Need a reference for use of pulse oximetry(or not) in routine well baby phototherapy
I was wondering what protocols other institutions have regarding the frequency of hands on assessments of our ELBW infants?
It shouldn’t be surprising that in today’s virtual age we often overlook the impact of our online footprint
Our Pain Committee is researching the use of prophalatic tylenol administraion with routine immunizations...The order is PRN and if the RN feels the baby needs, can administer other doses of tylenol for up to 24 hours I believe
We have recently been utilizing nasal trumpets in the management of pierre robin patients
Current practice in this nursery only requires 8-hours of CR monitoring once pharmacologic therapy is started with morphine 0.04 mg/kg every 3 hours
1 Comment - I also work in a Level II SCN. We keep all of our NAS infants on CRM from admission to discharge