NICU rotation tips?

[medready2005]

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hello all!

So I'm an intern starting out in the NICU next month; I have no prior NICU experience and I'm just wondering if you all can share some tips and inform me of some resources that are available to get the most out of this rotation.

Thanks in advance!!! 👍

 

[antihero94]

hello all!

So I'm an intern starting out in the NICU next month; I have no prior NICU experience and I'm just wondering if you all can share some tips and inform me of some resources that are available to get the most out of this rotation.

Thanks in advance!!! 👍

I found this website helpful prior to beginning any work with infants:

Also a useful handout for parents...

http://www.houseofodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/babycaretips.jpg

 

[oldbearprofessor]

hello all!

So I'm an intern starting out in the NICU next month; I have no prior NICU experience and I'm just wondering if you all can share some tips and inform me of some resources that are available to get the most out of this rotation.

Thanks in advance!!! 👍

When you click on a thread, like this one, you'll find at the very bottom of the page a list of similar threads. In this case, there are 4 in the public forums. We've also covered this in the neo private forum which you are welcome to join if you haven't.

Since, those threads all covered the serious answers, and since currently, I recommend Up-To-Date as the best of the available resources, I'd like to propose some less serious tips for you. I know some of our veterans can chip in.

#1. Do not eat the placentas that are sent with the babies.
#2. Do not ask the mom, in the presence of her in-laws "So, how many times have you been treated for syphilis?"
#3. Do tell your teenage moms about birth control. Offer to demonstrate its use. (well, that one is almost serious).

 

[Stitch]

#2. Do not ask the mom, in the presence of her in-laws "So, how many times have you been treated for syphilis?"

This reminds me of one of my first nights in the level 2 nursery. We were talking about jaundice and phototherapy, and the baby was DAT positive. Dad asked 'hey what's the baby's blood type?' This was a VERY simple family.
I said "It's O positive.
Dad (very cheerful and excited): Say! I didn't know an A and a B could make an O! How's that happen?
Silence in the nursery.
Me: It...can't....hey that's my pager!

 

[J-Rad]

...QUOTE]

Damn! Beat me to it:
Corpman: "A baby's Dad wants to know how the baby is B when he and Mom are O."
Me: "I'm busy... For the rest of the night."

 

[VanDiemen]

This reminds me of one of my first nights in the level 2 nursery. We were talking about jaundice and phototherapy, and the baby was DAT positive. Dad asked 'hey what's the baby's blood type?' This was a VERY simple family.
I said "It's O positive.
Dad (very cheerful and excited): Say! I didn't know an A and a B could make an O! How's that happen?
Silence in the nursery.
Me: It...can't....hey that's my pager!

I thought that an A and B CAN make an O. If both parents have one O allele, they can still be A and B blood types, but they can have a child who has inherited both O alleles.......anyway, I hope you didn't cause any unwarranted family strife with that comment.

 

[BigNavyPedsGuy]

I thought that an A and B CAN make an O. If both parents have one O allele, they can still be A and B blood types, but they can have a child who has inherited both O alleles.......anyway, I hope you didn't cause any unwarranted family strife with that comment.

http://mistupid.com/health/bloodinherit.htm

You're right

 

[J-Rad]

Yup. But two "O"s don't spell "B". They just spell "oo".