Education, Organisation & Evaluation

Dear colleagues! We are planning on easing our visiting police for siblings of NICU/NIMCU/Newborn patients. I'm wondering how do you handle sibling visits? Are there special visiting days/hours? Is there an age restriction? Are they allowed to just look through a window or get into the room and touch the little ones? Do they need to wear special attire if they want to touch the sibling? Do the siblings need any certificate of healthiness or do you have any requirements regarding vaccines? If you have a more loose policy: Have you experienced any outbreak of infectious diseases deriving from a sibling's visit? Thank you in advance!

LUS in pleural effusion https://twitter.com/draloksharma74/status/1665050092812869633?t=Dc9JauGJKPP-D3Hq-2PkUg&s=19

A library of 250+ videos in Neonatology, Human Factors Training, Neonatal Ethics, Neonatal Procedural skills Training, and POCUS in Neonatology, Lung Ultrasound and more https://youtube.com/@mprove-multiprofessionalne4091

Webinar on the role of the neonatal behaviour assessment scale (NBAS) and newborn behavioural observations (NBO) in the neonatal unit. See more information here: https://nna.org.uk/events/

Calling all nurses on the NICU! Please see below for opportunities to apply for travel/education/research scholarships! https://nna.org.uk/scholarship/?fbclid=IwAR2tbRBT4yV7O8E3U7RwF3_kBAmqJnxSHIHvQ7SbPMW5UXlQSbBSYtSI93g

I just finished listening to a most interesting interview with Dr. Horan in the Incubator podcast about field work with Medicine San Frontiers (Doctors without borders). Insights, laughters and tears about NICU work under challenging circumstances (to say the least!) I can only recommend listening to this interview. Would be great to hear if you have experiences and advice to share for those wanting to take on a similar mission. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1739595/8806860-010-dr-katherine-horan-a-neonatologist-without-borders

A series of free, online guest lectures in pulmonology, courtesy of the NOTE and ESPR collaboration. I have added these dates into the calendar, but you can sign up for these by contacting noteteam20@gmail.com. All times are in CEST.

Check out The Incubator, a (first?) dedicated podcast for NICU professionals hosted by Dr. Ben Courchia and Dr. Daphna Yasova Barbeau. I have listened to two episodes and can highly recommend it. The pod is weekly and about new evidence in neonatal care and the fascinating individuals who make this progress possible. Find here https://www.buzzsprout.com/1739595

Hello everyone, Just undertakiing an audit of unplanned extubations on our NICU. As a matter of interest is anyone aware of the use of a risk assessment tool to ensure avoiding unplanned extubations? Thanks Alistair

Dear colleagues! There is a burning question on my mind. Has anybody done one oft these two part-time distance learning MSc programs - MSc Neonatology (University of Southampton - https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/neonatology-masters-msc) or MSc Neonatal Medicine (Cardiff University - https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/courses/course/neonatal-medicine-msc-part-time)? If so, what was your experience with it? Would you do it all over again? Was it worth its money? Was it compatible with working full-time? Initially I wanted to join a PhD program, but unfortunately this is almost impossible right now and probably for the next few years at my ho…