TeachEmNursing

TeachEmNursing

NICU, Education, LTC, Community health

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TeachEmNursing has 18 years experience and specializes in NICU, Education, LTC, Community health.


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  1. Should I give up on NICU?

    It's hard to get into NICU as an non-pediatric experienced nurse these days. If I were you I would do like someone said above and look into a fellowship or maybe shadow for a period of time if you have a NICU in your hospital. Speak with the managers...
  2. I Tutor Nursing Students - You Can Too!

    Thank you for writing this. I am thinking of tutoring and this article has been very helpful.
  3. Christmas in the NICU

    Where I worked we used to do a little card for the parents with the foot prints or and whatever the volunteers made for the babies...usually a special knitted hat or a cute little t-shirt. Sometimes they would give small stuffed animals. I've never w...
  4. Story of New Job Teaching at Unaccredited LPN School

    Sounds like my experience except i stayed for 2 years. I tried to help the students as much as possible (without doing the work for them). I only taught foundations clinical and subbed for a couple of pharmacology classes but I tried to give them adv...
  5. Funny/happy NICU moments needed

    It's funny how little boys hands always seem to find their way to their crotch. I noticed it really doesn't change as they get older. I'm always tickled when you take the feeder/growers (like the 1500gm or so)kids and put them on the scale. The way s...
  6. This is a VENTING Post!

    That is a great idea! I have had the same problem in the past and i am always told to just let the student retake with no consequences.
  7. Name a NICU product you couldn't do without

    These beds are awesome. I wish we had them where I work now
  8. Name a NICU product you couldn't do without

    Oh gosh, I remember just having all these BPD kids...just fussin & huffin...they all had that same cry...lol. So yes, I agree, surfactant is a God-send.
  9. This is a VENTING Post!

    good for you scribblerrn i've had students that have gone through rough times. and i'm glad they felt at ease enough to share that with me. i encourage them the best i can and help them the best i can. but that does not negate the fact that they are...
  10. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    I didn't even see this thread..lol. I am an RN who started as an LPN about 13 years ago. I completed my MSN in 2004. Currently I am an LPN clinical instructor (fundamentals). I've only been teaching for a little over a year and I've learned a lot by ...
  11. CNA's/Tech's in the NICU

    No offense to CNA's & techs but I started my nursing career in the NICU as an LPN and I'd rather see them in the NICU as opposed to techs. JMO.
  12. Books about NICU?

    The Core review for neonatal intensive care and the Fetal & Neonatal secrets are MUSTS. I've had these books for years and they still come in handy. I have my own neofax but all the nicu's I've worked in do provide them.
  13. New RN in the NICU?

    as long as a new nurse gets the training & supervision needed, there is no reason a new grad can't work in the nicu. i worked ltc for a couple of years before going to nicu and even though i had work experience, i felt like i just graduated all o...
  14. I need some advice

    I see a lot of the new grads have better chances getting into a teaching hospital than a smaller, more private hospital. Also working in a pediatrics, post partum or regular nursery can be a bridge. Where I'm currently working, student nurses are hir...