nicudaynurse replied to foreverhope's topic in General Nursing
In the DFW area most NP programs require a 3.0 and some programs will accept under a 3.0, but you will be on "probation". I wouldn't worry about getting into grad. school. You would have to really blow it in nursing school to not get into grad. sc...
Welcome sinurse, Happy to hear about your interest in NICU. Your background of SICU will be very helpful, but just keep in mind that the NICU will be a lot different. It will help that you have a lot of basic concepts down and I'm sure your skill l...
nicudaynurse replied to ERRN5778's topic in New Nurse
Christine, I'm sorry for the situation you're in. The way your preceptor is treating you is very unprofessional and uncalled for and it isn't fair to you. Please don't let your preceptor bring you down and make you have seconds thoughts about your ...
nicudaynurse replied to DaniGrl's topic in Pediatric
Hey Danigirl I don't mind helping you out either. I have experience in the NICU and am currently working PRN in the NICU and full time in Pediatric Neurology. PM me.
I think that some NICU call themselves level IV because they do hearts and have ECMO, but I am not sure if that is an official level. Most textbooks will describe NICU as level I, II, or III.
Why don't you do both??? It is not uncommon for nurses who work in Children's hospitals to work both PICU and NICU. There will be things that you see in the PICU that you won't encounter in the NICU and vice versa. When you graduate you would need...
nicudaynurse replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU
We use Aquaphor on micro preemies. It's in the admission orders. We have used Tegaderm under POX sites, but it isn't a policy and so most babies don't have it, but there is a policy to change the site every 4 to 8 hours depending on the size of the ...
nicudaynurse replied to maineiac's topic in Ambulatory
Sounds like a challenging situation to say the least. A few suggestions I have would be to maybe make up a questionaire for everyone to fill out with questions like: I wish my manager would.... If I could change one thing ...
Harris Methodist is a good hospital and if you work with kids then Cooks Childrens is a great hospital. There are a lot more hospitals in Ft. Worth and in the mid-cities. There are A LOT of hospitals in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. I think that there...
nicudaynurse replied to ninamarie77's topic in NICU
I've read Baby ER as well and it was very good. May I also recommend: Miracle Birth Stories of very Premature Babies by Timothy Smith Before Their Time by Daniel Taylor and Ronald Hoekstra, M.D. Living Miracles by Kimberly Powell and Kim Wilson
nicudaynurse replied to ninamarie77's topic in NICU
Well there aren't specific schools/programs related to NICU nursing. What you need to do is go to nursing school which can be done at a university or community college. If you are interested in the University of Florida then you need to check to se...