adpiRN

adpiRN

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About adpiRN

adpiRN has 3 years experience and specializes in L&D.


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  1. Quitting while on maternity leave

    I did this and didn't have to pay back health insurance costs.
  2. What do you think of this schedule?

    Every other weekend and Wednesday afternoons seems to be standard in our state. But he has already told me he doesn't think that's enough and wanted more weeknights. And I'd rather not have to switch to an every other weekend work schedule unless I h...
  3. I just made a separate post on a similar subject! I'm trying to find a schedule that works for us. I'm part time days though. I'm thinking of proposing a 4 day weekend with dad every third weekend (Thurs-Mon), then a week with me, 3 overnights with d...
  4. What do you think of this schedule?

    Would love to hear from other nurses who went through a divorce to hear what schedule worked for them!
  5. I work part time days in the NICU and am going through a divorce and trying to figure out how to sync my work schedule with my son's time with his dad (which is still being negotiated) On our unit we work every third weekend and other than that do se...
  6. How common is all this support?

    Ok good. I was worried I'd be in for a shock if I ever worked in another NICU!
  7. How common is all this support?

    I'm on orientation at a level IV NICU. I'm loving it so far!! One thing I was pleasantly surprised with was how much support from we have - jobs I assumed would be the RN's role other people take care of. For example a PICC team changes PICC dressi...
  8. NICU or ICU for new nurse

    If you can get an internship in the NICU as a new grad do it! All the new grads hired to my NICU were student externs there.
  9. Am I right about nursing?

    That sounds accurate for a med-surg nurse. I did L&D where you get 1 or 2 patients. It can be frantic in its own way though. I work in the NICU now and it's so nice to have 1-3 patients and spend time talking to the families. In the OR you only ...
  10. Starting school at older age! :(

    30 isn't even close to old. I'm a nursing instructor and have had several students in their 30s and 40s. I was 28 when I became a nurse.
  11. NICU or ICU for new nurse

    And as for a unit to start with try for mother/baby or newborn nursery if possible! But those can be tough to land for new grads (not as tough as NICU though) Any ICU would be good too if you could get it. Does that hospital not have ANY Peds or NI...
  12. NICU or ICU for new nurse

    If your only experience is adults you would not be hired PRN in Peds and DEFINITELY not NICU. So you should wait until your contract is up at the other hospital and you have your BSN and then apply for full time Peds positions. NICU would be the mos...
  13. Do you know if she's single?
  14. How long did you stay at your first job?

    3.25 years. I was lucky and got L&D as a new grad. If I was in med-surg I may not have made it a year... After about 2 years I was pretty sure L&D wasn't for me. Very frantic pace and stressful with not knowing what's going to walk in the do...
  15. Negativity from non NICU nurses

    Well that was a little uncalled for... I do appreciate the support of everyone on this board, even if I didn't respond to each individual post. Thanks everyone! First day on the floor tomorrow!