rnay312

rnay312

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About rnay312

rnay312 has 7 years experience and specializes in NICU.


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  1. 5 Weird Questions Patients Have Asked As An OB Nurse

    I'm a NICU nurse and attend deliveries frequently. I hear the circumcision and weight question occasionally, but my favorite is a father's response to his newborn's molded cone head: "Is it going to stay that way?" I know they're saying it out of ge...
  2. First Neonatal Death

    Hi all, I have worked in a Level II NICU for about 2.5 years. I absolutely love my job. Luckily, our babies are mostly stable so deaths are few and far between, but I knew I wouldn't be spared forever. A few nights ago we had a baby born with a very...
  3. I eat dinner (my breakfast) before I go in, have a snack at 2200, eat lunch at 0100, have a snack at 0500, and eat breakfast (my dinner) when I get home. I love to eat. I eat healthy food, but probably way too much of it. It's the best part of my shi...
  4. Feeling guilty about calling in sick.

    I was in almost exactly the same situation, except I called in 15 minutes before my shift. I felt a little queasy but brushed it off to nerves, but as soon as I got in the car I started vomiting. I cried when I spoke to the charge, I felt so bad. But...
  5. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    1. Arizona 2. 3 years experience 3. NICU 4. $29.99/hr 5. $5.20/hr flat differential for night shift 6. No union
  6. This is beautiful and heart wrenching.
  7. Recurrent Nightmares About Work

    I am an anxious person in general (not to the point of having to be medicated, I've never taken a benzo in my life.) But I think it can be a good stress that drives me to do a good job at work, to always reassess and let MDs know if I don't feel righ...
  8. Hi all, I'm just curious if anyone has recurrent bad dreams about work. I have this dream about once a month - that it's 0300 (I work 1900-0730) and I haven't done my initial assessments or passed out 2100 meds yet. I haven't even seen a patient yet,...
  9. Almost passed out during clinicals!!

    I have a similar story. I was a nursing student watching a vaginal hysterectomy, wearing all the surgical garb. The nurse I was assigned to told me if I start to feel faint to just sit in a chair against the wall and she'd get me a cold washcloth. I ...
  10. New Grad RN Angst

    I felt exactly the same way six months into my career, and sometimes, to be honest, I still feel that way. I feel that way without the crying and the dread of feeling completely overwhelmed, but sometimes I still go home and wonder what more I could ...
  11. I have a NICU internship interview!!

    I don't really have any advice other than be yourself, but I just wanted to say congratulations and I'm jealous!! Good luck!
  12. Is this serious? Two and a half hours of break time when you only get one unpaid half hour? Do you work in the US?
  13. I ♥ downstaffing!

    I get excited too! In fact, I got that call tonight!
  14. Unhappy in Job

    I've been a nurse for just over a year on a neuro unit and trust me, at four months all I wanted to do was run away. But I stuck to it knowing that the feeling is completely normal (sick to my stomach and absolutely dreading to go in!) But right as I...
  15. Nurses not making enough...wait what?

    And for the record, I don't think CNAs are paid nearly enough either. It doesn't matter that an RN has more of an educational background, CNA jobs are physically demanding and worth a heck of a lot more than someone flipping burgers at Mickey D's.