thatsthekeyRNC

thatsthekeyRNC specializes in NICU.

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1. Thirsty?

   thatsthekeyRNC replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

   I love this thread! I was shocked and upset at the beginning, but completely turned around now. So strange to think of kids drinking coffee, but the "coffee milk" makes sense, especially with the cultural considerations. I'm thinking elementary schoo...

2. NICU Documentaries

   thatsthekeyRNC replied to maeli's topic in NICU

   Watched "Twice Born" today and loved it!! I would love if they did more!

3. Does Anyone Use NICU View?

   thatsthekeyRNC replied to rnkaytee's topic in NICU

   The parents love it and are really impressed that we offer it...it requires a lot of extra work for the nurses and MANY extra phone calls of "can you fix the camera?" or "my baby is crying" but I think some families are happy to log in, see the sleep...

4. Initiating a music therapy program in level III NICU

   thatsthekeyRNC replied to nursemeesh's topic in NICU

   I don't think we have an actual organized music therapy program, but during the day we have a harpist and it's so nice - I remember the older babies looking mesmerized when she walked around! Otherwise, the bigger difficult-to-soothe babies will usua...

5. Transfusion associated NEC

   thatsthekeyRNC replied to essT's topic in NICU

   We keep the babies NPO for 3 hours before, during, and 3 hours after transfusions but fluids are running before and after so there aren't issues with hypoglycemia. If the baby has a PICC, whatever fluids they normally get will continue to run at a lo...

6. Certification

   thatsthekeyRNC replied to morgan_porgan's topic in NICU

   I wasn't ready for certification yet, but I also took the NICU Solutions class to get an overview when I was new (my hospital didn't offer much education) and I loved it! I need to take out the manual again to prepare for certification! I was so much...

7. Car seat test

   thatsthekeyRNC replied to katierobin23's topic in NICU

   We basically can't do anything, although the mom-nurses are more helpful just because they have experience...the parents are supposed to be independent with the car seat at discharge. We do discuss how tight the straps should be and other basic thing...

8. Labs/Blood Gases

   thatsthekeyRNC replied to salaw's topic in NICU

   I would be interested in a tool as well! I still have random notes all over the place, never found anything that works!

9. New Grad offered position at Newark Beth, night shift, HELP!!!!

   thatsthekeyRNC replied to meeta404's topic in New Nurse

   Congrats on the job!! Night shift can be a difficult transition for a lot of people, but it seems that the available jobs in hospitals are usually night shift! I am a night person and I function better on night shift than I did on day shift so it was...

10. What makes Kaplan successful

    thatsthekeyRNC replied to Compassi0n's topic in NCLEX

    Like the previous poster, I agree that everything being familiar reduced my test anxiety SO MUCH, I was completely comfortable taking the test just because it was familiar (isn't that funny? haha). Some of the strategies were helpful and made me look...

11. NICU

    thatsthekeyRNC replied to TinkRN8's topic in NICU

    I haven't seen stat locks used at all! We change TPN every 24 hours -- all bags and all tubing. Lipids & tubing are changed every 12 hours!

12. Study Resources for Certification and/or NICU Newbies

    thatsthekeyRNC replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU

    I'm a newbie and this is what my educator told me, to focus on Merenstein because they give more "why" and "how". She recommended core curriculum down the road to study for certification. So 4 weeks in, I've dabbled in Merenstein and good ole google!

13. Visitation during handoff

    thatsthekeyRNC replied to maxx12's topic in NICU

    Closed 6:30-7:30!

14. certifications for BSN new grads: BCLS, ACLS, BART..etc

    thatsthekeyRNC replied to lexipedia's topic in New Nurse

    I would look around at jobs you would want and see if they require any of these certifications and those would be the first to pursue! For instance, my job REQUIRED NRP before interviewing. Some positions include the training in orientation, but hosp...

15. First RN job & it's pay

    thatsthekeyRNC replied to Stephen.Stevens's topic in New Nurse

    central NJ $30/hour base