doublehelix

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1. Chart for developmental milestones of fetus?

   doublehelix replied to doublehelix's topic in NICU

   I am looking for a week by week development chart that is aimed for nurses as a pocket guide. Sort of what you could find for moms like at what week organs develop but more geared for nurses. Ie, age you are concerned about lung development and will ...

2. Chart for developmental milestones of fetus?

   doublehelix replied to doublehelix's topic in NICU

   Hopefully someone can help us out!

3. Chart for developmental milestones of fetus?

   doublehelix posted a topic in NICU

   Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has a great chart they would be willin to share on growth and development of the fetus. I have found some based for teaching with parents, but am looking for something more specific. For example, at what age reflexes have ...

4. Senior in NICU! Phone interview...

   doublehelix posted a topic in NICU

   Good Morning! For those who may remember, I posted months ago about wanting to do my senior in NICU following a job shadow. I applied for a NICU spot as my #1 choice for senior practicum, and was told yesterday they are only accepting one student, a...

5. NICU for Senior Practicum

   doublehelix replied to doublehelix's topic in NICU

   Not a problem. Most of Canada is experiencing a nursin shortage, over the past few years they have been bringing nurses in from the Philippines. We are very fortunate there should be many positions upon graduation.

6. NICU for Senior Practicum

   doublehelix replied to doublehelix's topic in NICU

   Hi, I'm from Manitoba, Canada.

7. feeling like giving up.... all the time! :(

   doublehelix replied to SunshineFLgirl's topic in General Students

   This is true! Try doing job shadows, or look into other options for nursing... Home care, clinics, etc. I'm sure you will find something. All of us have felt discouraged at some point or another. Nursin school is not for the faint!

8. NICU for Senior Practicum

   doublehelix replied to doublehelix's topic in NICU

   We have a fairly good job outlook here, currently there are around 800 nursing vacancies in my city, with 5 open positions in NICU currently. Thank you for sharing your story

9. NICU for Senior Practicum

   doublehelix replied to doublehelix's topic in NICU

   I'm also wondering, for those that did your senior in peds/neonatal areas, did you find it more difficult to write the RN exam, which I assume is mainly on adults? Thanks again.

10. NICU for Senior Practicum

    doublehelix posted a topic in NICU

    Hi everyone!I've been working as a HCA since before starting nursing, and always knew I loved acute care settings. I had my heart set on emerg for senior. I did a job shadow in NICU an ER at a nearby hospital to get an idea of some options I could se...

11. First clinical rotation: ortho surgery!

    doublehelix posted a topic in Student Assist

    I'm in my second term of first year nursing in a new BN program, and for our very first rotation i'm one of the 7/225 students on a surgical unit. I have experience working on ortho as a HCA at my local hospital (geriatrics) which i'm hoping will be...

12. Feeling overwhelmed

    doublehelix posted a topic in General Students

    I just need some support... I just started term two of my condensed 3 year BN program on Monday. Our lecture videos for skills class was posted Sunday night, so I figured I would get a head start and watch one of the videos and do some medmath for an...

13. I want the answer

    doublehelix replied to pansyrose's topic in Student Assist

    Since when do you give an insulin injection into the finger? Maybe I need to look in my book again. My bad, I misread the entire thread as checking for blood glucose levels, completely missed the injection especially after seeing comments about clean...

14. Failing barely

    doublehelix replied to Amber0515's topic in Student Assist

    There was a girl in my class who failed her skills (min of 60% to pass) by .7 of a percent, No joke you're going to have your good classes and your bad classes... even your good semesters and bad ones as well! Hang in there!

15. I want the answer

    doublehelix replied to pansyrose's topic in Student Assist

    My class was taught NOT to use alcohol swabs because people will rarely let the finger dry before sticking & cause irritation, alter the result (not majorly but I guess still noticeably.) As with anything, soap and water is the best method so it ...