mac23

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1. Private Rooms for NICU?

   mac23 replied to ittybabyRN's topic in NICU

   You still have contact with your coworkers at the area where the nurses station is so no I never felt isolated.

2. Private Rooms for NICU?

   mac23 replied to ittybabyRN's topic in NICU

   I'm a big fan of all private rooms. If your unit is staffed correctly there should be a free floating charge nurse and a delivery nurse that can float around to help. We also have central monitoring plus our secretary has a monitor at her desk. We al...

3. NICU Travel Nursing

   mac23 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU

   I've know many travlerers who signed on staff right after doing an assignment. I did it myself. Usually if there is a clause it's between the agency and the hospital whereas if you sign on with the hospital, the hospital will owe the agency x amou...

4. NICU Travel Nursing

   mac23 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU

   Well I did a little of both types of programs. I had a lot of family issues to contend with so I started online at MUSC, then went classroom at Duke, then finally finished my degree online through Rush. The online route was a life saver for us due...

5. NICU's w private rooms?

   mac23 replied to aviator411's topic in NICU

   When I was traveling I worked at a hosp that had all private rooms. I thought it worked ok. It kind of felt like working in the PICU. There was a free floating charge nurse that could help listen out for your patients and it was really unusual fo...

6. NICU Travel Nursing

   mac23 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU

   I did travel nursing before I took my first full time NNP job and I loved it. It just depends on where you want to go. I met some of my very best friends on the road, saw places I might not ever have seen (Alaska was simply amazing and Hawaii was p...

7. Millers Childrens Hospital NICU in Long Beach

   mac23 replied to santefe's topic in NICU

   In San diego try Sharp Mary Birch. Wonderful NICU. They are having interviews April 4th for June starts.

8. Is it like this everywhere??

   mac23 replied to KK7724's topic in NICU

   Is this MUSC? I'd just keep checking because I know they use travelers....there are several positions posted for travel nurses in the NICU at MUSC. If you're interested in the PICU, the unit at MUSC is fabulous. Great docs and nurses plus you'd be...

9. bedside surgery

   mac23 replied to elizabells's topic in NICU

   We will do this if our baby is too small or too sick to survive a transport to surgery.

10. can nurses intubate?

    mac23 replied to mommy2BCD's topic in NICU

    How's it going finding a hosptial in SC to work for?

11. can nurses intubate?

    mac23 replied to mommy2BCD's topic in NICU

    Wow, that's scarey. What do you do after you "read" a bad xray. Do you just decide for yourself what kind of changes if any need to be made or do you call the doc and they come in and decide. I understand no MD coverage after hours, I've worked a ...

12. Benchmarking Level III NICU nurse/pt ratios....please help

    mac23 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU

    DHEC does still have the staffing ratios for nurseries. When I worked in Columbia, our nurses would call all the time if our ratios weren't right and we were fined and if we couldn't staff DHEC would require us to close some of our beds until we had...

13. NICU computer charting programs

    mac23 replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU

    i've used both Carevue and Cerners powerchart in the NICU setting. Liked both of them a whole lot better than paper charting.

14. babies in the ER

    mac23 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I recently left a NICU that went to only OG's due to an outbreak of MRSA on the unit. The ID doc said placing NG's was contributing to many of the babies getting it.

15. South Carolina Level III NICU's

    mac23 replied to KK7724's topic in NICU

    Sorry for the delay, You should be able to get a job at Richland. They use travelers, not sure about agency, but have been trying to get away from using travelers. I'm not sure how that is working out so far. I liked Richland much better than Bapt...