futureTBA

futureTBA

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About futureTBA

futureTBA specializes in NICU.


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  1. I work in a level 2 special care nursery and discharge teaching varies depending on the needs of the infant. Are you supposed to focus on mom's discharge from postpartum without her baby? Maybe her discharge with a 36 week late pre-term infant who ...
  2. Line Changes

    Thanks for all the feedback! Looks like the poll splits us 50/50. Glad to know it's not just us. I was going to ask the educators on my next set in whether I had misunderstood in training! I definitely hope it will get faster, right now I feel like...
  3. Line Changes

    I am a new grad and had the great fortune to be hired into a level 3 NICU. I have finished my class based orientation and am starting my preceptored shifts this week. During our orientation I learned that our unit does sterile line changes. Essen...
  4. Possible Humber 2016 Student???

    Hi rlsdhounds, I am just finishing my fourth year in the BN program at Humber so I can't tell you too much about the PN program. I will suggest that you might find more helpful advice in the Canadian forum (you might want to ask a moderator to move...
  5. Summer Student Nurse Position

    Trillium in Mississauga runs a Clinical Nurse Extern program every year. The app usually goes up around March I think on their website. They hire for the summer but often extend into the school year.
  6. General Arts and Science program at Sheridan College

    Oh- and I'm going to ask a Mod to move your question to the Canadian forum just so you might get more information from other sources who are familiar with the various options.
  7. General Arts and Science program at Sheridan College

    Ok. So, I'm not completely familiar with the Sheridan program. I am however really well acquainted with the Humber program. If you have taken university level courses in high school and maintained an over 80% average then all three options are ava...
  8. Opinion on Humber College RN program

    Hi Dawntoearth - second year was way different from first year. Second year was tough! I actually try not to scare people but go into second year expecting to study more and to adjust your study methods. It was tough but definitely do-able. Just ...
  9. Opinion on Humber College RN program

    I took a LTC placement in Oakville. Got an awesome instructor (although she's on mat leave now so you wouldn't have her). Honestly, first year I would just pick the location closest to home for you. There is so much excitement for the first clinic...
  10. Collaborative Nursing Programs in Ontario?

    I graduated with about an 83 as well, but I was applying as a mature student. I got into Humber/UNB and I'm really enjoying the program so far.
  11. New Grad RPN looking to bridge in SW Ontario

    Where did you graduate from? Your best bet is usually to check with them as some schools only offer the bridging program to their grads. For example, Humber's bridge is not found on their website because it's currently by invitation only based on g...
  12. Help with my first Care Plan

    Thanks NicuGal for all the help - I just got my feedback yesterday during my last clinical. My instructor actually asked me to email her my care plan (they were submitted in hardcopy) so that she could use them as examples for future clinical groups...
  13. Help with my first Care Plan

    Thanks! I've now moved on to the mother half of the care plan. This one is going a little easier :)
  14. Help with my first Care Plan

    Hi NicuGal! I wound up going with imbalanced temperature given his low birth weight and prematurity. But I'm happy to think this one through. So, the phototherapy was complete. The bili levels should have been taken the day I was there (although th...
  15. Help with my first Care Plan

    Sorry, it cut me off. Bili levels were: Day 1 108 Day 2 (am) 103 Day 2 (pm) 89 Day 3 108 On the day I was caring for Twin B his vitals ranged quite a bit HR 125-165 RR 16-62 (irregular) T 36.8C - 37.2C We transferred him from the isolette to the c...