tallynurse

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1. Have you had issues with Alaris pumps

   tallynurse posted a topic in Safety

   I recently started working at a new hospital. When I was orientated to the IV pump, we were told to be extra cautious because the Alaris pumps they use had been over infusing patients (basically free flowing the fluids sometime within the first 30-60...

2. NICU Interviews in NoCal and SoCal

   tallynurse replied to RonnieNichelle RN's topic in NICU

   Where did you end up? I'm moving to Sacramento in the Fall (fiancé has a post doctorate at UC Davis) and curious how UC Davis NICU is. What was your interview like?

3. Need Help | Please guide

   tallynurse replied to prabhakar_sharma's topic in NICU

   If you can, express your breast milk for your baby for when he's able to eat. Take care of yourself, try to eat and drink plenty of water and get some rest. When you're with him, talk to him in a soft voice. He knows your voice and that will be comfo...

4. Should I give up on NICU?

   tallynurse replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in NICU

   Have you tried getting a post partum or labor and delivery job? In my NICU we hire from post partum a lot, with the idea being that they know well babies and can easily transition to taking care of sick babies. Or just try getting into a hospital wit...

5. Feel Like I'm Drowning

   tallynurse replied to NICUnurse21's topic in NICU

   This is definitely normal. I've been working in NICU 3 years and there are still sometimes I second guess myself. And in that case it's always better to check with someone else. As for seeing the new nurses who started after me, it's the ones who wer...

6. What path should I take to get into the NICU one day?

   tallynurse replied to Des1278's topic in NICU

   If you want to stay in the area, I would suggest trying to meet with the managers at NICUs in the are to ask what they prefer to see. When I was in nursing school I got the opportunity to meet the manager at the only local NICU through a school event...

7. RN-BSN for graduate of non accredited school

   tallynurse replied to tallynurse's topic in Florida

   I did. It actually seems like it's not as big of a deal as I originally thought. I went to University of Central Florida for my RN-BSN online, no issues with getting my ASN from a non accredited school. I know a lot of my classmates did the Universit...

8. NICU pearls

   tallynurse replied to mrscreixell's topic in NICU

   nicuguy-do you do any special positioning with bubble CPAP? I'm a travel NICU nurse about to work at my first hospital using bubble CPAP and was told to research positioning with it but I'm not really finding anything about positioning differently. A...

9. Bad night in the NICU

   tallynurse replied to RNurse2414's topic in NICU

   You did good. Don't beat yourself up over it. NEC (which I'm assuming is what your baby has) can seem to pop up extremely quickly and make a baby sick quickly. So while you may think you should have noticed it sooner, there might not have been much m...

10. NICU RN as a new grad

    tallynurse replied to iHeartPeds4ever's topic in NICU

    I got hired as a new grad in a NICU. In school I didn't get any chance to do clinicals or my preceptorship in the NICU. But I did work as a nurse extern in the PACU and my manager there knew the NICU. She was great and called the NICU manager multipl...

11. Interesting cases anyone?

    tallynurse replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU

    I had an interesting case where a code was called at delivery, when we got there the baby had pinked up on his own but as soon as we walked in the room all nurses kept saying "we didn't know." "it wasn't on the ultrasound" He had club feet, only 4 di...

12. Not cut out for NICU

    tallynurse replied to nurseinFL2567's topic in NICU

    I started as a new grad in a NICU in FL too. It can be really overwhelming and I was not good with my time management so that was difficult at first. But like others have stated, being a new grad anywhere is such a huge learning curve. I feel like th...

13. I've lost my joy (AKA NICU heartbreak)

    tallynurse replied to Gamecock73's topic in NICU

    NICU can be really hard to get into sometimes but if you think that's where you're meant to be don't give up. I would say call or email the manager you interviewed with, thank them for taking the time to interview and consider you and then ask if the...

14. Extra work on assignment in Cali

    tallynurse replied to tallynurse's topic in Travel

    I work NICU so there aren't as many float options. This hospital only floats to nursery and that's very rarely needed. I have also worked at teaching hospitals but they didn't not have NICU residents so I don't know how that would affect staffing. T...

15. Extra work on assignment in Cali

    tallynurse posted a topic in Travel

    Hi, I'm on an assignment in California and our census is very low. I got called off all last week except for 6 hours. While I do have some guaranteed pay, I really can't afford for this to keep happening. I'm also worried they might cancel my contrac...