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I got my acceptance for this class, is anyone else part of it? nicuguy

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First thoughts on reading this: There is nothing that stands out. It reads a list of generic nursing tasks. Suggestions: 1)Remove the list of tasks under your experience and change them to...

My 2 cents... bear in mind that many HR systems are inadequat...incomplet...incompetent (that's better) and part of the game is getting your resume through the system. One of my mentors (he's a CNO...

California, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey, Alaska. Washington (state and D.C. aren't bad), New York city is lower than you'd expect, particularly compared to how expensive it is to live...

Unless you live up here in the Northeast and then it better be DUNKIN! In all seriousness, take advantage of the knowledgeable people around you and find ways to observe and learn. Show your...

I left once, came back quickly (I realized I erred in choosing my new job) and now I'm looking to change specialties or leave the bedside and move to management. At the 2 year mark, many people...

You said "for years, I've wanted to be a nurse." Why? What is it about nursing that interests you? What makes you afraid that it might not be for you? Have you thought about trying to shadow for a...

I have had many interviews utilizing PBI techniques on both sides of the table (interviewee/interviewer). I actually like interviewing, it really strengthens your communication skills. That being...

I appreciate your response. Name may be helpful, but there is ample evidence that it can be harmful due to unconscious biases, particularly toward names that are stereotypically black or Middle...

Have any of you or your facilities utilized blinded application/resume reviewing systems? By blinded, I mean that all demographic information (name, address, telephone, e-mail address) are removed...

Go for it. I mostly work in NICU, but I have spent a lot of time in nursery, peds, and even school nursing.

I've never worked in any NICU that bathes babies daily, nor are daily baths recommended for infants. I have worked in several surgical NICUs and none of them had specified protocols for pre-operative...

First things first...take a breath. EVERY nurse misses something, especially in the beginning. As for IVs, make sure you look at the actual site and don't pay as much attention to the pump pressure...

You could always look up the company on glassdoor.com to see if people have posted this information. Otherwise you might try looking up salaries for ambulatory clinics in that area which may give you...

I don't let the lab near my babies. They might be perfectly competent, but I'm territorial! The only thing we've had to redraw lately has been platelets which were clumping. (come to find out we...

Any particular reason why you want an MBA? Have you thought about MSN or MHA? I only ask because the choice of degree can matter with your career path. That being said, I'm a nurse and will complete...

Nursing side - The problem with linking productivity with staffing ratios is that there is often an inverse relationship (i.e., the more patients, the less productive a nurse actually is). Part of...

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Alcohol on cords is no longer recommended, nor is it superior in any way to natural drying. It actually prolongs the drying time in a statistically significant manner. My facility actually has a...

Boston Medical Center did a study a short time ago about the effect of delayed bathing on breastfeeding rates. It would seem (and I'm sure this will be replicated) that delaying the bath until around...

Congrats and welcome to the fray.

Most NICU nurses I've met have never worked labor and delivery at all, they want very little to do with caring for adults as patients. I'm usually the only male in the units I work in just like...

Make sure you ask questions you've always wanted the answer to. Make sure you try and see through non-rosy colored eyes that this is a specialty that pushes your critical thinking skills, your...

Evidence shows that the nose to ear, ear to xiphoid is not as reliable as NICU nurses would like to think, nor is nose to ear, ear to umbilicus or xiphoid-umbi midpoint. de Boer, J. (Coby), Smit,...