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1. 37 weeker NICU stay possible...

   bluepenguin replied to bluepenguin's topic in NICU

   Thanks for all the responses. Liam was born healthy and happy on April 7th! He decided to come on his own rather than have mama be induced, such a sweet little boy . But yeah, no resp problems at all. Did have jaundice from ABO incapability but was u...

2. 37 weeker NICU stay possible...

   bluepenguin replied to bluepenguin's topic in NICU

   Cholestasis occurs when bile acids build in the mother's body and the main symptom is usually extreme itchy skin without a rash. It can lead to liver and gallbladder issues if not treated. It can cause stillbirth later in pregnancy so delivery is don...

3. 37 weeker NICU stay possible...

   bluepenguin posted a topic in NICU

   Ok so I was a NICU nurse, but the NICU I worked in was at a children's hospital so none of the babies were born there and they came to our NICU because they needed surgeries or had problems beyond what the NICU at the other hospital could care for. S...

4. Random Questions

   bluepenguin replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

   I hear ya on alot of what you are saying. Except the poop part, I haven't been asked to take care of poop on a shoe or wall, ect. I would say "cleaning staff" or "tell them to wipe off there shoe". Anyway, but the lunch thing....grrr. I get 20 mins ...

5. New Grad and School Nursing

   bluepenguin replied to Wellness RN's topic in School

   Hey, Ok so I don't really have any advice, but more of a story that I hope will keep you encouraged. I am a new nurse as well (graduated in Feb. 06). I applied to pretty much every job out there including school nursing (which was my true top choice,...

6. peds home health

   bluepenguin posted a topic in Home Health

   I currently work in a NICU but it is about an hour and 15 min drive through loads of city traffic so I have been looking for a job closer to home. I have always been interested in HH and decided to apply. The agency I apllied to is very interested in...

7. HUP, CHOP, Jeff, Christiana?

   bluepenguin replied to KristinWW's topic in Pennsylvania

   I work at CHOP and they have a really great program for new grads. If you are on an ICU floor it is 12 weeks orientation, on a general floor it is anywhere from 6-12 weeks. They are very nice and really take care of their employees. I have friends w...

8. Philly area new grad pay

   bluepenguin replied to ER1010's topic in Pennsylvania

   CHOP is $24.50 for new grads. Less than alot of the other Philly hospitals, but great place to work if you want peds.

9. taking exam tomorow, stressed to the max!!!

   bluepenguin posted a topic in NCLEX

   ok, so everyone in my program has got 75 questions and pased, except one person who got all 265 and passed. I have been doing Kaplan and Saunders quizzes for a while now. I get between 70-80% on saunders, but only like 60% on Kaplan. I get 50% or hig...

10. Starting March 13th

    bluepenguin posted a topic in NICU

    I'm starting my first nursing job on March 13th (this monday) in the NICU. It is an internship at a level III surgical /EHMO NICU. I am super excited and also scared. I had my senior preceptorship in a NICU and I feel like a learned alot, but there i...

11. Let's introduce ourselves...

    bluepenguin replied to pedi-RN's topic in New Nurse

    Hi everyone, I'm Anna. I just finished an accelerated BSN program in Feb. I start work in the NICU on March 13th. I am taking my boards in early April and right now I am just studying my butt off. I am really excited to start work, but I am a bit sc...

12. Request for Info Associate Degree - Accelerated

    bluepenguin replied to anu789's topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I just finished an accelerated BSN degree program. It was 18 mos. I almost wnet to another one that was only 12 mos, but it was a bit far away. But when I was researching where to go I found that many colleges and universities around the country ...

13. Nurses vs EMTs?

    bluepenguin posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a question for you all. Who is higher ranked a nurse or an emt. I was an emt in h.s. and always thought that nurses, doctors, ect were higher than us. Now I am a nurse and yesterday a little boy had a seizure in the grocery store. His mother ...