rox4synch

rox4synch specializes in NICU,Mother-Baby,Gyn,Massage.

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1. Getting "Called Off"

   rox4synch replied to peds4now's topic in General Nursing

   I was hired to work post-partum on a low-volume (50-90 births a month) hospital birth unit. I am not cross-trained to L&D, so when there are no labor patients I frequently get asked if I'd like to take call as the L&D RN's here have done post...

2. TPN Tubing Change

   rox4synch replied to donnuchi's topic in NICU

   TPN tubing changed every 72hrs, unless drastic glucose, protein or lyte concentration changes which warrants tubing change with that TPN. TPN tubing may need to be changed sooner when/if high glucose or calcium clogs the filter. Lipid tubing is cha...

3. NEC from an OG??

   rox4synch replied to lccougar02's topic in NICU

   I can't imagine though how a baby would get a perf'd stomach from an og. In 14 years of working NICU, I have seen one case of a perf'd stomach from an og in which an "inexperienced" RN used the stylet that was packaged/in the og. This was many years...

4. RN-BSN online???

   rox4synch replied to carebear_21's topic in Virginia

   Hi, I did VCU's RN to BSN program, graduated in 2000. It was a fairly new program back then and required going to an off-campus site (based on where you live) one weekend a month for actual classes and then email discussion group participation and...

5. Master's Level Career Advice

   rox4synch replied to TRAUMARN96's topic in Post Graduate

   Hi, One of my nursing peers/friends chose to get an MBA versus MSN, and she took a job as a product rep!! She's making big bucks, but she does spend alot of time "on the road" with various hospital "clients" within a certain geographic area (part ...

6. I got the job!!!

   rox4synch replied to marnie's topic in NICU

   Hi, Yep....Level IV is "official" and it is because they do surgeries, cardiacs, ECMO, etc. They are designated at this level due to some "specialty". About 3 yrs ago, the 50 bed unit I work in was "reclassified" from a Level III to a IV. We g...

7. RN-BSN programs

   rox4synch replied to Guest20074's topic in Virginia

   Hi, VCU's RN to BSN program is a non-traditional program that utilizes "online" for some assignment & group discussions, however, you meet 1 weekend a month at a selected off-campus site if not near Richmond (Norfolk, Newport News, Fredricksbu...

8. Staff Made To Float

   rox4synch replied to KINLEY's topic in NICU

   Hi, You must check your state's nurse practice act. VA practice act advises "to be prudent" and we have the right to be properly oriented/trained to a unit and to say "no" to an assignment and we can bring professional charges against any RN supe...

9. I am such a WIENER!

   rox4synch replied to StacyC417's topic in NICU

   Hi, Kind of difficult getting around the science's if you choose nursing as a career field. As for social work, I know it's not as lucrative as nursing (okay....I wouldn't choose nursing on a "lucrative" basis,either!), but social worker's do wo...

10. NICU Newbie Intro

    rox4synch replied to usameisje's topic in NICU

    hi there! Roxanne here....been a Level III/IV NICU RN for almost 13 yrs and all I can say is "hang in there". You are feeling/experiencing all the "norm". In fact, I don't think I really felt like a "competant" NICU nurse for the first 2 years...