NIGHTWOLF87

NIGHTWOLF87 has 6 years experience and specializes in NICU, Psych, Med/Onc,Ped Home Health.

Latest Activity

1. Clinical Advice for Nursing Students - Future NICU Nurses

   NIGHTWOLF87 replied to cooktm2's topic in NICU

   hello... the best advice i can offer if you want to be a nicu nurse when you graduate, is to know your basics pretty well; such as vs for newborns, how to do a head to toe assessment, etc. the main disease processes that you need to know like the b...

2. awkward Nicu Mom/nicu nurse

   NIGHTWOLF87 replied to krltdy's topic in NICU

   so you will be starting nursing school in july? that means you will graduate in approx 2 years or a little less? by then, i doubt that everyone will remember who you were. and who knows, perhaps the staff will be totally different by then, so rela...

3. First job where? and Length of orientation?

   NIGHTWOLF87 replied to debblynn13's topic in New Nurse

   1. area of nursing: nicu 2. orientation: was 12 weeks, but has been recently changed to 6 months: 3 months in level ii and 3 months in level iii. 3. nurse/pt. ratio: 1:1-2 in level iii, 1:3-4 in level ii.

4. I want to be a NICU nurse

   NIGHTWOLF87 replied to kgo2006's topic in NICU

   "get names of the unit managers for your hospitals nicus and when you get close to graduating, ask to meet with them. tell them your plans and desires to work in their nicu." so you recommend i call the unit director later on once i finish school. ho...

5. I want to be a NICU nurse

   NIGHTWOLF87 replied to kgo2006's topic in NICU

   your best chances of being hired in a nicu a year from now, depend on if their are openings in the nicus at the hospitals you attend to apply at and if they welcome new grads to their nicus. i know here in our nicu we welcome new grads, as we just h...

6. Don't Anger The Nurse!

   NIGHTWOLF87 replied to tishirajan's topic in Humor

   remember seeing that on an older episode of "er".

7. New NICU nurse

   NIGHTWOLF87 replied to sjc80's topic in NICU

   first of all, congrats on becoming a new nicu nurse! welcome to the club secondly, your orientation sounds super short. in our nicu, they recently expanded the orientation process to 6 months! 3 months orientation in level ii and 3 months in leve...

8. nursery

   NIGHTWOLF87 replied to Korleone's topic in Men

   hey korleone... i've been in the nicu for over 3 and 1/2 years, and i absolutely love what i do here. there is soooo much more to do than just feed the babies and put them to sleep. first of all, if you are in the nicu, you are not dealing with no...

9. Orientations woes, Vent (long)

   NIGHTWOLF87 replied to monkeyadale's topic in New Nurse

   first, let me say congrats for being a new gn! secondly, i am sorry that you are having a less than stellar orientation on your unit. when i first graduated, my first job was at the hospital that i did my last semester of clincials at. i worked on...

10. In nursing school clinical did you experience discrimination / bias from instructor?

    NIGHTWOLF87 replied to biltz's topic in Men

    sorry to hear that you were failed during your peds rotation. fortunately, my experience during the ob rotation was a positive one. i have a great clinical intructor who actually tried to get me and the other male nursing students more involved, be...

11. Men's Nursing Shoes

    NIGHTWOLF87 replied to MilwaukeeRNstu's topic in Male Students

    the most comfortable (and expensive) shoes that i wear for work are z-coils. i know some other guys here at the hospital that wear them as well. you can check out their different styles at www.zcoil.com. i would highly recommended them. i have ha...

12. Am I making the right choice?

    NIGHTWOLF87 replied to captainurse's topic in Career Support

    i have always thought that you 'do what you love, and love what you do' type of philosophy. if nursing is what you truly have your heart set on, then by all means, go for it! there is more to life than money. and if you continue on with your nursi...

13. Will an RN accept an interview?

    NIGHTWOLF87 replied to ScottLytle's topic in General Nursing

    i'd be glad to help as well.

14. heparin 2 units flush

    NIGHTWOLF87 replied to smilesrn22's topic in NICU

    we flush our peripheral line heplocks with each of our touch times (q 3-4hrs, usually), and we use pre-mixed flushes of 1/2ns with heparin 1:1. as far as as the med line on a uvc, again, we use pre-mixed heparin flushes and run it at 0.2ml/hr conti...

15. I want to get into nursing please help :)

    NIGHTWOLF87 replied to Guest717002's topic in Pre-Nursing

    hello... these are the pre-reqs and nursing courses for the nursing program from the university that i graduated from for 2008-09 academic year: http://nursing.utep.edu/nursing/degree_plans/00_bsn_degree_plan_2008-09.pdf as far as getting your asn or...