SlinkRN

SlinkRN has 15 years experience and specializes in L&D, NICU, Education, Informatics.

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1. Neonatal Nursing Career Questions

   SlinkRN replied to dillinger's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there! I am a Labor and Delivery RN right now, but I did work for 2 years in the NICU. I have an Associates degree and found that I had more clinical experience than most BSN RNs when I finished school. I work near Chicago and all the hospitals h...

2. frustration over nursing shortage

   SlinkRN replied to tlt's topic in General Nursing

   PS: Community college is extremely affordable too!

3. frustration over nursing shortage

   SlinkRN replied to tlt's topic in General Nursing

   Have you looked into your community college? They usually have an associate degree program that is geared for more mature students. I went to my community college when I decided to become a nurse in my 30's and I am LOVING my new profession. Getti...

4. Truly sad- please read and consider

   SlinkRN replied to ShannonB25's topic in General Nursing

5. Job satisfaction in L&D: need info

   SlinkRN replied to patisb's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am an L&D nurse and also an NICU nurse. L&D can be hectic but I love it! You eat when you have the chance (if you have the chance!) I find it very rewarding with lots of independent thinking and planning. When you apply at a hospital, a...

6. Cord Blood Preservation - Free CEU's

   SlinkRN replied to bethl's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I would love to do a self-study on cord blood collection. We see this on our unit but only infrequently, so I still feel inadequately informed about the whole procedure. Please send me info. at [email protected] Thanks!

7. mandated New years

   SlinkRN posted a topic in Emergency

   Yes, our PM shift if also mandated to stay until at least 12:30AM on New Years Eve. I don't mind - hopefully it will be a time to just wait around (on the clock!) and talk. After midnight hits and no major catastrophies occur we'll all be able to g...

8. Grief Support

   SlinkRN replied to ReedRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We have a couple of nurses who are specially trained in grief counseling. They make contact with the grieving parents to show pictures that were taken of the infant and to support them in their grief. The rest of the nurses help the families at the...

9. Interesting in Neonatology or L&D... want to ask a few questions

   SlinkRN replied to lbw's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have been an L&D RN for 2 1/2 years now and I love it!! We have a LDRP unit so sometimes I have to do post-partum or gyne patients which I'm not real crazy about doing. Last April I started working in the NICU of the university hospital in ad...