angrykitten

angrykitten

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angrykitten specializes in NICU.


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  1. Unplanned extubation while on orientation

    Just to echo what everyone else has has said, you did exactly the right thing by realizing you needed help and asking for it. Unplanned extubations happen in the NICU to nurses who have been there twenty years and nurses who have been there twenty da...
  2. I feel like a complete failure

    Try branching out into neighboring towns. An hour or more commute is not fun - but it is better than no job at all. You could move later, or use that experience to get a job closer to home in a couple years.
  3. Should gtube feeding bags be rinsed between feedings?

    In the NICU, we change the bag every 24h and we don't rinse them out between bolus feeds. As far as I know, this has never been an issue.
  4. Scrubs with mis-matched colours

    I don't own a single "matched set." I usually wear black pants and a solid-colored top. Sometimes I wear navy-blue pants with a lighter blue top so it still coordinates. I also have brown and dark grey pants, but only wear them with scrub tops that a...
  5. No babies for this NICU nurse

    Thanks for all the replies. It actually feels better just to have my feelings validated. It just gets really frustrating sometimes. As for dad of six - I left out that the only child those parents have custody of is the baby we sent home with them, w...
  6. No babies for this NICU nurse

    I don't have kids. I love babies, obviously, but I just don't plan on having any of my own. However, I am constantly asked by families if I have kids. Usually, I just say something jokingly like, "Nope, I like to take care of my babies here and then...
  7. Advice: Traditional BSN or ABSN

    As someone who did an ABSN (I did not know what I really wanted the first time around), I say just get your BSN now. Berkeley is a great school, but no one is going to care that you went there for your first degree and there are plenty of other great...
  8. How I feel about group projects...

    We always had to fill out a form for each of our group mates basically grading them on their participation and listing sections that they were responsible for.
  9. When Nurses Cry

    In nursing school, I was taught it was ok to cry with the family as long as it was about them and not you. So a few tears are okay, but you shouldn't be upset to the point where they might feel like YOU need to be comforted - or at least not in front...
  10. What is it like to practice RN in Florida

    There is also a Florida nursing forum under United States Nursing, if you want more info.
  11. NCLEX - It must be all a myth.

    You can't really tell for sure how your first 75 are going based on questions that seem easy or difficult. Remember that fifteen of those questions do not contribute to your pass/fail. They are unscored questions the NCLEX is testing on you.
  12. Need Encouragement

    If it is truly what you want to do, keep applying to NICU jobs now and don't wait. You have a great answer to why you are leaving your current job: "I like it, but my passion really is the NICU."
  13. PLEASE help! What are my options???

    I do not want to discourage you from doing your MSN because I believe that more education is always a good thing. I just want to share this: my friend and I both started working in the same place at the same time as new grads - she did a MSN program ...
  14. Walking from school at night with deer and no street lamps?

    Same. I wouldn't hitchhike, but I think you'll be fine walking, though I'm sure that makes for a long day. I would also ask around. I'm sure some of your classmates live off-campus, too, and wouldn't mind giving you a ride home for a little bit of ga...
  15. How old is too old?

    That child is definitely an outlier, but we've had at least four or five kids stay past their first birthdays in the past two years. There are many more chronics who have been over six months old when they have left. It does cause some controversy in...