Need help from someone who recently taken the NICU PBDS

[Ashes]

I know that there are threads out there about the PBDS. I have even visted the Deplhi forums as well. However, many people did not have much to offer about the NICU PBDS. I would like for someone to give me tips on the NICU one if they have taken it within the last 12 months. I have been in the NICU for a while but have severe test anxiety and would like as much help from my fellow nurses as I can get. Thanks. Feel free to email me if you would like to remain confidential. Thanks and God bless you all.

[rnpilot]

It's been more than 12 months for me, but I did take the test in 2004. I had been out of nursing for roughly 10 years. I had 12 years of NICU experience. If you've working in a level III, you should do fine. I felt kind of clueless as to specifically what they wanted and thought I must have done very badly, especially after being out so long. I was told I did very well on it. It was looking at a situation and determining what actions are appropriate- chest x-ray, doing a glucose, getting an ABG, notifying the doctor, etc. I also suffer from severe test anxiety and having this sprung on me without notice was rather unnerving. It really was just very basically- what would you do if your baby did this? I would expect anyone with 6 months of NICU to be able to do fairly well. Good luck!