Elizabeth777 BSN, RN

Elizabeth777 is a BSN, RN and specializes in NICU.

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1. Help! ICU day shift to NICU night?

   Elizabeth777 replied to Bjones94's topic in General Nursing

   Ahh, all right I understand. If you think that it would make you happy, then I suppose you'd have to try it. The issue I'm seeing, though, is that you've only been at your current job for less than a year. You'd have to come up with a good reason for...

2. Help! ICU day shift to NICU night?

   Elizabeth777 replied to Bjones94's topic in General Nursing

   Dude, NICU is not a place where you go for less anxiety. It's an intensive care unit and the skill set is not smaller, just the patients are. Why do you see yourself being happy there vs a traditional ICU? It's a fantastic place to work, but people e...

3. Gender Separation and Nursing for American Muslim Man

   Elizabeth777 replied to wannabenurseman77's topic in Men

   Not sure if this helps, but I'm a NICU nurse and we have several male neonatologists who are Muslim. The restriction against touching a female doesn't apply before puberty, correct? So, there's another option.

4. Who Did NOT Do a Year of Med Surg?

   Elizabeth777 replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

   Nope, I started in NICU as a new grad and did a 4.5 month residency there. I don't think that med-surg would have helped me in the slightest as NICU is such a different beast. I did, however, work as a CNA in a nursing home for 2 years and on a cardi...

5. How often do you folks have to be mandated to work a 16 hour shift

   Elizabeth777 replied to kitty29's topic in NICU

   Never. We are not allowed to work more than 12.5 hours in a shift. If needed, our hospital uses incentives and management comes in.

6. Weaning parents off monitors in preparation for discharge

   Elizabeth777 replied to mycurlygirls's topic in NICU

   No, the baby didn't have it on at the time. It was her first day at a new daycare and her mom got the call while she was at work in the NICU. All of the other moms on our unit are having their kids wear them anytime they're asleep. They're no where a...

7. Weaning parents off monitors in preparation for discharge

   Elizabeth777 replied to mycurlygirls's topic in NICU

   Our babies don't get their leads taken off until discharge. Their pulse ox can be removed if they meet the parameters, but that's it. Yeah, we get asked about the Owlet a lot, but are not allowed to give our opinions on it. Most of the nurses on the...

8. NICU nurse new to US.

   Elizabeth777 replied to Chigo2's topic in NICU

   Do you have your license already? Have you been hired into a NICU?

9. OB/Maternal be an elective class for male nursing students

   Elizabeth777 replied to carti's topic in General Students

   Because women are people too. You will work with women who either are, have been, or will be pregnant. What are you going to do when they are your patient? Tell the charge nurse and your manager that you're not qualified to take care of them because ...

10. Mom of a 3rd Year Nursing Student

    Elizabeth777 replied to lovin2cu's topic in General Students

    It doesn't matter if she is "acing" clinicals or how hard she is trying. She still needs to pass her classes. Dedication and caring are nice qualities in a nurse, but in the end, knowledge matters more.

11. late preterm infants

    Elizabeth777 replied to hrovedo's topic in NICU

    No, we only automatically admit babies less than 35 weeks.

12. Discharge after weaning to Crib

    Elizabeth777 replied to JThieman's topic in NICU

    Wow, 74 does seem pretty low! We go down to 27C before we move to cribs.

13. Refusing Antibiotics after gbs testing

    Elizabeth777 replied to Teacheer's topic in General Nursing

    We can't provide medical advice here. Talk to your doctor with concerns.

14. Transitioning from Adults to Neonates

    Elizabeth777 replied to rawrrrs's topic in NICU

    I can't believe you had a kid on a vent on your second day. It was over 2 months before I even touched a vent and that was under very close supervision. You're going to feel like a new grad, because essentially, you are. NICU is a very specialized ar...

15. What is your Nursing Super Power?

    Elizabeth777 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Mine is calming the cranky chronic/genetic babes. A little snuggling and a lot of butt patting and they're good as gold for the rest of my shift. I've got a soft spot for those babies, so I tend to get them fairly often.