MamaBear15

MamaBear15 has 8 years experience.

Latest Activity

1. Dear Diary... OR Edition!

   MamaBear15 replied to Quiet Sunshine's topic in Operating Room

   Love this! Please keep it coming! I'm a NICU RN looking to transition to OR. I resonated so much with being over parents. I'm leaving parents, not the

2. NICU to OR?

   MamaBear15 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi all, I am an experienced NICU RN of 10 years and looking to transition to either OR or ER. I was offered an ER position today and interviewing for a Periop 101 position tomorrow. I am really...

3. NICU to ED?

   MamaBear15 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi everyone! I have been a NICU RN for 10 years. It's all I've ever done and I love it and never thought I would leave it. But I have reached a point in my career where I am bored and looking to...

4. Dayshift Only

   MamaBear15 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi! I will soon be re-locating to another state in 2021, and am looking at possibilities of RN positions that are day shift only. I am a RN with 10 years of NICU experience, and love it. But I am...

5. East Carolina University Online Program

   MamaBear15 replied to NICURN5678's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Hi! Did you end up going to ECU? Would love to hear some feedback, as I am deciding between ECU and other programs.

6. Vanderbilt 2020 Pre Specialty

   MamaBear15 replied to Psychmeout2's topic in School, College Programs

   I got in to the NNP program at Vandy,.found out today. Trying to decide between them, ECU and hopefully UAB. Congrats

7. Thermoregulation

   MamaBear15 replied to MamaBear15's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Yes!! So eager to change practice. I will bring it up to our CNS as well. Thanks for your

8. Thermoregulation

   MamaBear15 replied to MamaBear15's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Thank you for your response. That is how we did it at my first hospital as well. We are trying to change things, create a policy etc but change is hard. When on servo mode you did not wrap, correct?...

9. OR vs WA

   MamaBear15 replied to MamaBear15's topic in Oregon Nursing

   Thanks for the

10. Ever forgotten to feed a baby?

    MamaBear15 replied to jennylee321's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Glad I'm not the only one. Doesn't happen as much as it did when I was a new grad, but it was a frequent nightmare. I've received babies that had a full syringe hooked up and never started. Discovered...

11. IV infiltrate: Lessons Learned

    MamaBear15 replied to NeoRN11's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Also, what does a thigh IV look like? Never heard of one, especially on a chucky baby!

12. IV infiltrate: Lessons Learned

    MamaBear15 replied to NeoRN11's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You are going to be a fabulous NICU nurse! Chubby babies are so hard and at such a high rate, it was bound to happen quickly. It sounds like you have great management behind you, and that you have...

13. OR vs WA

    MamaBear15 replied to MamaBear15's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I should have clarified, thank you. I guess the nursing scene, pay, patient to nurse ratio, benefits, etc. But knowing about the weather would help too! Mild winters and mild summers would be perfect....

14. OR vs WA

    MamaBear15 posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hi! Trying to decide which state would be best to move to. I am a NICU RN, have worked in CA and TX and looking for a change. Which would be better, in your opinion? OR or

15. Thermoregulation

    MamaBear15 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How does your unit do it? Do you keep preemies in isolettes until a certain age/weight? Do you wrap in isolettes? This is my 3rd hospital and we seem to do things a little backwards here. Can you give...