MamaBear15

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 babies.

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 debating the benefits to both and trying to decide what to do. Any one have any thoughts on OR they would like to share?

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 start something new. Also moving to a new state in a few months! I just accepted a job in a ER! Super excited but also super nervous! Its like starting all over again. Any advice? Do you think I'm crazy?! haha

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 near 40 and cannot do nights (ever again) now that I am on days. My family and my body do not like nights (no more zombie mommy). I would like to explore what my options are. I do not want to do management. Some on-call will be fine. Exploring ideas like PACU or Hospice, or clinic. I understand Hospice work is a calling, and I am being pulled in that direction a bit, but exploring all my options. Any advice? Thanks!

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

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

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

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? We use handkerchiefs to swaddle even on servo mode. I have tried to fight against but its the norm for us right now. í ½í¸’

Thanks for the info!

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 when I did my assessment. Fortunately, the glucose was good!

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

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 learned from the mishap. I agree with above posters, never swaddle and IV limb. In my experience, it increases chances that the IV will go out sooner and like you said, you cannot visualize it well. You will get so good, that you will be able to quickly glance at an IV and know its out. But continue to feel and assess like never before. You've got this!

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. Thank you!

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 WA?

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 me insight into what your hospital does? TIA!