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  1. New Grad Dilemma - Help

    neonn965 replied to Anonymous877's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely explore the option. Tell the recruiter that you may be interested and that you would like to shadow. See what comes of that. I think you would be surprised at how much good...

  2. Is this a fair holiday schedule

    neonn965 replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to be the outlier here and say that is ridiculous. I would seriously not continue to work somewhere if that was going to be my holiday schedule. On my unit, there are prime holiday shifts...

  3. As a RN, which would you choose?

    neonn965 replied to GenieToBe's topic in General Nursing

    To give another point of view, my team and I regularly run codes on premature babies in the delivery room. Compressions, epi, intubation, the works. The majority of these codes, I would say, end in a...

  4. As a RN, which would you choose?

    neonn965 replied to GenieToBe's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely want to be full code until my outcome would be pretty devastating. I definitely don't want to be trach/vent dependent when I am 90. I can't even really answer your question. I realize...

  5. Is it me, or am I being given unrealistic assignments in the NICU?

    neonn965 replied to tmjwe3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    This would probably be an assignment in my NICU, albeit a somewhat heavy one. Three crappy PO feeder assignments are the absolute worst. I wouldn't PO all three every time, it's just not realistic...

  6. Preventing PICC line migration during dressing change

    neonn965 replied to Gree Nie's topic in General Nursing

    We use two nurses to do a PICC dressing change, but it's NICU. The helper's whole job pretty much is making sure the PICC doesn't migrate while the other nurse does the dressing. We often use a...

  7. Which job would you take

    neonn965 replied to Nurseelle9's topic in General Nursing

    I know what I would choose but it's entirely dependent on your preference. I don't like peds, and if I didn't do NICU I would do mother baby or ER/adult ICU. I love working with neonates but I'd have...

  8. LPN vs. RN

    neonn965 replied to Nera_Moo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    To me, and at my CC, it seemed like a total waste of time to go for LPN with a plan of then going back for RN. But to be fair, I always knew I wanted to immediately start in a high acuity inpatient...

  9. How do you work your three days/nights ?

    neonn965 replied to Hershell's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing I really try to avoid is having just one night off. I prefer to do three in a row and usually schedule myself that way, but I'm also okay with 2 on, 2 off, 1 on, 2 off, etc. One night...

  10. Weaning parents off monitors in preparation for discharge

    neonn965 replied to mycurlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    They usually room in for one night with no monitors if they are going home on no

  11. Reportable BRN incidents

    neonn965 replied to Wrestler133's topic in General Nursing

    She dragged another nurse to the stake? The other nurse chose to willingly and knowingly collaborate to cover up a med error and falsify documentation. That is simply egregious. She deserves any...

  12. Reportable BRN incidents

    neonn965 replied to Wrestler133's topic in General Nursing

    Why would it matter whether it was deliberate or not? Giving the wrong dose, period, is a med error. You can't just make an executive decision to change the dose, but because it was on purpose it's...

  13. Isolettes and phototherapy

    neonn965 replied to Sfb516's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have never had this issue. My first question is, like above, weight and gestation of the baby. Sometimes the isolette environment is just too warm for a bigger baby, let alone with lights. My next...

  14. Low flow vs high flow nasal cannula

    neonn965 replied to Sjn1208's topic in Pediatric

    As far as the FiO2, I would think you really should have those knobs (called blenders). We hook up all of our kids (NICU) no matter what to O2 on a blender so that I can control/wean the FiO2 they are...

  15. IV FLUID BOLUS

    neonn965 replied to RNSAINT41's topic in Pediatric

    In reality it doesn't matter how I round it because the order will be in the computer for whatever the MD/NP wants. I'll do the calculation for safety in order to verify the order but that's it. Fluid...

  16. Did I cause this rapid response?

    neonn965 replied to ns808's topic in General Nursing

    Ultimately, when a patient wants to go south, I find that they are going to do it no matter what nurse they have. In the beginning as a new grad, it's hard because you might not treat the situation...

  17. Did I cause this rapid response?

    neonn965 replied to ns808's topic in General Nursing

    Although you made some mistakes, I think overall as a new grad (and brand new/in orientation) you actually have a solid understanding of the situation and managed it pretty well. You seem to...

  18. If you could start all over, would you choose nursing again?

    neonn965 replied to FutureMrDrNurse's topic in General Nursing

    1) Would you choose nursing as a career if you could choose again? Yes, 100%. 2) Why or why not? It offers an immediate job with an excellent starting salary right out of school. There will always be...

  19. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    neonn965 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    There is a difference between transport and the other items on your list. It is completely reasonable that in the face of somewhat limited physical abilities you would perform the tasks necessary to...

  20. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    neonn965 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    While it's not necessarily a disability, it certainly is a significant change in one's physical health that makes many women feel quite unwell even during the healthiest of pregnancies. Why would we...

  21. Am I a woosy for feeling 5 patients is too much on a medsurg floor

    neonn965 replied to PaperPushingRN's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, it depends entirely on the acuity of that particular patient set. If they are all independent w/ no IV access, then no that is not too much. If they are all total cares w/ a lot of LDAs,...

  22. Mandatory Uniforms

    neonn965 replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I am aware. I wear both depending on the day, in my NICU we have the option to wear our own scrubs or surgical scrubs from L&D. The post that I originally quoted was referring to scrubs on a...

  23. Pets- and nursing overnight

    neonn965 replied to FeliciaRNCPN's topic in General Nursing

    I am usually gone from 6:15-8:15 and my dog is fine overnight. It's a little long but she doesn't seem to mind. I do feel bad about the fact that when I get home I let her out for a bit and then she...

  24. Mandatory Uniforms

    neonn965 replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Aside from the fact that our color is white, I don't mind it at all. I do wish our uniform color was black. I think it makes the most sense by far for nursing staff from a utility standpoint....

  25. Mandatory Uniforms

    neonn965 replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    This surprises me. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say this before. Just wondering why you feel this way and what you would have nurses wear in the inpatient setting? Not being snarky, just...