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1. Anyone have good resources to help develop NICU knowledge and critical thinking?

   annabananaNICU posted a topic in NICU

   Hi everyone! I work in a level 3 where we don't have good support when it comes to NICU education. I feel like I need to better understand NICU concepts and I need help developing my critical thinking in NICU. I am open to your favorite books, b...

2. Nicu doctor says if a patient has a termor and you touch the patient and the extremity stops moving then it's not a seizure.

   annabananaNICU posted a topic in NICU

   I had a patient with tremors that were witnessed by the NICU doctor and the NICU doctor stated if you touch the area that has a termor and it stops it's not a termor. He and I both touched the affected limb at different times and the patient would st...

3. What do they mean when the day the patient is riding the vent?

   annabananaNICU posted a topic in NICU

   I work in NICU and here people mention that the patient is riding the vent while looking at the screen? What do they mean by this and what are they looking at?

4. Should I ask to switch weekends?

   annabananaNICU posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello I work in a level III NICU and I basically work on "the toxic weekend" as others like to call it. The 4 most senior nurses there are very unwilling to teach and like to trash talk often. Basically, I have overheard one nurse "Sandy" talking cra...