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I am located in NC and I take my exam in Kanappolis Friday if anyone has tested there?! I can tell you the answers in the book I have, which is based on averaging the statewide standards. But here are a couple of my questions I hope y'all can help on...

Midwives, have you ever lost a baby? If so, can you describe that experience for me? Being a midwife is flowing through my veins, but I am concerned about the emotional aspect of losing someones baby. Helps? Thoughts?

Hey people...how did you PAY for your accelerated BSNs?

Hey everyone, I have thought a lot about being a nurse and either working in L&D or maybe PICU or NICU...but with the eventual goal of becoming an NP. Many people on this forum seem to hate their jobs as nurses. Oneo f my friends from high school...

Hey! I've posted in here for awhile and thought about going into nursing once I get my undergrad degree in psychology. I have problems with regulating blood sugar at times; I have to eat every 3-5 hours (at the most!) or I wil become very shaky, naus...

Hi! I'm an undergraduate student with a psychology major. I haven't been sure of what I wanted to do and I ended up on this forum because I was interested in nursing. Reading about the NICU in this forum, something about this work has really caught m...

On Thursday my Grandpa called my Dad and said he needed to go to the hospital because he didn't feel well. We decided to have an ambulance come for him so that EMTs could watch over him on the trip to the hospital. Upon arrival a CAT scan found that ...

I'm very interested in being a nurse in the neonatal field, but I can't quite figure out how you guys cope with the bizarre hours. Working 12 hour shifts at night seems difficult on anybody, especially someone who is a mother with a family, ect. I'm ...

Thank you for the info. I am interested in providing family support/mental health, maybe in the form of a support group or something, if I ever become a nurse.

I will try to help, but take what I say to do with a grain of salt, as I don't even have a full rubric to go from. Ok, so lets say you want to write a paper on why nurses are so important in a hospital system. There are many things you can say about ...

I would really, really like to know who is responsible for mental health/family support in the NICU. I am not a nursing student (although I am considering it), but I am a psychology major with an interest in mental health. I also have a particular in...

Hi. I am a senior in college about to graduate with a psychology major. I've thought about nursing for several years, and just recently I've thought a great deal about neonatal nursing. I do have some concerns, however. I am a very sensitive person, ...

Thank you guys so much for telling me your experiences and stories. I'm definitely going to be shadowing at my local hospital's NICU when I go home this summer so I can see a bit first hand. Overall, it sounds like an amazing field, but a difficult ...

Lately I've been on a particular board dedicated to doctors and student doctors and there has been a lot of talk about/ a lot of fear about DNPs and NPs in general. Many of the doctors and pre-med students on the board have even discussed the idea th...

Wow. I cried my eyes out! I've been thinking very seriously about being an NICU nurse, but after watching this I don't know if I can do it.

I am unable to have children due to a variety of factors, but I am intensely interested in women's health and health promotion. I've thought a great deal about becoming a CNM, but I feel like because I will never give birth, I wouldn't be qualified t...

Truthfully, I think that the PAs have a better educational model for existing in the medical world, but I do think that the holistic nature of nurse training is useful. My main reasoning for wanting to be an NP rather than a PA was because my interes...

Here is the article that really threw me for a loop. http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/27/nur...partner=alerts

I completely agree. I am not a nurse- so any advice I give should be taken with a grain of salt- but this sounds like it is crossing the line. It doesn't matter how tired and burned out these nurses and CNAs are, it is unacceptable to yell at your pa...

When I was 14 I became incredibly ill one evening, probably around 8PM, with throbbing pain in my lower back. I had experienced backpain all day and hadn't thought much of it, but as it got dusky I started to realize something serious was going on. I...

My boyfriend feels that nursing is just a JOB and not a career. I have considered both clinical psychology and medical school- and also, nursing. I love the idea of being able to deliver babies or work in PICU, so I would probably pursue pediatrics o...

The idea that nurses are replaceable is a truth, and so are all professionals, as TheCommuter said. I think that what he is saying is that nurses are more replaceable, however, because they have less education than a doctor/psychologist. Still, I thi...

What is the process for being hired into an NICU as a RN? I am very interested in this field, but I am wondering what experience a nurse generally has before being hired into a neonatal unit. It seems like you'd have to have major experience with bab...

I haven't checked this thread in a long time, but I've recieved some great replies here! I felt a sort of...intrinsic problem with not having kids and helping other women bring children into the world. I don't know if I mentioned this in my original ...

Thank you for the replies! I am intensely interested in working with neonates, but I have another question: Is there a great deal of opportunity to speak with/educate the family about their babie's care, or is all of that left to the neonatologist? I...