dancingdoula

Hi there! I just graduated here in the San Francisco Bay Area and I'm having a tough time finding work. The market is saturated with new grads and I'm picky...I want NICU or L&D...so I'm working with a head hunter. She's got me a phone interview...

I was sent home halfway through a shift and put on strict bed rest by my midwife at 28 weeks due to strong contractions that would not subside unless I was laying down. Three weeks later my midwife wrote a VERY SPECIFIC note about what activities I w...

I'm about to be a very bad patient. I'm due to give birth to my second child in the next 6 weeks. Had planned a midwife assisted home birth (yes, even as an NICU nurse I still think it's the best way!) but due to complications I'm being forced to del...

I work in NICU so not a lot of heavy lifting there;) As far as contact... it depends on the bug. No H1N1 or CMV patients but MRSA or VRE are fine if you use your precautions correctly. I'd just be careful and sit as much as you possibly can (LOL) I j...

I got the flu shot once and was sick for 5 months afterward. Of course it is an inactive virus but it can still deplete your immune system... I got EVERYTHING else. I had a new virus every 2 weeks! I got the flu last year and was sick for 2 weeks per...

My facility recently opened a whole unit dedicated for this purpose. We have 14 rooms that are currently being utilized and another 6 or so that will be available soon. Unfortunately, not enough parents use this resource:(

"Infants who received donor human milk were three times less likely to develop NEC (RR 0.34; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.12 to 0.99), and four times less likely to have confirmed NEC (RR 0.25; 95% CI 0.06 to 0.98) than infants who received formula...

I have read studies that state that formula fed babies are 79% more likely to develop NEC than EBM fed babies. With those kind of statistics, why can't we mandate that EBM be used for our at risk population??? I know, you can't force a woman to pump ...

Obviously, from my user name, I was (am?) a doula before I became an RN. Every nurse I worked with as a doula was happy to have me there because I approached them in a non threatening way,( brought them doughnuts even;), and took a lot of the burden ...

I'm at a hospital in Central CA. Base rate $27.52 + $4.50 night diff + $2 weekend diff... oh, and this is the new grad rate, hoping to get a bump in a couple of months!! Oh, and this is NICU.

I'm so sorry to hear your plight. My heart goes out to you!!! I know you are a strong woman because you are a nurse. Don't give up!!!

What's the rationale your hospital gives? I've heard we have a new policy in our NICU that all babies get it, especially if mom's Hep status is unknown, but since I work nights I never have had to. I also hear they're trying to make it policy that we...

I know this thread is a bit old but I just wanted to say that your words have helped me a bit. I am a new graduate nurse, 2 months into orientation in the NICU. I found out yesterday that our 11 week pregnancy is not viable. I'm going for a D&C t...

There is a direct entry school in Seattle where you apprentice with a midwife and travel to Seattle for one week a month for classes. Everyone I know who has gone this route went there. Not sure about the religious thing. I do, however, highly recomm...

I'm not sure if you're asking me or not but, no job yet. I whined to my mentor and she sicked the director of our nursing program on the local CHW. Their new grad program is full but they said they might consider bringing me in outside of the normal ...

I'm in the same boat as you. I've been applying everywhere in and out of state and can't even get an interview. The closest I got was a telephone interview for one position with 156 applicants! I need to provide for my family but have the same reserv...

Renting for at least the next 2 years. Yes, the bay area is impacted. I did get an interview here for a position that had 156 applicants but I'm still waiting to hear. I'm still looking here first just because the cost and stress of moving to another...

Thanks for your input guys... The phone interview went well and they want to do another one next week with the hiring manager but the pay is lousy. They're offering $24 per hour for new grads plus a 17% night shift diff. Problem is that for a similar...

Hi! I graduated December 21st and will test February 26th. I just finished the Kaplan review yesterday and unfortunately I waited too long to PM Suzanne so she can't help me. I just barely passed my rediness test from Kaplan so I'm glad I've got 5 mo...

I graduated December 21st. I'm taking Kaplan now and plan to test in February. I'm not in a rush since I've been looking/researching jobs since last June and still haven't even gotten an interview. Half of my class have already gotten positions but t...

I agree that the professional style take a long time to break in and I highly recommend trying on the exact pair you're going to buy first. I tried on a pair in the wrong color and special ordered a pair of the same size in white and they didn't fit ...

I worked in 3 Club Med villages as a massage therapist and choreographer in the mid 90's. At my first village, the RN was my roomate and buddy. She only made $800 USD per month while room and board were covered. I would only recommend this for the ve...

I'm 32 and will graduate in 6 weeks!!! I was a deep tissue massage therapist for 14 years and I'm ready for a change!

I'm sure it depends on the state you're in. I completed my first year of my ADN program and then had a baby 3 weeks before I was supposed to return for my second year. I chose to take time off to stay at home even though my school would not hold a sp...

We have a family member who does tech support for the iphone. Basically he says if it's in "airplane mode" you can only access free wireless and not the Edge network which is essentially the iphone's own wireless network that requires you to use the ...