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  1. Single vs. Double lumen

    babyNP. replied to ScammRNC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Never heard of a facility using double-lumen UACs. Would be especially problematic for growth requirements as you are "wasting" a line, using up precious fluids that could be used for protein,...

  2. NNP Board Certification

    babyNP. replied to Casey101's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    congratulations!

  3. Is graduating from a top nursing program worth it?

    babyNP. replied to CarpeDiem'15's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I hate to say it like this- but it's just your BSN. I went to a good nursing school, nowhere near the top, but got excellent experience and ended up getting into a top 10 nursing graduate school. The...

  4. Negotiating Salary -- Do it!

    babyNP. replied to juschillin's topic in Advanced Practice

    Yeah, I was really shocked when I heard the person say that- it was a hospital she had applied to in Indiana. Maybe the midwest isn't as welcoming to that sort of thing. It did kind of freak me out to...

  5. Negotiating Salary -- Do it!

    babyNP. replied to juschillin's topic in Advanced Practice

    I didn't negotiate my salary, but I felt I was offered a great amount for a new graduate NP. I was actually told in one of my clinical sites that you shouldn't negotiate because they could (and did to...

  6. About U.S. vacation time..

    babyNP. replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    Our vacation time sucks, but the pay is better. If I worked in the UK (and I do have a UK nursing license), I would literally take a 50% pay cut. My health care premium was only $20 a pay period, so...

  7. Kiddos

    babyNP. replied to klone's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have been known to call my patients, "cutie" to their faces

  8. How many of you actually enjoy your job?!

    babyNP. replied to kwerno00's topic in General Nursing

    I take care of babies all day long. It is the best job I've ever

  9. Women or Children??????? Help Lol

    babyNP. replied to CallingNurseNena's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Haha...I've thought about women's health NP when I was school to get my NNP. I shadowed a midwife in a clinic during on my rotations in school (so that we as neonatal NPs could see what it's like on...

  10. Poor RN professional conduct

    babyNP. replied to Omgseriously's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I never understand why people drag all these threads up from so long ago- years even at

  11. Please help.. Questions about becoming a PNP???

    babyNP. replied to bunnyboo56's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What kind of PNP do you want to do? Primary care (out-patient) or in-patient (acute care, hospital)? Some programs will allow you to do primary care straight out of school, but most programs require...

  12. BSN-DNP and working full-time as RN. Thoughts?

    babyNP. replied to amichelle1126's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I went to school part-time in a city 2 hours away from me (clinical also 2.5 hours away) and worked full time for the first year (without clinicals) The second year, I went to clinical Monday,...

  13. What you are doing completely wrong

    babyNP. replied to sauce's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Oh yeah, being given the option is totally fine, IMO. I almost went abroad for my last clinical rotation due to a unique opportunity, but it didn't pan

  14. What you are doing completely wrong

    babyNP. replied to sauce's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Well, you're free to disagree of course (thanks for the kind words about my posts, though). I'd just note that I worked as a RN for 6 years at the same hospital and did not have any other hospital...

  15. skin to skin with UVCs

    babyNP. replied to marpcurn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't have any literature, but my hospital supported skin to skin, even with PICC lines, UVCs, arterial lines, etc, as long as the patient was relatively stable (some patients had arterial lines for...

  16. What you are doing completely wrong

    babyNP. replied to sauce's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Every other medical profession sets up clinical hours for their students. Why should NP education be any different? I agree that I wish there were more brick & mortar schools. This mentality of...

  17. What you are doing completely wrong

    babyNP. replied to sauce's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm not sure why you consider it easy to get clinical sites during a NP program. I personally think it's one of the greatest tragedies in NP education right now that students are supposed to set up...

  18. NMC requirements - accelerated BSN program

    babyNP. replied to andrea e.'s topic in International Nursing

    Yes, it's true unfortunately. One poster on here met the minimum hour requirements for clinical and theory, but got denied purely because the program was compressed. It's beaurocracy at its finest,...

  19. NNP Outlook

    babyNP. replied to guest769224's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So, this is part of a PM conversation that ICUman and I have had regarding his potential interest in NNPs. I thought that it might be useful to share publicly since there isn't a lot of chatter on...

  20. FNP practicing as a Neonatal NP?

    babyNP. replied to adboehnen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    What it all comes down to is that there are no shortcuts with neonates. I'm not saying this to discourage anyone. I think neonatology is the greatest thing since sliced bread and I don't want to do...

  21. What do NICU nurses consider "viability"?

    babyNP. replied to Summers_Off's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Data is always about 10 years behind by the time it's published. This is the best out there, as far as I am

  22. FNP practicing as a Neonatal NP?

    babyNP. replied to adboehnen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    The 2 years thing is coming from school admissions into NNP school, ICUman. The NCC (the boards for NNP) used to require 2 years of experience, but they have removed it. I trust what Steve says, but...

  23. List of level IV NICU's

    babyNP. replied to guest769224's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Perhaps we should start compiling a master list

  24. My sisters wedding is when I'm in my 1st year of nursing school?

    babyNP. replied to ateka's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's just about priorities and making sure you have good time management. But keep in mind that you may need to give some things up. During my A&P class, my paternal grandmother died and my...

  25. List of level IV NICU's

    babyNP. replied to guest769224's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Most (if not all) children's hospitals have level IV NICUs. There are some non-children's hospitals that also have Level IV NICUs and are usually associated with a university. There are some outside...