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babyNP. APRN

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  1. You Know You're A *Pediatric* Nurse When

    babyNP. replied to slbull07's topic in Pediatric

    This is really sweet. I always thought I might like PICU in nursing school and ended up in NICU as my one true love. However, I was excited when I first got to float to PICU initially and then knew...

  2. I'm deciding whether to study in the UK or US... Any advice?

    babyNP. replied to lottieee99's topic in United Kingdom

    Like others have said, I would do the training in the country in which you intend to practice. Beyond that...I would recommend an American BSN because the conversion process is much easier from...

  3. I cannot believe a nurse did this......

    babyNP. replied to shellybsn's topic in General Nursing

    You're having an overreaction to this. I'm sorry that your husband's grandma is in a nursing home. It must be hard for him and you to see her like this. But you cannot take it out on the nurses taking...

  4. Is it impossible?

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

    Nope, not at all. I'm doing the same thing. I'm 27 years old, will finish my degree by the time I'm 28 years old and DH and I hope to have kids by the time I'm around 30 years old. But I'll have over...

  5. Is it impossible?

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

    Actually, it's entirely likely and happens frequently (I don't necessarily agree with it...); I know two co-workers who started school a year out of working in our NICU, although they still work here...

  6. HELP..need a job

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

    I'm confused. What exactly have you been doing in a NICU without passing your boards? Were you a patient technician? Are you a foreign nurse who worked in NICU in your own home country? I would forget...

  7. Medication 20% Rule.

    babyNP. replied to kv07's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Never heard of it. Pharmacy does most of our mixing. We will dilute fentanyl and methadone, but my impression was that it was because the amounts can come out to 0.01 or 0.03mL that can be more easily...

  8. Be kind to nurses... we choose the size of your IV

    babyNP. replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I never said that I was against all dark humor, but it doesn't feel right to joke about intentionally hurting the patients in which we are entrusted. It's one thing to talk about with your co-workers,...

  9. Be kind to nurses... we choose the size of your IV

    babyNP. replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I completely agree. Dark humor is rampant throughout our profession and it's a way to let off steam and I totally get that. But it's usually not directed at causing pain as a punishment for patients....

  10. Siblings sharing a room

    babyNP. replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Not sure why you think that siblings sharing a room=automatic incest happening. Do they have a history of having sex with each other? Also, gay people are attracted to people of the same sex. So...how...

  11. Journey of a foreign nurse getting licensure

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

    There's nothing that you can really do. If you read my post, I have a list of the things that i sent in, but you have to use their forms, so there's nothing you can really do to prepare. Make sure you...

  12. Clinical hours short of NMC suggestion?

    babyNP. replied to helricha's topic in Nurse Registration

    We can't really help you with the translation. Your dean needs to figure out exactly how many clinical hours you had in each course. Mine was something like 3 hours per week per credit per quarter....

  13. Ethical Issues in Neonatal Care

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

    yeah...I don't believe that either (they must've gotten the dates wrong). Perhaps I'm a bit off-base, but my old exchange partner in Germany a few years back, her dad was an OB and he's told me that...

  14. Ethical Issues in Neonatal Care

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

    I'm talking about other

  15. Ethical Issues in Neonatal Care

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

    Well, do they resuscitate 22 and 23 weekers? Because my facility picks them up from outlying hospitals only to declare them a few days

  16. Ethical Issues in Neonatal Care

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

    We help AFTER the fact. If you want to help premature birth, you should put this in the OB section. Tell these OBs that they are not allowed to c-section for fun at 37 weeks and get these mothers...

  17. Pulled to other floors?

    babyNP. replied to DroogieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well, I think that is very unsafe. I'm a NICU RN, always have been (more than likely always will be), never done anything else. I wouldn't know how to recognize signs of distress in an adult unless it...

  18. Basic roles of a nurse in the NICU

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

    Basic role: I take care of sick

  19. A Guide to Nursing Specialties

    babyNP. replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Let me have a go: PICU, PCICU, NICU MICU, SICU, CVICU, Neuro ICU, BICU, TICU am I missing

  20. At the end of my rope...hate nursing.

    babyNP. replied to Brittany2206's topic in General Students

    You don't need both places. Pick one and quit the other (do you depend on the jobs for living expenses?) I would hate it if I had to work in a nursing home. Or with adults. Period. I would have, of...

  21. A Guide to Nursing Specialties

    babyNP. replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    No peds? or my love of

  22. A Question for NICU Nurses (especially ones who have been for awhile)

    babyNP. replied to blondy2061h's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not to mention that depending on the kid, you could actually cause them to seize by doing

  23. Anyone else think HIPAA rules are getting out of hand?

    babyNP. replied to BrandonLPN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Look, you also run the risk of the parents not knowing about their kid's condition first and how would you feel if your mother told you that your child is sick when the hospital didn't tell you first?...

  24. Anyone else think HIPAA rules are getting out of hand?

    babyNP. replied to BrandonLPN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    What if we had the kid on acyclovir? then you would know that we suspected HSV or HIV, among others and then you go back to your daughter, "OMG you have HIV!!! you sluuuuuut!" stranger things have...

  25. AMA Discharges

    babyNP. replied to catlover314's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Haven't heard anything lately, but that's pretty