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Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone on here has attended University of South Alabama's NNP school, know anyone who has or is currently in the program now. I'm interested in applying for the Summer 2010 semester and was wondering if I could ask t...

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more power to all the med-surg nurses out there! I just made to my 1st year in nursing starting out in NICU and cannot even imagine working anywhere else. If they ever pull me to a med-surg unit, I would probably have a heart attack there and then. W...

Ditto to what everyone has wrote. First year nursing is hard, yes...but do-able. I started out in NICU and its a completely different world, and all the NICU nurses can agree. No matter where you start out, it will be hard, frustrating and at times, ...

lebonheur starting pay rate is $20.25 (if you are not an extern there) and $20.75 if you are...$4.50 shift diff from 3-11 and $4 from 11p-7a...with $8 on weekend and holidays

Hey Kat, If you still need sample of kardex, just PM me and I will fax our Kardex to you... NICURN04

hey guys! I'm fairly a new NICU nurse. Loving it so far, even through the tough times...anyways, I was wondering if someone can answer how in the world can a baby get E.coli in his/her sputum cx??? I have had these 2 kids for the past 4 days and I h...

Hi everyone, I'm schedule to work night shift this coming week and this is my FIRST time working night shift...I tried staying awake last night preparing for this Monday, but I couldn't stay up past 1! Can anyone give me pointers/advice on how I can...

Hey everyone, Last night an hour before shift change, my baby came back from surgery and was on a vent. Vent keep on beeping off, CXR was done, NNP looked at X-ray, X-ray showed that the ETT was in to far, so it needed to be pulled back just a bit,...

I'm in NICU, so if you do get to rotate through this wonderful world, please check the baby's weight before you prescribe them any narcotics, drips,antibiotics, ect. The other day when my baby had came back from surgery for a VP shunt and BP was out ...

guys! thanks so much for all your input! I talked with my medical director and manager this morning and told them what had happen exactly, showed them my charting and that stated that they will take care of it. We had all misunderstood one another e...

oh, I forgot to add the fact that she was on 21% of FiO2, BNC before she went to surgery to have a VP shunt place.

its 4am here and i'm dreading these last 2 hours! night shift really stinks! =(

Is anyone currently going to South University (in Savannah, GA) for their MSN program or know anyone who does? If so, would you recommend it? I'm thinking about their online program and need some input...please!

don't know if its true or not, but when I took Boards almost a month ago and half of mine was on endocrine!

"Will you be working nights after orientation? It's much easier when you can have more control over your own schedule, rather than working whatever your preceptor works. I prefer to do 3 or 4 shifts in a row, and then I have 3 or 4 nights off. After ...

I will be working night shift for the whole month of April because I'm in orientation...mostly 2 days on, a day off and 2 days on again

Hey RN4EVER 2008, I graduated in dec. 2007 and I didn't have any peds experience, and i've been working in NICU since Jan 08...NICU is my 2nd choice and I only went on 1 interview and was offer the position on teh spot...I think you will have to cont...

oh yeah, don't try to look up every questions that you remember on the test, it will only make you feel worse! trust me!!!

Hey Mindy! what you are feeling is perfectly normal and expected! the test doesn't test what you know! otherwise, it wouldn't be NCLEX, right? =) I took mine exactly 3 weeks ago, had only 2 dosages, tons of SATA and prioprity questions! I walked out...

"This to shall pass!!!"

SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP!!! believe me!

I graduated in Dec.07 with a BSN at 22...just turn 23! =)

I would defintely work once a week or so to take your mind of from things and show your manager that you still work there and are commited to the unit. But defintely make studying your prioprity. NCLEX is one the most important test that you will eve...

Congratulations! you will LOVE NICU...