R.NICU

R.NICU specializes in Acute Rehab.

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1. What is your sleep routine the night before a night-shift?

   R.NICU replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

   If it's my first day on I just go to sleep whenever I want [[somwhere between 11-2am]], wake up when I feel [[usually 8-10]], and may take a quick hour nap before work..but not usually. However, if I...

2. Ages of male nursing students?

   R.NICU replied to Stearnsy's topic in Male Nursing Students

   Hey guys. I started the RN program spring two years ago and was 21. Got my LPN license July last year and my RN license 3 days ago ...both at age 23

3. Have you ever been mistaken for a doctor?

   R.NICU replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Men in Nursing

   sometimes. i tell them i'm a nurse and they ask me if i'm going to upgrade to doctor ...um,

4. Ratios on acute rehab floor in hospital

   R.NICU replied to Lola77's topic in Rehabilitation

   what are the patient:nurse ratios (for day and night) on your acute rehab floor in a hospital setting? -on days it's supposed to be 6:1 but it never is. it's usually 7-10 patients to a nurse what is...

5. Who does what in the discharge?

   R.NICU replied to albinotoad's topic in Rehabilitation

   Hey. Sorry for the late response, but I've been M.I.A. d/t this last semester of school! omgoodness they are trying to kill us. anyway, that's another story, for another thread. At my facility, you...

6. Pima CC Seat Shuffle

   R.NICU replied to Staragate's topic in Arizona Nursing

   That sounds like a cute stehie! Make sure you keep track of it. If you lend it to a doctor or another nurse, keep track of them cuz they will walk away with it. A doc in the ED at clinicals asked...

7. Pima CC Seat Shuffle

   R.NICU replied to Staragate's topic in Arizona Nursing

   hey everyone, I'm in my fourth semester at Pima CC. You will have to have the following to be eligible for clinicals in the spring: 1. a TB skin test, good through the end of the spring semester. (TB...

8. Lay-offs

   R.NICU replied to silentRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

   i have a friend that works at tmc and she said alot of nurses got laid

9. Everything is under control until...

   R.NICU posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   ...I get a new admit! I'm a new nurse chugging along through my orientation. Things seems to be going well, i started with 2 patients at the beginning of orientation and had 4 today + a new admit,...

10. ER job- new grad

    R.NICU replied to RN-Ella's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Maybe that will be good for you. There are several factors that could help determine that...how fast you learn, their new grad program, your preceptor, etc. I'm surprised your orientation isn't...

11. looking back, are there courses that you thought were not necessary?

    R.NICU replied to nowIamRN's topic in General Nursing

    writing 101 and 102 was basically a repeat of what i did in high school. I don't remember but one or two things from my psychology and sociology classes. Child Development was fun, but not needed....

12. Nursing Gear- Essentials

    R.NICU replied to greenwithme's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    stethescope, penlight, tape, alcohol pads, several pens, and atleast two pairs of gloves on me at all

13. On a scale of 1-10: Rehab Nursing

    R.NICU replied to RNBeachGirl's topic in Rehabilitation

    I also work at a rehab hospital and would give it an 8/10. Reasonable patient load, docs are nice most of the time, wonderful co-workers....yeah, 8/10. What knocks it down two points is that fact...

14. 6 wks enough orientation for new nurse in acute rehab?

    R.NICU replied to R.NICU's topic in Rehabilitation

    thank you all for your replies! I'm so stoked! Wednesday is my first official day, but the nurses have been allowing me to do little things here and there :) what do you believe is the hardest...

15. Tell me someone else has felt like this....

    R.NICU replied to NurseMegh's topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I just received my LPN license this month and have a job in acute rehab. I believe I have a leg up on you by having worked in this facility for the past year as a tech so I'm not as...