valquest76

If I can just add my 2 cents... I am not a NICU nurse, in fact I just graduated in May from Nursing School - yipee, and am just waiting for the results of my NCLEX (which I took on Friday) - yikes! However, I have much experience with NICU nurses and would love to tell you why you are the most important people in my eyes. I gave birth to 24 1/2 week twins almost 8 years ago now. They were 832 and 840 grams. They spent almost 4 months in the NICU and came home on Christmas Eve (the best Christmas ever). During their stay they went through many ups and downs, one crashed the first night ended up with 2 chest tubes, needed blood, no good. I'll never forget the helpless feeling of being able to do nothing except sit quietly by the bedside in fear of overstimulating their little bodies. You know what got me through those tough times - the nurses. They were my angels, the surrogate moms for my boys when I had to go home and get some rest. They stuck up for my boys and alerted the doctors when things started to go wrong. Each of my boys had a few primary nurses who just adored them. I would come into the unit and watch as the nurse would be lovingly holding one of my sons, brushing what little hair he had with the scrub brush. It was hard to walk out of that unit each day, but the pain was made easier knowing that they were in the best hands possible. I went to nursing school because of the impact the nurses had on me. My hats off to NICU nurses who take care of our tiny miracles and whose gentle hands and hearts love our babies. YOU ROCK!!! BTW - my sons are beautiful, healthy, and miracles. No probs with the eyes, lungs, you name it. They even have round heads! You'd never know they were preemies :-)

Other questions: Where do you see yourself in 5 years - career wise? What was the most difficult patient you encountered and how did you handle him/her? What is your greatest weakness and how do you manage it? How do you handle conflict with co-workers? Management? Good luck on your interview!~

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