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I had one in MS and he would bring his lunch box in to show me what he had eaten as he was known to not finish. He was dosed prior to eating.

hello nicu lovers! i have a question/concern! our nicu census has been low for several months now and we have been furlouging a few nurses daily. unfortunately, our pediatric floor is hopping to due rsv/pneumonia/rds, etc. because these units are under the same direction basically, we are being asked (told) to float to this unit, or else. the majority of our nicu nurses have never worked, let alone been oriented to this unit, or any other! we are being told that because we are a specialty/critical unit that this is basically a step over, or down for us. our nursery nurses, who float to nicu and take care of babies with abx and o2, are not going to have to float because they are not "special!" as if there wasn't animosity between the nicu/nursery nurses already! my concern is our nursing licenses. no, i don't want to furlough 2x in a pay period and i want to keep my job, but administration is looking at #'s and not patient care. yes, we take care of respiratory issues all the time, but nothing is similar in these 2 units. plus, we may work 1 day on peds and come back the next day to nicu after being exposed to lord only knows on the peds unit. one nurse worked for 3 hours on peds and then had to float back to nicu and take care of 2 recent admissions. does anyone see a problem, or are we all over reacting? would appreciate any comments/concerns!

With such a large unit visitors must be an issue. What type of visiting policy do you have? Our unit used to be an adult ICU so our rooms are divided and close with sliding glass doors. There are 2-4 beds in each room on average. We allow 3 visitors at each bedside, one of which must be banded (mom, dad, or significant other). Other than that, they can bring any person they want to inside to "visit" (over the age of 12).

Just curious what size (#of beds) facility do you work in that you have techs to prepare milk, etc.? I think we are a 16 or so bed facility, but actually accommodate 20+ at times and we don't even have a unit sec 24 hours a day and no techs to speak of. Wherever it may be, I'm coming to work there. Fortunately, we are the closest level III NICU in a 70-150+ mile radius, depending on which direction you go. Thanks for your input!!

Hello Everyone!! I am doing some research for our NICU to find an easy, more fool proof way to label breast milk for all the different patients in our unit. I would appreciate any and all feedback! Please let me know what facility you are from and what your process is. Do you treat it like blood (bodily fluid) and require 2 people to veryify, do you use a color coding system, do you have to scan patients and breast milk, like you do meds? Thanks in advance!

I passed!! It was the longest 48 hours of my life. Thankfully, I live in one of the states where you can find out within 48 hours if you passed or not! It was litterally 48 hours from the start time of my exam until my results were posted! Now on to the RN NCLEX!! My advice is to pray! I used an NCLEX review book, but now that it's over, I don't think it helped that much. The options on the test are harder to narrow down than they were in the study questions. Let me know how you do! I will pray for you! Stdnt09

We use Nursing Math Simplified and it is basically the same process as Wondertech told you. You should be able to cancel everything out until you only have 1 unit left, the rest is cancellation and multiplication...etc. This book was a life saver. We had to pass with a 94 or better or we were out of the program. :typing

I passed!! Time to party! Woo hoo!! *wine:dncgbby:

Congrats!!! I pray I will post the same soon!

I keep checking the website, thinking they will post it early! I am going out of my mind.

Hey Caitycamya! I took mine yesteday as well and it shut off at 85 or 86! I'm so nervous I could puke. I will pray for you!

:bluecry1:Hello everyone, what a great site! I took my PN NCLEX today and it shut off at 85! I am totally freaking out. I know I got some right, but I feel like a lot of the stuff was greek to me! The next 48 hours are going to be torture! Is 85 questions a good sign or a bad? Please pray for me (and family) as I won't be pleasant the next 2 days! :typing