TiffyRN BSN, PhD

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    Weaning parents off monitors in preparation for discharge

    TiffyRN replied to mycurlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm not sure our unit has a standard on what to say about Owlet monitors but I try to stick by the AAP recommendations which discourage the use of products that purport to reduce the risk of SIDS. I...
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    Coming in late with a weird question

    TiffyRN replied to Flare's topic in School

    Wow, I didn't read all her updates but basically this girl has been through so much. She got a lawyer and did get a State Representative to help her out. They participated in putting together a law to...
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    Coming in late with a weird question

    TiffyRN replied to Flare's topic in School

    I heard a podcast featuring a young lady whose parents kept her completely off the grid. She ran away as a 17 or 18 year old. She is not in a huge mess because she had virtually no records of her...
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    TiffyRN replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    Also, if you encounter a woman experiencing a mental health crisis after an abortion, there is no evidence to support that the crisis is related to the elective termination as these women often have...
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    Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    TiffyRN replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    You will likely never directly deal with a woman undergoing or recovering from an elective abortion. For one thing, 94% of such procedures occur in a clinic specific to that kind of care....
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    Do you trust the organ donation process (after recovery of 'brain dead' boy)?

    TiffyRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    The story I read (and all were from the family's perspective), discussed how the kid started to fail the testing for brain death the day before planned withdrawal of life support. I think that raises...
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    Just got the passive aggressive CC email. Advice please!

    TiffyRN replied to SNAMATT's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I had trouble concentrating on your story after I learned about the "cc" thing. Quite possible being direct is not being well received. As far as the "cc" thing, I've worked in hospitals since...
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    Friending patient families on social media?

    TiffyRN replied to Missie Hannie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The unit where I work states we shouldn't friend families while the child is in the unit. They strongly discourage but do not forbid friending families after discharge. We all know that in the past...
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    Do I REALLY need a BSN?

    TiffyRN replied to myschuler's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm still waiting on the "breaking news" we have been promised for years exposing the conspiracy of nursing academia. I swear I'll send you a Starbucks gift card if it ever comes out and they will...
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    RN-BSN SCAM

    TiffyRN replied to elpnla's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Hi there. While I may not have been posting regularly recently I echo what Boston has been posting, that is, an informed analysis of the relevant literature. How about we just relax and await the...
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    RN-BSN SCAM

    TiffyRN replied to elpnla's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

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    Nursing Research Project help

    TiffyRN replied to DH1234's topic in General Students

    Here's another more recent. As someone pointed out, it's unlikely that there will be too much research literature about outcomes of mastectomy versus lumpectomy as nurses don't really do that but...
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    Nursing Research Project help

    TiffyRN replied to DH1234's topic in General Students

    I don't know how your database works. In my school's library I can type in my keywords, then refine from there. So for you, I typed in mastectomy versus lumpectomy. Then, there was an option to see...
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    NICU specific questions to ask the interviewer.

    TiffyRN replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would really have to think hard about taking a job 1.5 hours away. We do have a nurse or two who live hours away but they schedule their days together and stay locally when they
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    CCRN after taking RNC

    TiffyRN replied to adventure_rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was one of the weirdos to do both. The college where I was getting BSN would give me 4 credits for CCRN-NIC as an elective but they would not recognize RNC-NIC. So I studied and took it first. Then,...
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    How does your unit incentivize obtaining your NICU certification (RNC-NIC)?

    TiffyRN replied to jdubs99's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was getting my BSN and my college at the time (Excelsior) and I needed at least 3 credits of an elective. One of the options was to get my professional certification. Considering that regular...
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    Help with Topic for Paper

    TiffyRN replied to Satori77's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    So many great topics. I'll kind of play with one of ChampagnesupeRNova's topics. How about the incidence of NEC when using all breast milk? (we've had awesome results). Or to play with yours and her...
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    Phd in Nursing-doing research or something other than teaching?

    TiffyRN replied to flowerpottop22's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm not sure how old you might be when you start your PhD program but you are pretty young for a nursing PhD program. I was 43 when I started my program and while there were a couple in my cohort...
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    How does your unit incentivize obtaining your NICU certification (RNC-NIC)?

    TiffyRN replied to jdubs99's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The unit where I work will also sponsor a few nurses every year for the RNC review course. It's not a consistent number, but most people who want to get in
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    Turning babies Every 2 hours?

    TiffyRN replied to TeenyTinyBabyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The implementation of turning patients every 2 hours is not compatible with the neonatal patient's pressure injuries. I'm going to list some literature, you may have to contact your hospital's...
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    How does your unit incentivize obtaining your NICU certification (RNC-NIC)?

    TiffyRN replied to jdubs99's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our unit reimburses you for the testing fee then gives you a $500 bonus (with tax taken out). When you renew every 3 years, they give you a $250 bonus which kind of covers all the CE you have to pay...
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    "Allow LPNs to challenge the Board of Nursing to obtain RN licensure" viral post

    TiffyRN replied to TheRuralNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've been reading some books related to my coursework. All about primary care nursing. There is a great statement from Mary Manthey regarding primary nursing. She is discussing LPNs caring for...
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    "Allow LPNs to challenge the Board of Nursing to obtain RN licensure" viral post

    TiffyRN replied to TheRuralNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I thought of the same thing when I saw the petition on FB. Then I looked up the 30 unit option. It seems to still require 30 "units" of education to be completed in addition to so many years...
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    doctoral degree when not a nurse practitioner

    TiffyRN replied to NWright1020's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm not totally clear. . . So you want either a DNP or a PhD? You are right that DNP is mostly (though not exclusively) geared for APRNs though I don't know much about those. I have heard one can get...
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    NICU Blog?

    TiffyRN replied to adventure_rn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think this would be a great resource. Years ago I found a resource for adult ICU nurses that was discussed in this forum somewhere. It was useful to me as a telemetry nurse and even somewhat as I...