NeoPediRN

NeoPediRN

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  1. How do you cope?

    NeoPediRN replied to Java_Wench's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm not really sure. After doing it for awhile, you just sort of develop boundaries. Part of it for me is knowing that these babies are trying to learn how to live, that most of them shouldn't have...

  2. ACLS and PALS classes in Boston?

    NeoPediRN replied to sully75's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Go to: http://www.educational-c3.com/ The instructor is ******** and offers classes in Wakefield, MA, Windham, NH, and Portsmouth, NH. My hospital requires PALS through her company and I've taken it...

  3. RN students who've completed 1st semester (fundamentals) can sit in for CNA exam!

    NeoPediRN replied to Sabr&Shukr's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I never had to take the CNA exam. After your nursing fundamentals course you are eligible to work as a

  4. Do you use oxyhoods?

    NeoPediRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I just started a per diem pedi job in a small community hospital. When reviewing with the nurse educator, I learned oxyhoods are the standard of practice here. I was very surprised to hear that as...

  5. Agency, agency, agency - so frustrated!

    NeoPediRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been close to landing an L&D position for almost three years now. I've interviewed, had a job fall through in the 11th hour, and since then the economy here has come to a standstill....

  6. Have you CYA if you make a "note" that a patient won't follow policy?

    NeoPediRN replied to peeweedelivery's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I haven't entered the L&D world yet, but I can tell you I was let go by a previous employer for putting patient safety over customer satisfaction. I assisted a patient to the bathroom after having...

  7. Do you use oxyhoods?

    NeoPediRN replied to NeoPediRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We don't use nonrebreathers where I work now as we have access to high flow and CPAP/BiPAP, but in a previous hospital they were all that was available for infants in an emergency with high...

  8. To Make a Career Change of Not?

    NeoPediRN replied to JM229's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Honestly, no. Don't do it. Totally not the time, especially if you have a stable career. The economy is bad, you'll accumulate a large amount of debt, and worst of all, trying to find a job (with or...

  9. Is OB nursing too competitive to consider?

    NeoPediRN replied to yogamom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've been trying to get into OB since I graduated three years ago. I've had the same job fall through twice. I'm still determined to get into it

  10. Response to Pregnant Friends

    NeoPediRN replied to littleneoRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sorry to get off topic, but Elvish I just had to commiserate with you here. Sometimes I feel like I have a brown thumb when it comes to babies. They always find unbelievable ways to fall apart on me....

  11. How's your staffing ratio?

    NeoPediRN replied to rloh961's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I work in a pediatric hospital. We max at 4:1 on my unit. Rarely on a night shift if theyre very shortstaffed some nurses will get a 5th stable patient, but they try hard not to have that happen. I...

  12. Boston area OB nurses, how are things on your units?

    NeoPediRN posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I work in peds, but have interviewed at the same area hospital twice in the past two years for an OB position. Things are just so tight with the delivery rate being down that the units can't afford to...

  13. Opportunities for newer nurse relocating to MA?

    NeoPediRN replied to angelkerri's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Angel, try Parkland Medical Center in Derry, NH. They hire new grads and less experienced nurses, and are hurting for med-surg nurses right

  14. Boston New Grads Who Got Hired...What Helped??

    NeoPediRN replied to honeymist's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I absolutely second the above post. If you don't work as a CNA in the hospital you want to work in as an RN, you have slim to no chance of getting hired when you

  15. G-tube leaking :(

    NeoPediRN replied to umcRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just checking in to see how your peanut

  16. G-tube leaking :(

    NeoPediRN replied to umcRN's topic in General Nursing

    Only mgh and chb do pedi cardiac though. Even dmhc turfs their cardiac surgical kids to those two

  17. mixing po meds

    NeoPediRN replied to ambrscot's topic in Pediatric

    I've been lucky to rarely have this problem. I do a lot of juice races with the kids, or use a reward system. For the very difficult ones, I give them a break and try again in a bit or have the...

  18. G-tube leaking :(

    NeoPediRN replied to umcRN's topic in General Nursing

    There really isn't much further to go from there except ecmo. An oscillator isn't really going to help if its pulmonary hypertn causing the issue, which it sounds like it

  19. G-tube leaking :(

    NeoPediRN replied to umcRN's topic in General Nursing

    so sad is her syndrome incompatible with life? Is she on nitric? I work at children's per diem. I'm well-versed with their nicu, and can tell you getting in is very political and the internal wait...

  20. G-tube leaking :(

    NeoPediRN replied to umcRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's that damn pulmonary hypertension in the itty bitty

  21. Do you have time to give baths?

    NeoPediRN replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that's sad. Every patient deserves basic care, whether they're in acute care or a

  22. What is the importance of patient sitting up in chair?

    NeoPediRN replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    DVT prevention, postural drainage, and to help move air are the top three reasons that come to

  23. Do you have time to give baths?

    NeoPediRN replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    I work with kids, so it's a little bit different, but I always give baths. We are lucky if we get one CNA on the day shift, so the girls on nights are generally very good and wash at least one kiddo...

  24. G-tube leaking :(

    NeoPediRN replied to umcRN's topic in General Nursing

    Laryngomalacia is tough. They're usually pretty stridorous at baseline and it always makes intubations tough. I'm lucky to be in Boston, with some of the best pediatric cardiologists and IR ain the...

  25. G-tube leaking :(

    NeoPediRN replied to umcRN's topic in General Nursing

    Is she trached or did they tube her for the procedure? Critical airway from subglottic stenosis? Poor thing. I hate when our babies have to go for caths. They always seem to bounce back