Great Thread! This is helping me out for when I can't wrap my brain around questions anymore :-) - bethanechol chloride (Urecholine) is used in neurogenic bladder & urinary retention, s/sx of...
I am a senior nursing student (graduation less than 3 weeks!) and have been doing my senior internship on a pediatric medical-surgical unit of a large hospital. This unit takes all pediatric patients...
Hey All, So I am a new grad (well will be in three weeks) and will be working in a level III NICU starting in August, the facility I am headed to will be opening a new NICU this summer with all...
ittybabyRN replied to ittybabyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal
I have another quick question for those who do have private rooms...do you ever feel really isolated from your co-workers? Or just get lonely? I mentioned private rooms to one of my preceptors today...
ittybabyRN replied to ittybabyRN's topic in Oncology
Wow! Thanks for your post, Its really interesting to see how policies vary from hospital to hospital and how well some are able to stick to the recommendations I became really interseted in this topic...
Hi! I am also from Boston moving to DC, I will be working at Children's National also doing their new grad program. I have another friend that I am looking for housing with (she is not a nurse), we...
I am a senior nursing student (graduation less than 3 weeks!) and have been doing my senior internship on a pediatric medical-surgical unit of a large hospital. This unit takes all pediatric patients...
ittybabyRN replied to ittybabyRN's topic in Pediatric
Thanks for the input! It's really interesting to see the variations in practice...and the obvious need for some sort of standards, we had a kid last week went to the ER because he had an out of...
I worked as a PCT at the Brigham, I made $13/hr + shift/evening/night/weekend differential. Graduating in two weeks and unable to get a job there or anywhere in Boston, I'm moving to DC where I got a...
ittybabyRN replied to ittybabyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal
I was doing a little research on them and it definitely seems like the way to go as far as the baby's health...I guess like everything else it's going to seem extremely overwhelming at first, at least...
Hi All, I am a student about to graduate in May and I have recently accepted a new graduate position in a level III NICU. I am SUPER excited and can't wait to start working. My retired RN nana is...
I as well as two of my classmates recently got/accepted jobs in three different hospitals in DC, Children's, Howard and Providence so some places are definitely still hiring for new
ittybabyRN replied to BCGradAlmost's topic in General Nursing
Hi! I will be moving to DC in August and will be starting the new grad program in the NICU at Childrens. So far I have heard exceptionally good things about the New Grad programs there, there are...
hi, I am a senior in the nursing program at UMASS, we no longer go to Boston for clinical only for senior year internship and usually people request for that. There are ALOT of opportunities for...
ittybabyRN replied to gigglebuns1186's topic in General Nursing
jbeau, I think it depends on where you applied to. When I applied to the NICU back in December I was contacted the next day to set up an interview, however for other areas of the hospital I was told...
ittybabyRN replied to gigglebuns1186's topic in General Nursing
Justine, Thanks so much for the info! I just talked to the recruiter and she rattled off benefits and salary like a telemarketer haha, I could barely get anything written down! But it sounds pretty...
ittybabyRN replied to gigglebuns1186's topic in General Nursing
Hi! I will be graduating nursing school in May and was recently offered a position as a new graduate nurse in the NICU at children's to start in August. I was wondering if anyone who works there now...