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  1. NNP hours?

    sparkyRN replied to jenjo's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our NNPs work 4-10 hour day shifts/week, one weekend a month and rotate to regular newborn nursery on a monthly basis. A few will be in house on call for a staff MD. We're hoping for 24/7 NNP...

  2. What happens in your NICU when you are short staffed?

    sparkyRN replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm getting SOOOOO tired of taking care of from 4 ICU to 8 special care babies! We all help each other but the travelers that are coming next month can't get here quick

  3. N-PASS Scale

    sparkyRN replied to nursesmith's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Can you give me more information on N-PASS? My unit is in desperate need of something clinically objective for pain assessment to take to our director. He thinks the morphine is just to make the...

  4. Preemie/NICU-isms

    sparkyRN replied to mermom's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Premies 4 40 How funny that we use so many of the same expressions! Our jaundiced babies are "pumpkins." The ones who have just about stopped "circling the drain" are "sprouting wings" (as in angel's...

  5. Pay question

    sparkyRN replied to sharenda's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    RN's practicing in a hospital will make whatever the set rate is for nurses at a given level of education and experience. New grads will make a given amount no matter what area of the hospital they...

  6. Being a NICU Nurse is a mistake!

    sparkyRN replied to future_neonatal_NP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Be strong. Stand your ground. Be proud of who you are, where you are. The rest of the family will come around eventually. Just keep your head up and smile because you are doing what fulfills

  7. Question from a HS Senior - How to become a NICU Nurse?

    sparkyRN replied to Meg05's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Just to add to what RN4 said... After you get your years of experience in-at least 2, but it may take more to feel well rounded- certainly going for your MSN might be your next step. The question for...

  8. Question from a HS Senior - How to become a NICU Nurse?

    sparkyRN replied to Meg05's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Gompers is right, you won't learn much about neonatology in nursing school. But you will get a great broad-based nursing education if you go for your BSN. You really will use some of that "adult...

  9. Newborn in coma after accidently administered CO2 instead of O2...

    sparkyRN replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Let's hope so. Not exactly a frivolous lawsuit. A CO2 tank by a radiant warmer in a DR? My prayers are with this baby and his family. Tripler Hospital has a nightmare on their

  10. Question about Conscious Sedation...

    sparkyRN replied to hoolahan's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    It probably depends on what they gave you. Last week I had fentanyl and versed before an endoscopy. I was wiped out for about 8 hours then tired the next day. By the second day, the effects were...

  11. New Grad In Nicu

    sparkyRN replied to IfeRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Started as new grad 20 years ago and never left. I'm still learning things all the time! Good

  12. Joint Commission-nurse:pt ratios, short staffing

    sparkyRN replied to sparkyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the link! Maybe it can give me some of the answers I am looking

  13. Joint Commission-nurse:pt ratios, short staffing

    sparkyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone who has been involved recently in a Joint Commisssion review know how they look at staffing and scheduling? Our numbers are bad...high acuity, short staffed. Do they look back over...

  14. Joint Commission-nurse:pt ratios, short staffing

    sparkyRN replied to sparkyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a site online that has this

  15. Is your NICU a Pit or a Palace?

    sparkyRN replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Isn't it incredible that people look for ways to be unhappy? I would give anything to have your experience where I

  16. Is your NICU a Pit or a Palace?

    sparkyRN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If you've read any of my posts recently, you have heard of my woeful tales of ongoing high acuity/low staffing in my unit. It is not by design, but by circumstance. A couple of local hospitals that...

  17. Is your NICU a Pit or a Palace?

    sparkyRN replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oh, I was just curious whether hospitals with mostly private insurance patients (which in our case would be the private, surburban hospitals) have better resources to offer the kind of staffing, pay...

  18. NICU jobs

    sparkyRN replied to zippitydoda's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Of course orienting and precepting in an NICU is going to vary widely based on the area of the country, type of hospital, size and budget. Our unit is at a univ. affiliated teaching hospital. The...

  19. Is your NICU a Pit or a Palace?

    sparkyRN replied to sparkyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    NoCrumping, Is this place a private suburban

  20. you might be from ohio if:

    sparkyRN replied to mcmike55's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Great list! My dad is from Ohio and we have lots of relatives there. When we would go visit in the summer as kids (I'm from TN) all my cousins would hang around us and make us talk. But they were...

  21. Need Input from the Pros

    sparkyRN replied to StressedDad2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah!!! Every day is a good day! Have you been setting up the baby's room for mom? Has she got you painting or wallpapering? If you've been waiting, now would probably be a good time to take care...

  22. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

    sparkyRN replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

    1. 20 years 2. NICU 3. Tennessee 4. BSN 5. No to white unis. Yes to something that distinguishes nurses from all the other areas in the hospital that wear scrubs. At ours, RNs and LPNs wear navy...

  23. where are the nursing shortages?

    sparkyRN replied to jenago's topic in General Nursing

    Nashville and Memphis both have lots of opportunities in most specialties. I'm wondering if unionized hospitals are the ones not hiring compared to the non-union ones that appear to have positions to...

  24. Do you carry a clipboard

    sparkyRN replied to luvdancink's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious...does your hospital or HCF have any issues with you putting pt info in a personal PDA? I'm wondering about the big buzzword-Patient Confidentiality. Do you delete all the things you put...

  25. Breastfeeding questions

    sparkyRN replied to t2000JC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ok, I'm going to throw in my 2 cents worth since the discussion really has turned from the original post. Breast feeding is natural and wonderful, perfect nutrition for a baby. It's easy, convenient...