HyperSaurus, RN

HyperSaurus, RN BSN

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  1. New Grad in NICU Orientation

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to UCAFblue's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What are your coworkers like as

  2. Apparently, everyone is a nurse! (rant)

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to RivkaLPN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, are you going to report this to the

  3. NICU/TELLY Student

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Seve's topic in General Nursing

    Take the externship, but make sure to leave your current job with proper notice (and decorum). Even if you don't get NICU right away as a graduate nurse, it is still valuable experience and will give...

  4. RN's what was your occupation while in nursing school?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    I was a cashier (and a maid at a sketchy motel for a summer, that was

  5. Really struggling with my transition to NICU

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It sounds like you know what you want to do. Night shift isn't for everyone (as a matter of fact, neither is day shift). Yes, it's a shame to have to leave, esp after finishing orientation, but you...

  6. Floating

    HyperSaurus, RN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Do you get floated to any other floors? In our NICU, pretty much the only floor we get floated to is OB to either take postpartum couplets or do nursery (although I volunteer for gyn surgericals)....

  7. Cleaning Isolettes

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to danielle.smith0219's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Housekeeping does ours. Overnight we will clean a station if we moved a baby, but otherwise, we don't mess with the isolettes or cribs

  8. How to do report or get report smoothy for Newbie?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to TurtleLittle's topic in Critical Care

    Granted, I'm NICU, but... I try to do report in the same order every time: Name, Age, Physician, code status History, complications, procedures Respiratory support (including ABG schedule/vent...

  9. NICU exposure in Nursing School

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Satori77's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    3 days during my Peds/OB rotation (one of them was following my baby from OB into a NICU admission--that was what really sparked my interest in NICU) and then 90 hours during my senior practicum. My...

  10. Has NICU nursing changed your family planning?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to 24gaDalek's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Although, several of my coworkers' children ended up in the

  11. Has NICU nursing changed your family planning?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to 24gaDalek's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not yet, but I still have a couple years before I'd like to start having

  12. Ventilators and how they work

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Joanie811's topic in General Nursing

    High rate (is patient agitated, do they need more sedation?), Occlusion (is there a mucus plug, is there water in the tubing), Low Ve (is the suction catheter in the way of airflow--a mistake I've...

  13. Dealing with calls from work

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Katniss88's topic in General Nursing

    I work a unit where overtime can be common, but everyone is pretty pragmatic about it and helps out when/if they can. Luckily, that means that if they are calling on your day off (very rare), it's...

  14. Survey on how many patients you get in a shift

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to neonatal_nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Nurse Connie, that does sound scary! Do you have the aide assigned just to you and your team of patients, or does the aide float the

  15. Survey on how many patients you get in a shift

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to neonatal_nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    1:1 if a vent (rarely will we take an additional patient with a very stable vent, but that has happened as well), 2:1 if a very sick vent, 1:2 for CPAPs (occasionally Cpaps will be tripled), 3:1...

  16. What do you love and hate about NICU?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to sommeil's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's the best feeling, WanderingNurse45, when I'm at a delivery (even if it's a routine c/section) and I hear that first cry. There is a sigh of relief that goes around at the

  17. What do NICU nurses consider "viability"?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Summers_Off's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't think our NICU has a hard and fast rule. From what I've gathered, we resuss 24 weekers and/or 500

  18. Floating

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to HyperSaurus, RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Actually, now that you said that, we do get floated to ICU to cover children 1 year and under. Luckily that doesn't happen often, but no one is happy about it when it

  19. Admitting newborn at the bedside

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to PinkNBlue's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Stork squad...*snort*, I love

  20. NICU newbie

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to XelaRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The 90 hours certainly did not replace an adequate orientation, but it at least got my feet wet and me used to the environment and culture of NICU. There's so much that you don't necessarily have to...

  21. Having a hard time getting over a baby's death

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to jpeters84's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I haven't been there yet, but I'm sorry for your

  22. NICU newbie

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to XelaRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I did a 90 hour practicum in our level III NICU as a student. We are a smaller NICU and it is very much feast or famine here. I mostly did feeder-growers, I wasn't expected to know much of anything in...

  23. What do you love and hate about NICU?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to sommeil's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Interesting question. I'm newer to the NICU (since November), so I'm still figuring that out myself. As far as best things about the NICU, these threads (stickied) covers everything much better than...

  24. The newest and coolest thing you've ever done

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Christy1019's topic in General Nursing

  25. Why Can't Spouses and Families Understand The NOC Schedule?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    I'm very lucky. My dad had been a night shift nurse for a few years while I was in high school (so recently enough that he knows what to expect) and my husband is very considerate of my sleep. Dad,...