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  1. Nursing School Drama queens

    nicu4me replied to dinah77's topic in General Students

    Yeah, I helped my fellow students but then I saw my hard worked study guides floating around the whole class and the class in the semester behind me. I should have put a disclaimer on there. To...

  2. I got fired at a nursing assistant now what!

    nicu4me replied to lilwhitfkd's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    On an adult floor or anywhere, you have to be on your toes, no matter what your status is PCT vs. RN. Your behaviour is unprofessional. That's why I asked you if you were on break. Even if your job...

  3. I got fired at a nursing assistant now what!

    nicu4me replied to lilwhitfkd's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    were you on break? If not what do you

  4. busy or slow

    nicu4me replied to nicu4me's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We are extremely slow and don't know why......getting mandated all the time!! Thanks for your responses, we need some babies! It hasn't been this dry for YEARS!! So its nice to know its not the...

  5. Foot Warmers

    nicu4me replied to Saalbunch's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    warm washrags and a diaper, nothing classy

  6. malpractice/liability insurance for NICU RN's

    nicu4me posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Just wondered if any of you would share if you have malpractice/liability insurance in NICU and if you had insurance prior to starting in NICU or decided to buy it after you went into NICU and if you...

  7. full assessments vs. monitor vitals

    nicu4me posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi curious how you all do your assessments. When babe gets better but is still level 3, they can go to q 6 hour v.s. You still usually feed q 3 hours (gavage/nip whatever), you chart what the monitor...

  8. High School student needing advice!!!

    nicu4me replied to IfEverWeWake's topic in General Nursing

    New hospital NOTHING other than RN allowed $$,$$$ in debt for those B S N letters! Old hospital RN BSN on badge. They said that it just confuses the patient. Even our CNS doesn't have MS, plus the...

  9. I love nursing.. not sure if nursing loves me

    nicu4me replied to tdms's topic in General Nursing

    you didn't chart that you did an assessment right? You merely greeted, got them settled and the next shift took over. What did the pt expect? Probably was tired from being in ER forever and they...

  10. How to administer morphine via IV

    nicu4me replied to macgyver16's topic in General Nursing

    it comes in a carpuject syringe are you guys takin it out of there and putting it into 10cc sterile saline

  11. My significant other doesn't "get" what I go through on a daily basis.

    nicu4me replied to voraciousj's topic in General Nursing

    You know what would be really nice is if they would have a good documentary on nurses and what their days/nocs are like. Which I don't think is out there. Also if they could only hear all that goes...

  12. malpractice/liability insurance for NICU RN's

    nicu4me replied to nicu4me's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    yea between switching specialties and paper charting feeling a little cautious! The facility's risk managment officially said to us that we do not need to get our own insurance as long as we follow...

  13. the oldest baby in your level 3 nicu

    nicu4me posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Curious how old the oldest baby was or is now, in any of you all's level 3 NICU's. At what point do you transfer to

  14. the oldest baby in your level 3 nicu

    nicu4me replied to nicu4me's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That amount of money to keep a kid in a level 2 or three nicu is horrible 2-3 grand a day? Get these kids home and let their parents learn how to take care of them and get them the RN home health...

  15. Should this new grad turn down this job offer ?

    nicu4me replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    They offered you the job because you have the education and they probably liked you personally. Perhaps you are a confident person and have had prior experience prior to passing NCLEX? However, as...

  16. Union RN's what do they do when census is low

    nicu4me posted a topic in General Nursing

    Curious what union rn's get when the census is low in your unit or department and you are cancelled. These are full time regular hours, not prn positions. No one has money now for the elective...

  17. full assessments vs. monitor vitals

    nicu4me replied to nicu4me's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We usually just have two babies each however, I was wondering how you could you possibly have set schedules on your babes? It would make all your babes due in your unit at the same time. It's bad...

  18. full assessments vs. monitor vitals

    nicu4me replied to nicu4me's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If they are on an HFOV and you want to change positonions in an isolette you have to flip them from end to end in the bed. Sometimes it is not possible to have it out the end of the isolette due to...

  19. Do you use isolette covers over your isolettes /giraffes?

    nicu4me replied to iyqyqr's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    we have homemade quilts as well but they are too short. We do not get sedation for our vented babies (conventional or HFOV). Usually - never! We use nests that we roll out of blankets and so with...

  20. full assessments vs. monitor vitals

    nicu4me replied to nicu4me's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You actually worded it better than I did, our units are similar but the question remains then if you come into that HFOV baby and it's not due for four hours after u get there are you doing an...

  21. full assessments vs. monitor vitals

    nicu4me replied to nicu4me's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yeah, I don't feel comfortable waiting and doing an assessment either. But in our unit they may say your baby is "due" at 10:00 when I come in at 7:00 and we aren't supposed to do anything with them,...

  22. The Dreaded Death Bath and a Moral/Ethical Dilemma?

    nicu4me replied to Be_Moore's topic in MICU, SICU

    u know what's funny, why does it take 2 nicu nurses to turn a baby on a vent or HFOV when they weigh around a pound! This is so true about turning. Some do not tolerate it well and when they are...

  23. $100,000 in student loan debt?

    nicu4me replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am looking at around 45-50 K and it was for a private BSN degree. Out of school for about 1 1/2 years. Like a previous poster, having three kids paying for school at 595.00 a credit hour and what...

  24. UAC line question

    nicu4me replied to Cassideca's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes we use our UAC's all the time for

  25. Crappy Nurses Day

    nicu4me replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Got nothing. However, the sign says 1 in 5 people have a mental health disorder alas, it's mental health awareness week. Next to this banner is Happy Nurse's