NICURN2013

Hi everyone, I recently got a 100% on my Med/Surg 2 exam. I'm normally a pretty good student. I get mostly A's but I have gotten a couple Bs. However, I really excel in clinical and I've gotten nothing but praise from my instructors. So, I actually ...

Hi! :) I'm so excited for my start day May 20th in the NICU. It's my dream job and I got extremely lucky to get it as a new grad in a level III NICU at a teaching hospital, I cannot wait to start. Any advice, pointers, brain sheets, wisdom, etc? I kn...

I will look into STABLE :) I know I'm taking the class soon along with NRP. I believe I'm taking NRP first. Good to know, I will try to focus on home when I'm home. I have a 4 month old, so I love spending time with her when I'm here. :)

Thank you SO much for your perspective! :) I do love how specialized it is and I'm so glad that I'm starting off in the NICU as a new grad. One day I hope to be that experience nurse that knows absolutely everything about neonates that can be a prece...

Thank you!!! :) I did my preceptorship in L&D, unfortunately we weren't allowed to do it in NICU. I think what helped me the most was showing them how excited I was and passionate I am. I think they know I'm not going anywhere so they were willin...

Good to know!! :) Thank you!

I would love love love to hear from experienced NICU RNs!!! :) New grad in the NICU here :)

Anybody? Has anyone started as a new grad recently?? How's it going? I had my first week of hospital/nursing orientation Mon-Fri, it went really well. :) I have orientation this Tues-Thurs then I'll be on the floor on Friday!!!!! :) I'm so excited.

Anyone? I know everyone here probably has some kind of advice, funny/happy moments that make you love NICU, moments to prepare for, etc?

There's no pay difference between floors in the hospital I'm starting at either. It's pretty universal in the area I'm in.

Hey everyone- I'm about to start my nursing classes FINALLY! :) NO MORE pre-reqs for me! However, some people at my school are making me really nervous about what to expect for the next two terms. In a week I start Nursing Fundamentals & Pharmaco...

Don't give up!!! You've come so far! Your children might not understand now, but they will understand in the future!! :redpinkhe:redpinkhe It WILL be worth it in the end and EVERYONE will be very thankful for it. I'm sure it's hard, I can't imagine h...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! :) :) How awesome!! Keep it up and you'll do great in Nursing School!!!

Don't give up!! :) I find for me that using a lot of different study materials is the way to go. I also find that trying to read all the "required" chapters NEVER works... it ends up taking SO much time and I usually don't retain that much. I find th...

Thanks! I got a 94% today, so no attempting to do bad for me! I was actually more afraid to do bad than ever before because I didn't want them to be like, "umm... now we're really wondering how you pulled off a 100% on the last exam.." :uhoh3:

I have let it go! They'll just have to deal with it. I know I work my butt off and I really struggled in Med/Surg 1 last term and it was really hard for me to figure out how to study and work things out... so finally getting A's again, not to mention...

Thanks! :) I got a 94% today, so hopefully that'll show them that I'm normally a really good student!! LOL

That's not true. I've had many AMAZING instructors and my current clinical instructor would absolutely stick her neck out for us.. She's awesome. There's always good instructors, bad instructors, petty instructors... it doesn't matter WHAT you're stu...

Thanks guys! :) This has made me feel a little better :) For each class it's different but I usually use: 1. The actual text book for the class 2. The ATI book that goes with the class (ie: med/surg, leadership, etc) 3. The Success Series book that ...

Thanks! :) And congrats to you too!!

Vanilla, Maybe, maybe it would be a valid question if I had been sitting in the back or if I moved from where Im normally sitting during lecture or if I was sitting really close to another student... but that's not the case. I was sitting in the fron...

How do you get to witness surgeries? What rotation were you in? I'm finishing up my first rotation now.

Hey everyone.. I'm writing a paper with a group and my part is the nursing interventions. I have a huge list of possible interventions, but I'm having a hard time getting it into paper format. I don't think I should just list them, so how could I ma...

Hmm... I guess it's okay to list, I don't know how else I would do it... It's just boring. I never thought I'd rather do a careplan than a paper... at least a care plan is just structured, you don't have to really add any extra stuff to make it "pape...

Any kind of help soon would be great! :) I have to email my part to my group tomorrow...