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You still have contact with your coworkers at the area where the nurses station is so no I never felt isolated.

I'm a big fan of all private rooms. If your unit is staffed correctly there should be a free floating charge nurse and a delivery nurse that can float around to help. We also have central monitoring plus our secretary has a monitor at her desk. We al...

I've know many travlerers who signed on staff right after doing an assignment. I did it myself. Usually if there is a clause it's between the agency and the hospital whereas if you sign on with the hospital, the hospital will owe the agency x amou...

Well I did a little of both types of programs. I had a lot of family issues to contend with so I started online at MUSC, then went classroom at Duke, then finally finished my degree online through Rush. The online route was a life saver for us due...

When I was traveling I worked at a hosp that had all private rooms. I thought it worked ok. It kind of felt like working in the PICU. There was a free floating charge nurse that could help listen out for your patients and it was really unusual fo...

I did travel nursing before I took my first full time NNP job and I loved it. It just depends on where you want to go. I met some of my very best friends on the road, saw places I might not ever have seen (Alaska was simply amazing and Hawaii was p...

Can somebody tell me which Atlanta hospitals have Neonatal ICU's. Anyone work in a NICU and can give me some advice. Thanks

In San diego try Sharp Mary Birch. Wonderful NICU. They are having interviews April 4th for June starts.

Is this MUSC? I'd just keep checking because I know they use travelers....there are several positions posted for travel nurses in the NICU at MUSC. If you're interested in the PICU, the unit at MUSC is fabulous. Great docs and nurses plus you'd be...

We will do this if our baby is too small or too sick to survive a transport to surgery.

How's it going finding a hosptial in SC to work for?

Wow, that's scarey. What do you do after you "read" a bad xray. Do you just decide for yourself what kind of changes if any need to be made or do you call the doc and they come in and decide. I understand no MD coverage after hours, I've worked a ...

DHEC does still have the staffing ratios for nurseries. When I worked in Columbia, our nurses would call all the time if our ratios weren't right and we were fined and if we couldn't staff DHEC would require us to close some of our beds until we had...

i've used both Carevue and Cerners powerchart in the NICU setting. Liked both of them a whole lot better than paper charting.

I recently left a NICU that went to only OG's due to an outbreak of MRSA on the unit. The ID doc said placing NG's was contributing to many of the babies getting it.

Sorry for the delay, You should be able to get a job at Richland. They use travelers, not sure about agency, but have been trying to get away from using travelers. I'm not sure how that is working out so far. I liked Richland much better than Bapt...

I've taken care of a 450gr baby that did very well over his course in the NICU. He did perf on dol 2 and went through the whole vent/sepsis thing while he was with us. He had no bleeds and went home at 4.5lbs at 4 months old. My daughter was 500+ gr...

Well from what I know about MUSC the new grad thing will be to your advantage unless they are changing the way they hire. For the last few years they have prefered people with NICU experience. Don't worry about the ECMO thing. Before I could even ...

Hi Kristina, I talked to my friend who just left Charleston. They paid her $24.00/hr as a traveler at MUSC.

Actually MUSC does use travelers. However, if MUSC is part of the South Carolina Hospital association your pay will still be in the 23-25 dollar range as a traveler. I know a traveler who just recently left MUSC so I'll ask her tomorrow what they off...

I know the NICU in Charleston as recently as a year ago was only looking for people with NICU experience so if you move there you should be able to get a job since you will have experience. You have to stay on the nurse manager though if it's the sam...

Can you recommend a recruiter with on assignment?

We are using the cooling blanket. I've only personally seen it used twice and but we've been trialing it for the last 6 months. Now that the trial is over they are planning on using it more often.

Where do you work?

Congratulations on your new baby boy!