Hi! I am a student in Florida waiting to hear about my acceptance to a nursing program. I Volunteer at a large teaching hospital in the NICU as a cuddler. My job description is to rock, cuddle and...
Hi guys I am a labor nurse pregnant with my first baby. I know that cord blood banking companies will give us discounts for banking with them. I was wondering if anyone could share the discount they...
Have any of you PICU nurses heard that in order to deal with the stressors of PICU that lots of nurses turn to drugs, alcohol, or sexual addictions? I have heard this from a nurse manager of a PICU. I...
Hey guys, I graduate from nursing school in may and I had my last clinical in the ER from 11a-11p saturday night. The day was busy and I was getting great experience putting IV's..like 30 in one...
Hey, I am a new grad who wanted L&D very badly and I thought I would share my story to give hope to those who want in but have had a hard time getting in. I went to all my local hospitals RN...
Hey everyone, I have been offered a weekend night postition in LDRP as a new grad. I am really excited about the job but I would like some advice. I am nervous because I have no children. I know that...
If I want to get my PALS certification, do I have to be an actual RN or can I do this as a GN. I graduate from nursing school May 1, 2006 and I want to be able to place this on my resume. Anyone
Hi, I was offered a fellowship in a large teaching/county hospital and I am really excited but really nervous. Its 16 weeks and they seem to be very used to new graduates but I am so nervous about...
Thanks so much for the words of advice. I am so nervous. I went out and bought a few books on cardiology and during my interview with the RN manager, I asked her about a good book on EKG's (she had...
Hey, I am a nursing student at FCCJ. My only advice is that you should ask lots of questions about the avaliability of the LPN-RN program b.c I have a girl in my class who was an LPN but chose to do...
Hey again, Sorry I have done all of my pre-reqs are the university of North Florida...their program for nursing school is super competitive (like 3.8 gpa or higher only) so I am transfering to FCCJ....
Hey, I have applied to FCCJ and am awaiting admission. I took the PSB-NAT. I didn't think it was that hard. The hardest part was the reading comp. b.c the articles were written in the early 1900's...
NeoRNtobe replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in NICU, Neonatal
hey everyone, thanks so much for the responses. I will tell my roommate what was said here. Hopefully she can use this and some of the links posted. Thanks
I volunteer in a NICU stepdown but got a chance to see the Level 3 NICU the other day. I must say nothing I imagined compared to the NICU babies I saw. I was wondered why were some of the babies...
NeoRNtobe replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in NICU, Neonatal
Well I thought that was very well explained b/c I understand it! Thanks! I have another question for ya. My roommate has a test question that she doesn't know the answer to. Maybe you do? In...
NeoRNtobe replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in NICU, Neonatal
Well I thought that was very well explained b/c I understand it! Thanks! I have another question for ya. My roommate has a test question that she doesn't know the answer to. Maybe you do? In...
NeoRNtobe replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in NICU, Neonatal
I volunteer in a NICU stepdown but got a chance to see the Level 3 NICU the other day. I must say nothing I imagined compared to the NICU babies I saw. I was wondered why were some of the babies...
Hi Everyone, I am a 21 y.o. student who is waiting my accpetance from 3 schools of nursing. Here is my question: I want to be a L&D or NICU nurse. I am also interested in ER nursing. Howeve, I am...
Hi, This post is for everyone with questions about both schools. For UNF, if you attend the school there is no application process except the interview. You tell them you want to be included in the...
Hey, Well I applied to UNF for this current fall start but did not get accepted. I have an A.A. from UNF. My problem with UNF is I did my first 2 years there and had some extremely hard teachers. They...
NeoRNtobe replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in NICU, Neonatal
Hi! I am a student in Florida waiting to hear about my acceptance to a nursing program. I Volunteer at a large teaching hospital in the NICU as a cuddler. My job description is to rock, cuddle and...