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I know this could go in the travel section, but when I searched I have not seen any travel NICU topics so I thought I might reach more people in this forum. Do any of you travel as a NICU Neonatal RN? I have 10+ yrs of Level III experience and a...

A tiny baby unit sounds incredible with a certified team! Our unit started taking 22 wkers last year and have had several in the last year. It's definitely uncharted territory that we are still trying to navigate. I have not heard of resuscita...

Oh you should be fine then!! I didn't study incredibly long for it. I took it 6 wks after I signed up for it. I am curious, does your unit compensate you for having this certification or do you get specific assignments when you have it? I am the...

I took the breakdown of the test from the website, as it gives all the topics it covers and I corresponded it with the Golden Hours. If I felt it was too vague, I used the Core Curriculum Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing by Verklan in which I looked u...

Hello! Yes, I took the certification right after it came out. I read "Golden Hours" from NCC and then just looked at the breakdown of what the test covered and self studied the topics. I have also taken the RNC and the C-NNIC and found the C-ELBW to ...

Wow!! This was all incredibly helpful!! Thank you so much for answering my questions! I am still trying to process going to all deliveries by myself without a nicu respiratory therapist --that's intense!

Now that makes the most sense, babyNP.

Does your manager have to approve that you have met the requirements before I can test? I'm wishing to do it without people knowing... but is that not possible?

OK thanks everyone.

Its a gray area since a couple days off in gestation could actually mean the infant is a 23wker. With that being said, we do take infants a couple days shy of 23 wks and they have survived and are doing well. :)

They hurt my back and knee. I am a small person, very hyper-mobile and this really messed my back up. I had to go to therapy for 6 weeks to help recover from it. 9 months later I tried them again for 1 day because my other shoes weren't working ri...