NICUmiiki DNP, NP

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    Seems like nursing school isn't for people with other responsibilities!

    NICUmiiki replied to marij's topic in General Students

    We had to buy a pretty pricey book package. It cost about $1500 over 2 semesters, but we didn't have to buy any at all after that. One book for $1k is crazy, and I'd be tempted to just get the old...
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    Post masters certificate

    NICUmiiki replied to MattNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As far as I know post-master's have you do the specitalty part without the core theory stuff. The clinicals are always whatever is required to qualify to sit for the certification exam, usually...
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    New Grad NICU Support Thread

    NICUmiiki replied to niculove's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Start early. We have about an hour window that it's generally acceptable to feed. So if the babies both eat at 8, I'll start checking in the first at 7:15. That way, I'm ready to sit down and feed...
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    Nurse:Pt ratio

    NICUmiiki replied to first123's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Level 3: 2:1 max. As they get more unstable it can be 1:1 or 1:2. Level 2: Usually 3:1. Sometimes depending on the other assignments it may be 2:1. Rarely 4:1. I've only done it twice in 3 years and...
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    Is Adaptive Quizzing worth it?

    NICUmiiki replied to OllieRugby's topic in General Students

    I'd recommend the NCLEX review one for 36 months, I LOVED it. I bought it directly from Evolve. It includes all of the subjects instead of book by
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    Having difficulty finding a unit I enjoy working in.

    NICUmiiki replied to edt8888's topic in Pediatric

    I'm just picking on you a
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    Having difficulty finding a unit I enjoy working in.

    NICUmiiki replied to edt8888's topic in Pediatric

    I always feel sick and regretful every time I've started a new job. I don't have the greatest social skills and I didn't feel comfortable for months (although I liked he job). And (side note).....
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    Friending patient families on social media?

    NICUmiiki replied to Missie Hannie's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Management tells us it's ok after discharge. The extent of my interaction is heart reactions on baby pictures. I just like seeing them get big. I generally don't talk to them, but I would never give...
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    Postpartum Nurses being the Baby Nurse?

    NICUmiiki replied to holmesln's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes. Couplet care is standard. That's why it's mother/baby instead of postpartum. The transition nurses can work M/B if they are short, but Transition is their job. M/B nurses cannot work transition....
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    A&P 1

    NICUmiiki replied to Dfox1027's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Personally, I prefer shorter periods with less classes at a time. You can immerse yourself in the material and only focus on that. I absolutely loved the two-week intersessions at the first uni I...
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    BSN or Rn to BSN for impacted programs?

    NICUmiiki replied to R.hankins101's topic in General Students

    That's not the only RN-BSN program there is. Apply. If you get in, great! If you don't, oh well. Go to the ADN program and bridge to BSN at one of the other thousands of RN-BSN programs available to...
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    Postpartum Nurses being the Baby Nurse?

    NICUmiiki replied to holmesln's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work at birthing hospital with 8000+ deliveries a year. Mother/baby runs the transition nursery. Those specially trained nurses (worked in M/B for a minimum of 2 years and then apply to and train...
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    Interviewing as a Patient Care Technician in NICU

    NICUmiiki replied to sallen55's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Our techs don't do a ton of patient care. They can take vitals, change diapers, and bottle feed. They do all of the stocking (the baby's rooms and the resuscitation areas in the operating room) and...
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    PCT job hours?

    NICUmiiki replied to brianna98's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    The CNAs/PCTs generally work the same schedules as the nurses around here. Usually 12 hour shifts either night or day. Some units have them do 8 hour
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    FNP Oversaturation

    NICUmiiki replied to brinksta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work with an RN who has been on the unit for a long time working nights and has maxed out the RN pay scale at my hospital. She became an FNP and still maintains her cert. She decided to stay an RN...
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    FNP Oversaturation

    NICUmiiki replied to brinksta's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yea. I drank the tea when starting grad school last year. My plan was always to do neonatal, but All I kept hearing was "do FNP, work anywhere." But after I started, I realized FNPs shouldn't work...
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    Christian nursing schools' curriculum very religious, or no?

    NICUmiiki replied to babychickens's topic in General Students

    I went to a Catholic university (I'm not Catholic nor religious.). The academics weren't religious, they taught everything the same way any other school would teach it including evolution in biology....
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    Exposed to MRSA resident

    NICUmiiki replied to Atelophobia's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Staphylococcus aureus is normal skin flora. It's there on you already. Living peacefully in your skin, hair, throat... It is only a problem when your immune system is low and it overgrows in a wound,...
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    NP as Hospitalist ??? job offer

    NICUmiiki replied to Shakehhagh's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Sorry OP... this isn't aimed at you in particular, and it would be unfair to you for me to say not to take this job. Everyone else is doing it, why shouldn't you. You're smart. You'll be fine over...
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    Pediatric/Neonatal medication administration

    NICUmiiki replied to tinypepsnrs2018's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    You can still check the dosage based on weight and the math... but yes, you have to trust that the med in the syringe is what they say it
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    Is it even possible to NOT work during nursing school?

    NICUmiiki replied to djksjdalksjf's topic in General Students

    The ones who didn't work either were young and lived with their parents or were married and their spouses made enough to support them. No one that I knew lived totally off loans, although it's...
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    Feeling Defeated

    NICUmiiki replied to NewGradRN96's topic in General Students

    Nursing school sucked so bad. The only thing that got me through it was working in the ER and knowing that wasn't what real nursing was like. If real nursing was like nursing school, I would've quit...
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    New Grad in NICU?

    NICUmiiki replied to Leanne81521's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yes. It's definitely possible. My unit prefers new grads and provides an extensive orientation. If you are open to moving, you shouldn't have a
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    Are student loans worth it???

    NICUmiiki replied to Wildflowerlover's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Community college or public university somewhere else and
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    NICU Capstone Project

    NICUmiiki replied to patientsoverprofits's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Can you give more specifics? Do you have to actually implement something in a hospital-based unit? Will you need IRB approval? But yes, you should start by getting in contact with the manager/QI...