NICUmiiki DNP, NP

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

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    Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    NICUmiiki replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    My CI's were never bored. We were required to check meds with them, check procedures before doing them, etc. In the beginning, they held our hands and helped us in the room. Not everyone got to do...
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    Blue cross

    NICUmiiki replied to Pinetree2015's topic in Case Management

    Each state is run separately, so they can have different benefits according to
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    Could this be discrimination?

    NICUmiiki replied to FutureRNKKP's topic in General Students

    It sounds like she has too many new nurses right now and that's why she isn't willing to hire you early. If you graduated the semester before, you'd probably have started with the others. I just don't...
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    Doctor charts later?

    NICUmiiki replied to nursefromcali's topic in General Nursing

    What??? That's a
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    Doctor charts later?

    NICUmiiki replied to nursefromcali's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's a case of a physician that constantly asks for meds to push and always puts in the formal orders later. I think the OP might be worried because the other physicians don't do it that way...
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    Doctor charts later?

    NICUmiiki replied to nursefromcali's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't go that far.... In my state nurses can manage propofol and precedex drips, but can't push it. In the ER, the docs would push those drugs to pop a shoulder in or something like that. The...
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    Doctor charts later?

    NICUmiiki replied to nursefromcali's topic in General Nursing

    No, the nurse shouldn't get in trouble unless it's against the facility's
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    Blue cross

    NICUmiiki replied to Pinetree2015's topic in Case Management

    No I don't.
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    Doctor charts later?

    NICUmiiki replied to nursefromcali's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a verbal order for the medication. Just make sure you get a written one later. This happens frequently in emergency situations. I don't think it's appropriate in non-emergency situation...
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    Eligibility validity

    NICUmiiki replied to hopetopassnclex's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That's a question for the Canadian nursing board. Pearson will let you register as long as your board says it's
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    Blue cross

    NICUmiiki replied to Pinetree2015's topic in Case Management

    I know 2 people who work for them and they enjoy their jobs. Blue Cross pays your benefits 100% as
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    Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    NICUmiiki replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    I didn't feel like a burden to the nurses. Many told us that they liked/didn't mind us. This was because we didn't spend much time with the nurses and we did most of the treatments for their patients....
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    OG Tubes..

    NICUmiiki posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    How do you tape them? I've seen several different methods, but in my unit, the most common way is in a fashion that causes the tube to stick straight out of the baby's mouth. I find little fingers...
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    Blue cross

    NICUmiiki replied to Pinetree2015's topic in Case Management

    I talked to recruiters for Blue Cross that told me you needed experience before they'd consider you. But it never hurts to
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    That one reference hold out...

    NICUmiiki replied to RookieRoo's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I had to turn in 3 references and only one replied. It didn't hold up my hiring at
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    Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    NICUmiiki replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    Like a pp stated, students pay the school for an education. The school should be the ones teaching them. Who knows what bad habits you might pick up from a floor nurse. The nurse might know it's wrong...
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    Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    NICUmiiki replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    That's why we weren't paired with the floor nurses. We got our assignment which usually included more than one nurse. We found the nurse in the morning and told them that we were assigned their...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    NICUmiiki replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Someone tell me why shots have to be given with a very long 10g needle in the side of your
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    OG Tubes..

    NICUmiiki replied to NICUmiiki's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It wasn't my preceptor's opinion. It is a unit wide thing. I tried to search for any evidence (just a little, I got busy), and the only thing I found was instructions to tape it upward on the cheek...
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    OG Tubes..

    NICUmiiki replied to NICUmiiki's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    All I can see it it might hold their mouth open... Like I said, I'd have to do more digging for specifics, but that was a pretty new change for the
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    New grads in specialties without the basics

    NICUmiiki replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Like the ones who believe that their school blows EVERY other school out of the water. That obviously means that they're going to be the BEST
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    OG Tubes..

    NICUmiiki replied to NICUmiiki's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Asked my preceptor about this. She told me that (sometime before I started) they were told by numerous emails not to tape OG tubes like this. There were problems related to restricted mandible...
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    What do you guys like to do in your free time?

    NICUmiiki replied to PianoTiles's topic in General Nursing

    During school, I had a child and a full-time job. I was pretty busy. I didn't study all that much. I always got my 8 hours or more of sleep per day. I saw friends and worked out. Now that I'm done,...
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    NCLEX Pharmacology is Seemingly Impossible

    NICUmiiki replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The NCLEX through some impossible drugs at me. Never heard of them and couldn't classify them based on pre-/suffixes. I erred of the side safety. Which one of these answers is safest for the patient....
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    color coding staff

    NICUmiiki replied to reecie54's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Why yes, yes I can deny