NICUmiiki DNP, NP

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

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    A Push for the Return of Team Nursing in Medical-Surgical and Telemetry/Step-down Units

    NICUmiiki replied to Lev's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We have a primary/secondary nurse setup. When primary goes to lunch or runs to the bathroom, secondary is there. If primary doesn't answer the call bell/alarms, secondary's phone will ring. The tech...
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    Antepartum Nurses..

    NICUmiiki replied to JMB612's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Besides all the high risk pregnant pts, our antenatal department also gets the women who experienced fetal demise as opposed to them going to mother/baby with all the crying babies. I'm not sure how...
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    clinicals

    NICUmiiki replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    My program is about the same size. My school is hospital based (legacy diploma programed turned ASN turned BSN) and we do ALL of our clinical at that hospital (A pretty large hospital). Around lunch...
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    Worth it to take TEAS or HESI, even if schools I'm applying to don't require it?

    NICUmiiki replied to DontWantNoScrbs's topic in General Students

    They won't even consider the test result if it is not a requirement. Only take the tests that you need to apply, don't take any extra tests that won't
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    clinicals

    NICUmiiki replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    I experienced all levels of instructorwatcheseverymove-ness... One instructor pulled all of us to go to lunch with her as a group no matter what we were involved with our patients. Another required...
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    Craziest vitals on a person who lived?

    NICUmiiki replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work in the ER so.... HR - 0 RR - 0 SPO2 - Undeterminable BP - Undeterminable Coded in the ER, resuscitation started
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    Conversions

    NICUmiiki replied to julzgarcia's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Get a book like The Nurse, the Math, the Meds or Math for Meds. They teach dosage calculation, but they will cover the
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    I can't find anything online about the high failure rate of canadian graduate nurses nclex

    NICUmiiki replied to trsh12321's topic in General Students

    I have only come across a handful of people that haven't paid for some kind of review whether it was simply books like Saunders and LaCharity or expensive courses like Kaplan and Hurst. I gotta...
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    Picking a minor

    NICUmiiki replied to msannaa's topic in General Students

    If you don't already speak Spanish, that would be very valuable as a nurse and as a
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    Quit during orientation

    NICUmiiki replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    Oh really now? That's great. I'll probably just do some comment watching while I'm in the
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    ADVICE!!! (Hurst)

    NICUmiiki replied to KAC123's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Pass rate for Hurst is really high too. It's something like 98% for people who completed the entire program (all the lectures and Q-reviews). I personally really liked Hurst and passed with 75...
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    Honest reply....

    NICUmiiki replied to cupcakeluver's topic in General Students

    See if Mission of Mercy is having a dental clinic near you. You have to go very early and wait in long lines, but you can get extensive dental work done for free. I volunteered at the one near me this...
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    I can't find anything online about the high failure rate of canadian graduate nurses nclex

    NICUmiiki replied to trsh12321's topic in General Students

    I see your point. Most students in the U.S. use some kind of review (or 3) after graduating before taking the NCLEX. I guess some could argue that we shouldn't have to use NCLEX focused reviews to...
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    I can't find anything online about the high failure rate of canadian graduate nurses nclex

    NICUmiiki replied to trsh12321's topic in General Students

    If there is a high failure rate at first, it's understandable. US school have been tailoring their programs to prepare for the NCLEX for many years. This is very new to Canadian schools. I would...
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    Conversions

    NICUmiiki replied to julzgarcia's topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    Oz and quarts are not metric; they are English. Examples of metric are mL to L (metric is very easy to remember). But yes you need to know both English and metric and how to convert between
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    EB3 MOVEMENT 2015---for those who want to pursue their US application.

    NICUmiiki replied to smgrn's topic in Immigration Advice

    I wouldn't pay anyone but a reputable immigration
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    Having trouble making up my mind..

    NICUmiiki replied to GadgetRN71's topic in School, College Programs

    The second school seems like it fits your plans better even if it's a little more
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    I can't wait to be a nurse!!!!

    NICUmiiki replied to jarae's topic in General Students

    Next week I will start orientation! I graduated. I'm licensed. I just don't feel like a nurse
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    What would you do in this situation? (If you know it all ;) )

    NICUmiiki replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Hey y'all, I've enjoyed seeing everyone's thinking on this question. I answered 3 earlier based on experiences in ER (a patient in respiratory distress tends to stay in respiratory distress unless you...
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    Is this right?

    NICUmiiki replied to kariace's topic in General Students

    The P does equal Pass. I also had a Pass/Fail class my last semester in the nursing program (at a different school). P's are not factored into your GPA at all. They don't make a negative or positive...
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    Advice for the Future for an Incoherent Student?

    NICUmiiki replied to Nooob's topic in General Students

    Nursing Informatics!!! Become an RN, do an MSN with concentration in Informatics. Here is one example of an MSN Informatics program. Nursing
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    Is this right?

    NICUmiiki replied to kariace's topic in General Students

    That's not true. I recieved a P in English 101 and College Algebra based on my ACT scores. Now I'm not saying that you necessarily should, but it can be done. I, for example, haven't ever taken either...
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    Joint Commission coming soon :(

    NICUmiiki replied to SaraKitty's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Always wear your badge, and make sure it's facing the right way when you meet new people. Know where to find the hospital's mission statement. (Usually on the website somewhere.) Don't stress. Don't...
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    when to take the nclex?

    NICUmiiki replied to NurseBetty_RN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I picked the first available test date: 3 weeks after graduation. It was the ideal amount of study time for me. Statistically, long waits have a lower pass rate. I took Hurst and they guarantee that...
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    Which one did you do while in Nursing school?

    NICUmiiki replied to Mchs4735's topic in General Students

    My nursing schedule generally had the same layout, but it could sometime vary wildly. One semester we had clinical twice a week in two different areas and fitting 3 shifts and studying time in there...