NICUmiiki DNP, NP

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

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  1. NICUmiiki

    Funny-ish toddler nursing diagnosis?

    Haha Risk for injury d/t the need to jump off every piece of furniture in
  2. NICUmiiki

    What is your Fall schedule?

    I'm going into my second semester. I'll be taking Nursing Concepts I (med-surg; 7 hrs) & Nursing Concepts II (Community; 5
  3. NICUmiiki

    RN Physiatrist ?

    Well, you can look for jobs for RNs in rehab and physical medicine just like you can look for a job in any other field, but you have to realize that you'll be functioning as a nurse not a...
  4. NICUmiiki

    RN Physiatrist ?

    You start with medical school, then do your graduate medical training in physical
  5. NICUmiiki

    newly accepted student have a question

    My old job use to randomly drug test onsite, so I don't think legalities have much to do with where you can be drug tested. My school gave us a date that it must be completed and we hade to go to...
  6. NICUmiiki

    Seriously?!?!

    Pt came in.. CC.. Skinned knee. We cleaned it, put some ointment on it and then a bandaid. Told her to do the same at home. What a waste of a clinic
  7. NICUmiiki

    April 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    I started an IV on him two hours ago... He's been screaming ever
  8. NICUmiiki

    So why even bother with getting an RN?

    Because medical assistants are NOT nurses. They do not go to nursing school, pass a licensing exam (not certification), and are not registered with their state board of nursing as a LPN/LVN or RN. In...
  9. I've never had a physical last more that 20-30
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    Whatever shall I wear?

    Why don't you take a cruise through the hospital/s that you will be doing clinicals at and see what the MDs wear. ER docs, residents, NPs, and Pas wear scrubs and internal medicine usually wears...
  11. I don't think it's a money grab. It didn't come off as the school is requiring by policy that the OP retake two classes.. The OP just happened to fail right after the school revised the curriculum....
  12. Well, since you struggled (with both classes) maybe retaking it would be a good
  13. NICUmiiki

    missing narc

    If she took it, getting you to waste it with her would be a smart move because then the missing pill probably wouldn't be
  14. NICUmiiki

    Enter your TEAS V Scores here!!

  15. Make sure you review A&P! Patho and Pharm depend on that pre-existing
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    Seriously?!?!

  17. NICUmiiki

    Help Statistics is killing me!!

    Go to account -- edit settings -- then scroll to date & time and correct your time
  18. NICUmiiki

    Help Statistics is killing me!!

    I second Khan Academy. My stats teacher assigns some of their videos to us and they are usually very
  19. In the ER: pt (about 25yo) walks all the way from her room, stops in front of the bathroom door, and asks us "Can't you just put a catheter in me?" Another pt gets out of bed, walks out of her room,...
  20. Maybe there wasn't an order for the blood draw, and the nurse was waiting for the doc so she could get
  21. NICUmiiki

    Seriously?!?!

    ^^ She would have been really unhappy with our ER. We serve a poorer area of the city, so apparently stopped all the little luxuries to save money. She would have been asked to pay a $150 copay up...
  22. NICUmiiki

    Seriously?!?!

    Headache at 4:30 am by ambulance with 1 year old in tow. NOTHING to take at home. Boyfriend meets her in the ED. Demands food (gets none and finally hits up the vending machine). Sleeps while baby...
  23. NICUmiiki

    Seriously?!?!

    8 month old CC:
  24. NICUmiiki

    I got in so what do i do now?

    Go get a massage. You stressed over grades. You stressed over acceptance. Time to take a breather; catch your breath. Soon, you'll be stressing over nursing school.
  25. Find a school that has a noncompetitive waitlist, and wait to get into nursing