Luckyyou

Luckyyou BSN, RN

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  1. Why I Want to work in the NICU... is this enough?

    Nobody has ever asked me why I wanted to be a nurse (and I'm sure they wouldn't love the answer), and the reason I'm in the NICU now is because it got me out of my awful med/onc nursing job. My...
  2. Atheist at Catholic hospital

    I am an extremely vocal, pretty anti-religion athiest.... everywhere but the bedside. At work, it's not about what I believe (except for a coworker who decided to lecture me on how I would burn in...
  3. Patient families

    A good friend of mine once got fired from a baby for turning the lights on to assess the kid. Usually getting "fired" is a blessing in disguise -- gives you a break from a demanding/unreasonable...
  4. What do NICU nurses consider "viability"?

    There is often a wide gap between what we as nurses consider viable and what our attendings/fellows do. Usually at the cost of great suffering to the
  5. Did You Go Into Nursing For One Specialty?

    I am a NICU nurse and I think that the majority of people who want to be NICU nurses and nothing else are unaware of what the realities of NICU nursing are like. I also think that anyone who goes to...
  6. Virtual Vacation

    Heh.
  7. Education/ Career Development

    I second anything by Atul Gawande. The Checklist Manifesto, or his new one Being
  8. Nursing and Second Job

    Wow. $825 a month is more than I pay for my mortgage I am a NICU nurse so I picked up lots of extra hours as an overqualified overnight babysitter for newborns. Jobs usually paid in cash which was...
  9. Are these things a CNM would do?

    oh
  10. Have you noticed...

    Dead horse. Beaten to a
  11. Scrub pants?

    Grey's anatomy. I won't wear anything
  12. Accelerated BSN or PA school?

    Most (all?) PA programs require significant paid health care experience before you can apply. Do you have
  13. Are there too many nursing programs out there?

    There's a surplus of nurses NOW. Employment rates for new grads in many states (California comes to mind in particular) are dismal. Yet the media keeps up the myth of a nursing
  14. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse

    I would highly recommend shadowing a NICU nurse in a few different places if you think this is what you want to do. Depending on the type of unit, NICUs can range from babies that need short-term...
  15. I Want to Be an RN; I Am Bad at Math.

    I work in a NICU and do dosage calculations on a daily basis. No, it's not difficult math by any definition, but any error is a big deal. Being off by a factor of ten could mean serious complications...
  16. First Med error??

    I did the same thing in my first nursing job! The MAR only stated that it was eye drops, so I just dropped them in there. I didn't get in trouble, people just laughed. Now we both know the right
  17. Student Loans

    Where did you hear this? Definitely not true. Individual employers, however, may require a BSN or progress towards one. There's no national or state requirement. There's also very, very few places...
  18. bathing

    our CT surgery babies get chlorahexidine baths x2 the night before surgery, and the CICU bathes all patients with CHG wipes, regardless of age, on a nightly
  19. Yesterday

    Is this going to be a problem for you? Why is your heart broken for this person? Are you assuming they are somehow incomplete or unfulfilled because they are an
  20. CNA to BSN

    Dual enroll in your community college and take as many AP or IB classes as you can and rock the exams. Find a direct-entry BSN program that doesn't require prereq classes and accepts freshmen into the...
  21. possible angel of mercy?

    That's a very serious accusation to make without any sort of proof. I would tread carefully if you plan on bringing it up to
  22. Nurse anesthetist or Anesthesiologist

    Interesting to note:Suicide and the Young Physician - The
  23. Voluntary Euthanasia

    This. Most of my friends and co-workers know in what situations I'd request them to put a pillow over my face, and know that I would do the same for
  24. Nurse anesthetist or Anesthesiologist

    Look at the average required MCAT scores/ GPA for medical school admission (and while you're at it, investigate MD vs DO admissions -- hint: the AAMC website would be a great place to start) and the...
  25. moving to St. Louis?

    The job market in STL for new grads is awful particularly for ADNs. Do not move here. We are not, however, snobbish and dangerous. I've lived in both KC and STL and would prefer STL any day of the...