Luckyyou

Luckyyou BSN, RN

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  1. Winging the NCLEX

    Luckyyou replied to noemi04's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I skimmed the Saunders book on vacation (with a few margaritas in my system) and took one or two practice tests. Took the exam like three weeks after graduation, passed in less than an hour and 75...

  2. Nursing student lacking passion?

    Luckyyou replied to misskate098's topic in General Students

    I'm passionate about working three days a week and getting paid really well for all my

  3. whats your plan B

    Luckyyou replied to mbtsab's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing WAS the plan

  4. When you save a life

    Luckyyou replied to Wheels28's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I've saved some lives working in a NICU. What really sticks with me, however, is the lives I've prolonged long past the point of

  5. HS Grad, looking forward to becoming a Neonatal Nurse

    Luckyyou replied to Betchaaa's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I suggest this thread as a good overview of the realities of NICU nursing:

  6. Staying afloat on a nurse's salary?

    Luckyyou replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Nursing

    I own my own home, drive a brand new SUV, take vacations 2-3 times a year and can buy/shop (within reason) for whatever I want. I also have zero debt with the exception of my mortgage and $6k in...

  7. How to get a job working with babies

    Luckyyou replied to NeoNatMom's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yes, and sometimes this is the worst part of my job. We can "save" a whole lot of babies of increasingly earlier gestational ages these days. It doesn't mean we should, or that they will have any kind...

  8. How to get a job working with babies

    Luckyyou replied to NeoNatMom's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    A high acuity NICU is not the place for

  9. ROAD

    Luckyyou replied to dcwang's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    it generally applies to medical specialties that are considered lifestyle friendly... good hours, good pay. these are usually popular and competitive residencies. sometimes emergency medicine is...

  10. NCLEX- What to wear?

    Luckyyou replied to CountessB's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had to take my hoodie off, but that was several years

  11. What was your GPA?

    Luckyyou replied to TheYouthOfMedicine's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My school was exactly the

  12. Today a patient asked, "Do you know Jesus?"

    Luckyyou replied to algebra_demystified's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    if I could like this a hundred times I

  13. Do I need a Pediatric Stethocope?

    Luckyyou replied to hopeless romantic's topic in Pediatric

    In our NICU, every patient has their own stethoscope in their room. We don't use our own, only the fellows carry their own around. On the floors, the nurses carry their own, but every isolation...

  14. Need Advice!! STUDENT

    Luckyyou replied to resipenn's topic in Nursing Career

    What do you mean by going the extra two years to be a neonatologist? Neonatologists go to four years of medical school, do a pediatric residency and then a

  15. Launch of New Responsive Mobile Design

    Luckyyou replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in News, Announcements

    How do I turn this off?? I have never had any problems when viewing the desktop site on both my iPhone and iPad and now I feel like I can't see

  16. Isolette Practices

    Luckyyou replied to nickirn31's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We don't pop unless the excrement is hitting the

  17. Spirituality and nursing

    Luckyyou replied to Enlightenedx's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    If anything, being a NICU nurse has made me more convinced that there is no God/higher power/flying spaghetti

  18. What age did you complete your BSN or ASN?

    Luckyyou replied to mee9mee9's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    BSN -

  19. Nursing tougher for guys than girls

    Luckyyou replied to Nursing pursuit's topic in Men in Nursing

    ...are you two

  20. I'm a florida high school student that is curious on the process of getting a BSN

    Luckyyou replied to future_ArmyERnurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Seconded.

  21. High frequency vents on your unit

    Luckyyou replied to katierobin23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Only oscillators

  22. Whats your NICU experience?

    Luckyyou replied to jackiei3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The recent realities of NICU nursing in my world (details changed to protect privacy): Admitting a term infant who coded for over an hour at an outside hospital, knowing that he will never be...

  23. Best alarm clock tone for an iphone?

    Luckyyou replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Students

    Set it in a (dry!!) glass volume side down. It will get significantly louder. Also works for

  24. New Grad Question

    Luckyyou replied to RERaymo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in a high acuity NICU (ECMO, 23-24 weekers, etc) and nobody's ever asked or cared how I did on any class in nursing school. For my first nursing job, I had to submit a transcript, but it wasn't...

  25. Senior in High School and just got accpetance letter into nursing school!!!

    Luckyyou replied to lyssak's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My program was the same. 95% were straight out of high