Luckyyou

Luckyyou BSN, RN

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  1. NICU to SICU?

    Luckyyou replied to Emm_RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm currently making the change from NICU to adult CTICU. I made myself a competitive candidate by taking on roles outside of the traditional NICU stuff (PICU, peds CVICU, ECMO). My manager was...

  2. Any Labor and Delivery nurses out there?

    Luckyyou replied to Jtingle44's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Please remember that babies die too if you choose this

  3. When did you know?

    Luckyyou replied to Sbhayes09's topic in General Nursing

    Six years in, I'll let you know when I

  4. ECMO specialists.

    Luckyyou replied to CardiacDork's topic in MICU, SICU

    Neonatal/pediatric ECMO specialist here. I make an extra 5% for being ECMO trained but no diff for sitting pump. I like having insanely busy ECMO shifts -- patient putting liters out of chest tubes...

  5. IV securement

    Luckyyou replied to ScammRNC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Tegaderm, 1/2inch silk tape. Maybe a little gauze if the hub is rubbing weird. I'll take the whole thing down and re-dress if I see it wrapped in that awful one inch plastic tape. Hard to see under...

  6. Fainting as a pre-nursing student

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

    Plus, there's some pretty gross things you see as a NICU nurse too... un-siloed gastroschisis, cloacal extrophy, some of the gnarlier encephaloceles... I had a baby missing a face due to amniotic...

  7. Lesson plan for CNA

    Luckyyou replied to sonia0825's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

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  8. Smoking

    Luckyyou replied to keebler1995's topic in General Students

    My employer (31k employees, 15 hospitals locally) no longer hires smokers. Food for

  9. The future of neonatal nursing...

    Luckyyou replied to babyNP.'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No thanks. Our neuro outcomes with regular neonatal ECMO (35ish weeks+ with some wiggle room depending on what surgeon is on) are ehhhhhh at best, I can't imagine what they would be like for the...

  10. Schools that you dont need a TEAS to get in

    Luckyyou replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in School, College Programs

    The truth is not necessarily

  11. Where to start out of high school

    Luckyyou replied to Futurenurse969's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    there are plenty of direct-entry BSN programs out there, which is what you should be looking at. I did the dual enrollment thing as well and it was very helpful. Take as many AP classes as you can --...

  12. BSN program: Accelerated vs. Full-time

    Luckyyou replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    Dosage calc is basic high school algebra, and there's approximately ten billion books on the subject should you need them. I can't imagine an instructor spending any class time explaining military...

  13. breakups & nursing school

    Luckyyou replied to jamielerae's topic in General Students

    I left my fiance my junior year of nursing school. Never looked back. Never let a man determine your success in life. You got

  14. New Nurse Needs Advice

    Luckyyou replied to HaleyRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ask questions. Ask ask ask, and ask again. Nobody will think you're stupid for asking, but they'll certainly think you're stupid if you were uncertain about something, didn't ask, and did something...

  15. How much should I study?

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

    You'll be fine. I did great on the exit HESI (1035 I think, but this was approximately a billion years ago now), and had always done well in nursing school. I just thumbed through the Saunders book on...

  16. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    Luckyyou replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    Wonder how they would feel if I told the truth, instead of "I'm going home to be with my family, your day nurse sure is super fabulous!": "Mr Smith, sorry for waking you after you finally managed to...

  17. Pencil and paper for CCRN exam?

    Luckyyou replied to eashton72's topic in Critical Care

    I just took it today. You get one sheet of paper, and you have to turn it back in at the

  18. NICU CCRN Certification

    Luckyyou replied to ASU2021's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I passed!! 113 right out of the 125 scored. The cut score was 86. Happy to share tips and tricks if anyone works in a unit like mine where everyone takes RNC not CCRN! It was definitely an application...

  19. "My kids"

    Luckyyou replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    NICU mostly here, but I use "my kid", "my little friend", Mr or Miss [last name] -- which cracks me up if they're 400-500 grams -- or my personal favorite, "the troublemaker in [bedspace]". Always to...

  20. Adult ICU RN interested in NICU

    Luckyyou replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I can't emphasize this enough. It's the reason I'm currently looking for options outside of the NICU. If you're looking for a true critical care environment, the NICU isn't it. Even my level 4 has a...

  21. NICU CCRN Certification

    Luckyyou replied to ASU2021's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I bought and used the online AACN review course. Took a mock CCRN test tonight and scored 115/150 or approximately 77%. Looks like the cut score for last year's test was approximately 69%. Taking the...

  22. NCLEX Exam

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

    Goodness gracious, that's an incredibly long time for very few

  23. Okay, I have a dumb question.

    Luckyyou replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    No entrance exam here either. I was accepted based on my high school grades and ACT score. Our program didn't have pre-reqs, we started as freshmen and graduated 4 years later with a

  24. Would you be content if you worked your current job/specialty for the rest of your career?

    Luckyyou replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Our ECMO team covers NICU, PICU and peds CICU, so I get to do cool cardiac nursing every so often, but I'd never want to work in our CICU permanently. It has a ... culture issue. To put it nicely (at...

  25. Would you be content if you worked your current job/specialty for the rest of your career?

    Luckyyou replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Right! I do ECMO and take care of our sickest patients and I'm STILL bored. It's the same thing over and over and over again. I'm looking to move into PICU (where I work a big portion of the time...