Luckyyou

Luckyyou BSN, RN

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  1. 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

    If I stay a NICU nurse for the rest of my career, I will be very disappointed. Can't figure out why people enjoy this specialty so much (been doing it 5+ years) and why every nursing student and their...

  2. Nursing is not for you if you don't have a burning passion for it?

    Luckyyou replied to .CJ.'s topic in General Students

    I have zero passion for nursing. I have a passion for a steady, decent-or-better paycheck, a job where I'm not doing the same thing over and over every day, and opportunities for continued learning....

  3. important concepts as a nurse

    Luckyyou replied to Grnbay's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hours worked times rate of

  4. Storing bodies of deceased babies

    Luckyyou replied to GR88's topic in General Nursing

    We have infant-sized shrouds. They don't exactly fit the micropreemies. They all get a biohazard sticker on them as well. They go in them regardless of whether they're going for autopsy (different...

  5. What was your worst shift ever?

    Luckyyou replied to Isakolistic's topic in General Nursing

    Four codes, same long-term patient. At least one massive pulmonary hemorrhage. Parents falling out on the floor, vomiting into trash cans, a hole punched in the wall, dad screaming at me "Why won't...

  6. NICU CCRN Certification

    Luckyyou replied to ASU2021's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for this info! I'm going to take it soon but have no resources in my unit as everyone else has taken

  7. How much do YOU think nurses are worth?

    Luckyyou replied to mystory's topic in General Nursing

    Some of my coworkers are worth a LOT more than

  8. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Luckyyou replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    I have made 96-100k the last two years as a NICU RN by working a huge amount of OT and bonus shifts. Also picked up extra skills that pay more. Got a 5% bump for ECMO and a 5% diff when doing...

  9. confessions of a RRT

    Luckyyou replied to yahoomagoo's topic in General Nursing

    Feel better

  10. Reciting nurse's pledge question

    Luckyyou replied to FLNurse2015's topic in General Students

    You're a

  11. Only charting?

    Luckyyou replied to Niquolea26's topic in General Students

    I do this all the time. Or two nurses to one patient. Recently three nurses to one very, very sick patient. You seem to have very little idea of what nurses do outside of a med-surg or LTC...

  12. Only charting?

    Luckyyou replied to Niquolea26's topic in General Students

    Yep. All we do is chart and give meds. Dude, for real, this is so dependent upon the area you're in. Come watch me run an ECMO pump on an 1800 gram baby and then talk about just giving meds and...

  13. Should nursing pay remain modest?

    Luckyyou replied to Longleggedstar's topic in General Nursing

    hahahahahahahahahahahaha no. Cut my pay and I'm out the door. I'm not a professional martyr,

  14. How much death do you see/ have you seen on the job?

    Luckyyou replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    Off the top of my head, I can think of 11 patients, from a few hours old to 18, that I have lost this year. I'm sure it's more than that, but if I carried all of them around in my head, I couldn't do...

  15. New Grad travel nurses

    Luckyyou replied to Soldon's topic in General Nursing

    This is a terrible idea. My travel agency position included an orientation consisting of a single online test for EMR competency, a med calc exam, and one 12-hour shift to learn the floor. Not...

  16. What keeps you going as a nurse?

    Luckyyou replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

    OT and bonus

  17. NP or MD

    Luckyyou replied to HIstudent808's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Do you have a competitive

  18. Conflicted

    Luckyyou replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Now is not the time to be taking on an advanced practice role. Also, what kind of unit are you in where you've been off of orientation for that long without a vented kid or even a little dribble of...

  19. Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    Luckyyou replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    ...you know babies come with parents, right? Stressed out, sleep-deprived, sometimes combative, often unshowered, and not uncommonly (in my unit at least) under the influence of

  20. Missouri Nursing Pay Rates

    Luckyyou replied to hennezzy's topic in General Nursing

    I believe BJC's new grad starting rate is right around

  21. Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    Luckyyou replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    ECMO specialist? Not low-stress. Soooo not

  22. New grad, do not feel challenged at all. Help?

    Luckyyou replied to RNinCali15's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hooooo boy. I sincerely hope this isn't your attitude in the

  23. Why Is It So Difficult To Get Into A Neonatal NP Program?

    Luckyyou replied to SunshineeStudent's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You would be doing our tiny patients a huge disservice by becoming an NNP without NICU experience. Even two years is barely enough. Just because the PNPs do it doesn't make it

  24. What now?

    Luckyyou replied to babyrnhlw's topic in General Nursing

    What level NICU is this? If you're bored after 5 months on your own (as a new grad?) in an acute level 3 or big level 4 NICU, I'd be concerned that the problem is that you just don't know what you...

  25. ECMO Training in ICU

    Luckyyou replied to IGOTMYBSN28's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    98% of the ECMO in my hospital (NICU, PICU and peds CVICU) is managed by a bedside nurse (or a couple of RTs on the team). It's 2 8-hour class days and a minimum of 100 hours bedside precepting....