vintage_RN BSN, RN

vintage_RN has 11 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in NICU.

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   Nurses make me sick

   vintage_RN replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

   me...on night shift...as I shove my 2nd slice of cold leftover pizza into my mouth at 1:53AM: "dude...settle
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   Did you start as a med-surg nurse? What specialty are you now?

   vintage_RN replied to sunflower101's topic in General Nursing

   I started out in adult med-surg for 3 years and then went to the NICU. I'll never work with icky adults
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   Male Adult ICU Nurse Transition to NICU

   vintage_RN replied to Ryzzle_T's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   We have a few males in our NICU. I would suggest trying to get into a level 3 or higher NICU (I think you have level 4 in the states?) because you will see more critical babies and "true ICU" patients...
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   Challenges of working in the NICU?

   vintage_RN replied to MamaMagic's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   My challenge may just be the place where I work and the culture. I came from adults where I did everything...IVs, venous draws, central line dressings, complex wound care etc. In the NICU I work in,...
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   Co-worker feels left out & referred to me as a bully today

   vintage_RN replied to Nurse162's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   This is a tough one...on one hand I can see her position...because I have felt that way and it isn't fun. I work in a large NICU, and it is very catty. There is a "cool girls group" like we're in high...
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   Charge RN

   vintage_RN replied to elRae's topic in General Nursing

   Our charge RN does not take an assignment. We have 2 charge RN per shift (67 bed NICU)...they cant possibly take that many responsibilities
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   Orientation time?

   vintage_RN replied to nursing9462's topic in General Nursing

   Our orientation is 30 shifts plus about 2 weeks of in class and some other education days mixed in
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   Misconceptions/truths about specialities

   vintage_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Its night shift and this is where my brain is going. Just some fun at 3AM... What are some common misconceptions and/or truths about your specialty, or that you have about other specialties? For...
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   When was your a-ha moment?

   vintage_RN replied to EDNURSE20's topic in General Nursing

   I did a high school volunteer placement in the NICU, filing papers and whatnot. But I got to sit in on rounds and listen and see what it was like there. It made me want to be a nurse and work in the...
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    Rapid Sequence Intubation/Nasal intubation

    vintage_RN posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Just curious as to the practice at other hospitals, whether this is standard or not. Here we do RSI (rapid sequence intubation) for all intubations....Atropine, Fentanyl and Rocuronium (or...
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    Anyone from SickKids Hospital in Toronto?

    vintage_RN replied to PNDtoBScNto?'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I work at another children's hospital in Ontario and we only hire
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    2 yrs CLABSI free

    vintage_RN replied to NICU Guy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do all those same things as well. I was a little harsh with saying 45 days. Our longest ever was 130 days, which we just had another one so we're back to 0. I wonder what the variance
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    New Grad RN on L&D unit. Discouraged and questioning my nursing career.

    vintage_RN replied to RNeileen's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with what the others have said here. I understand how it can feel to be overwhelmed, and feel like there is no one supporting you. It isn't a good feeling. Your preceptors, experienced...
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    2 yrs CLABSI free

    vintage_RN replied to NICU Guy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What are you guys doing to go this long? We usually manage to make it around 45 days or so before we get another
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    Which Milk Warmer Do You Use?

    vintage_RN replied to mgturtle's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use little plastic beakers with warm tap water, put the feed in a plastic bag into the beaker. We also have very high NEC rates. I don’t know what the correlation would be, as the feeds are...