calinicumurse

calinicumurse has 2 years experience.

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1. Thermoregulation

   calinicumurse replied to MamaBear15's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   You say your hospital has plenty of developmentally appropriate positioning tools, but you still just swaddle them? I'm

2. Resetting IV pump volumes: Dangerous or common safety practice?

   calinicumurse replied to aepoisson's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   At my main job we verify rate, volume infused, and access site condition every hour. Now making sure everybody is actually looking at their pump and not just typing stuff in is a task on its own... We...

3. Weaning parents off monitors in preparation for discharge

   calinicumurse replied to mycurlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   It's definitely a hard task to keep them from staring at the monitor and not reading their baby's cues! We'll turn a monitor so the parents can't see it for a baby who's been bradying w/ feeds to see...

4. NICU Nurse moving to DC area

   calinicumurse replied to cancankthx's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Are there that many places that have 4 baby assignments? I've only known of one hospital in my area, and that's just in their transitional

5. NICU visitation policies needed

   calinicumurse replied to anicu's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   nicu level - IV private patient rooms - only 2 iso rooms, unit separated into bays number at bedside - we literally have no limit...crazy who can visit - 4 people selected by parents without them...

6. Shift Report: Listening, no writing...

   calinicumurse replied to mtmkjr's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a fan of writing things down, myself, but I don't hold it against anybody who chooses not to. But it's when you not only do not write things down, but also don't then thoroughly check the orders...

7. Specialty Poll for male nurses

   calinicumurse replied to DatMurse's topic in Men in Nursing

   Left NICU off the

8. OB/GYN Male Nurses

   calinicumurse replied to jkclark's topic in Men in Nursing

   I don't think much has changed. I had the same experience in nursing school just a few years ago, and the dad was even studying to be a nurse himself!! Cultural stuff will always show up, which is...

9. 3rd year Nursing Student: Adding clinical skills to externship resume?

   calinicumurse replied to ScraftRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I know this is a dead thread, but @Inori is dead wrong. 1-page resumes are no longer the norm. If you have experience in anything (i.e. if you were a second-degree student w/ a work history showcasing...

10. RESUME REVIEW - Please help

    calinicumurse replied to koalim1's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm wondering if you need to include all that jazz about your student nurse experiences... My thoughts are that they know where you went to school, and accredited programs will all expose you to the...

11. Provided with a phone for shift?

    calinicumurse replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm in school now and everybody has access to a phone in our hospital. Looks like an iphone - very well may be - with an app on it for communication with all providers, nurses, PT/OT/RT, etc. If you...

12. Johns Hopkins Accelerated Summer Entry for BSN/MSN 2014

    calinicumurse replied to tbp1015's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm also in for Fall :) Congrats

13. Johns Hopkins Accelerated Summer Entry for BSN/MSN 2014

    calinicumurse replied to tbp1015's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I just got an email for the Accepted Students Day, but still haven't gotten a phone call about being accepted... Think it's a mistake or just a chance out of order procedure?? I just had my phone...

14. UPenn Direct Entry BSN/MSN 2014

    calinicumurse replied to mewei's topic in School, College Programs

    Hey there, seems like your program had different dates. You applied for the pediatric CNS full time program with a fall 2014 start date. This thread is the BSN/MSN cohort starting summer

15. UPenn Direct Entry BSN/MSN 2014

    calinicumurse replied to mewei's topic in School, College Programs

    Hey there, you sure you applied for this cohort? I think most of us have already had our interviews and heard back... School starts in