NICU Guy BSN, RN

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  1. NICU Guy

    I don't like pediatric patients, am I normal?

    NICU Guy replied to Wonder RN's topic in General Nursing

    Give me a 3 pound incontinent premie over a 300 pound incontinent adult any
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    Nursing Student Peers Who Want to Mooch

    NICU Guy replied to katiejames7878's topic in General Students

    Everybody has their price. How much is your hard work worth to you? $100/ study guide?
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    NCLEX

    NICU Guy replied to AnnieMitchell's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Practice SATA and alternate format questions. If your test is in the morning, eat breakfast an hour or two ahead of the test. Leave the house early to prevent rushing to the test center. DO NOT...
  4. NICU Guy

    New Grads in Critical Care

    NICU Guy replied to mrs.walt's topic in General Nursing

    I had 12 weeks classroom/ preceptorship in a Level IV NICU. After I was on my own they gave me stable babies with an experienced nurse in the same pod as a resource person. As time has gone on I...
  5. NICU Guy

    Part-Time 2nd degree BSN program?

    NICU Guy replied to makana16's topic in School, College Programs

    All of the 2nd degree BSN programs that I have seen are 15-18 month full-time accelerated
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    Brand New!

    NICU Guy replied to VRodriguez310's topic in General Students

    I grew up in "The Region"
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    Carle Foundation Hospital - Urbana,IL

    NICU Guy replied to annabash_rn's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I graduated in Aug 2014 and applied to their residency program. The recruiter called me and asked me to send either transcripts or letters of recommendation (can't remember which it was) that day....
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    What would be more important

    NICU Guy replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    If you want to work in a hospital, then getting any job in a hospital will be far better than any other of your
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    Chances of getting into ABSN program?

    NICU Guy replied to shaniceg's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The ABSN program I graduated from only looked at your first degree GPA, pre req GPA, and TEAS score. Nothing else was factored
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    Concorde .. Is it worth it?

    NICU Guy replied to AshBuggin's topic in General Students

    How much will your ASN cost? What is the NCLEX pass rate for the college? If your ASN put you in massive debt, it is not worth it and graduating in 18 months is irrelevant if it takes 3-4 tries to...
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    PVT TRICK NOV 2015

    NICU Guy replied to Jbug96's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    PVT must be done 24 hours after the test. If you are doing it before the 24 hrs, it will not be accurate (if it is truly
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    New Grad RN--Do I have an Edge or a Red Flag?

    NICU Guy replied to journey2success's topic in General Nursing

    Include your current job on your resume. It will be understandable to the interviewing manager that with your background that adult nursing is not a good fit. Any reasonable person would not hold it...
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    First Nursing Job

    NICU Guy replied to rubyagnes's topic in General Nursing

    When do you graduate in January? It takes a minimum of 3-4 weeks to get your ATT, then you need to schedule a test date. There will be many other graduates that will be taking the test around that...
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    Accelerated BSN with low GPA

    NICU Guy replied to AL0117's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The lowest First degree GPA that I have heard of is 2.75. You may find one that has a 2.5 GPA application requirement, but 2.7 is not even close to being competitive. Most schools have many...
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    Nursing Professor or School Nurse? -What is your opinion

    NICU Guy replied to desiruns's topic in General Nursing

    For Accreditation purposes, schools need MSNs and PhD (Nursing)/DNP trained nurses for professor slots. You would need to go back to school and get your Graduate degree in order to teach at an...
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    What is a Residency?

    NICU Guy replied to heronurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A residency is a program that hospitals establish to help new grad nurses transition from nursing school to nursing. You are hired by the hospital and paid at the new grad pay rate. There is usually...
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    Help a student pick the right path!

    NICU Guy replied to abbeyluu10's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Staff nurse is an ASN or BSN nurse that provides direct care to a neonate NNP is a MSN or DNP educated nurse that manage the care of the neonate same as a neonatologist. There is no difference in the...
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    Where will I have the least amount of contact with men?

    NICU Guy replied to nightflower's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Come work with me if you don't want to interact with men. I am the only male staff nurse out of 300 nurses. There are only 2-3 male RT techs and rare occasion, on night shift, see male doctors and...
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    Help dosage

    NICU Guy replied to dreamer0x's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Bid is the frequency. So you are giving 150 MG twice a day. How much do you give per dose if each tablet is 300
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    Low Undergrad GPA, ABSN programs

    NICU Guy replied to kopatel23's topic in General Students

    Most ABSN programs (if not all) require a minimum GPA from your first Bachelor degree of 2.75-3.0 Since you have completed your degree, you can not go back and retake classes to improve that GPA. The...
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    Visitors on Working Days

    NICU Guy replied to applesxoranges's topic in General Nursing

    Since it is your boyfriend's family that is the issue, it is obvious that he never learned respect for others from his family. He is oblivious to how they are disrupting your sleep and it seems that...
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    Nervous about my chances of getting into nursing

    NICU Guy replied to Aking80's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Watch this Ted Talks with Amy Curry about how to change your way of thinking to get rid of the "I am not suppose to be here"
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    Indiana State University Nursing Program

    NICU Guy replied to Sirena922's topic in Indiana State University

    Here is an old thread on that subject. I graduated from ISU, the hospital (Magnet hospital) system I work for does not differentiate between Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Bachelor of Science with...
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    advice on what to do or say to a friend from church

    NICU Guy replied to nurse~in~the~making's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing school consumes a lot of your time between classes, labs, studying, and clinicals there is little time for family. You have to accept that school is your number one priority and handle the...
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    Difficulty trying to transfer

    NICU Guy replied to Zelda, RN's topic in Nursing Career

    The reason is probably because you only have 4 months nursing experience. While some large NICUs hire new grads, they have an established training and preceptorship program lasting 10-12 weeks before...