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    What would say to a nurse shadowing you

    NICU Guy replied to cloa513's topic in General Nursing

    If I understand this correctly, there will be 3 doctors and a nurse traveling from Japan to your hospital for a few days. The nurse will shadow you for a few days to learn the nurse's role in your...
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    Nursing New Grad Bullying 101

    NICU Guy replied to namaste1's topic in General Nursing

    You are concerned about your little world of doing your job. The doctor is concerned by much more. You are not being bullied, for you it is a job, for the doctor, they are running a business and have...
  3. NICU Guy

    Online exams

    NICU Guy replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    If the test is to be completed outside of class time, then it would be expected that the students would have access to books, notes, internet (verify with your instructors). Taking the test...
  4. NICU Guy

    LSU Care - non-science majors

    NICU Guy replied to NNH1215's topic in School, College Programs

    Biology for non Science majors is for students that need Biology for a pre-requisite for another major (like Nursing). Biology for Science majors would be for students in which the Biology class...
  5. NICU Guy

    NAR vs. NAC

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

    NAR= Nursing Assistant- Registered NAC= Nursing Assistant-
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    Ah, the anxiety of applying to accelerated BSN programs...

    NICU Guy replied to getthemtothegeek's topic in General Students

    The ABSN that I went through only used academic and TEAS test. They did not factor volunteering, healthcare work experience,
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    Do Occupational Threapy Assistants Get Random Drug Tests

    NICU Guy replied to Loveiskind's topic in General Nursing

    It is kind of like driving your car without insurance, it is not an issue until you get pulled over or in an accident. Smoking weed is not an issue until something happens at work and your employer...
  8. NICU Guy

    Anyone ever get the good pop up and fail?

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

    Pearson Vue online payment system was not designed to determine the pass/fail of applicants. Unless we get a person that works in the online IT department for Pearson Vue, we are only guessing how...
  9. NICU Guy

    Nursing degree, need advice.

    NICU Guy replied to Firas5's topic in General Students

    Both the ASN and BSN programs lead to eligibility to take NCLEX and get your RN. BSN programs include all of the classes of the ASN plus Research, Community Health Nursing, and Leadership. A majority...
  10. NICU Guy

    So careless!

    NICU Guy replied to Mygenericusername's topic in General Students

    If you turned in the test with your name on it, along with the scantron, maybe the instructor will give you credit for the errors in transferring the answers to the scantron. When I was in school,...
  11. NICU Guy

    TEAS V for BSN?

    NICU Guy replied to hustina's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    Your score is compared to other BSN applicants and gives you a percentile of your score to national average of BSN test
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    Louisville hospital jobs

    NICU Guy replied to Audri3456's topic in General Nursing

    I would say the job market is very good. Norton just had a New Grad job fair last week. If they are hiring new grads, then they need nurses. Kosair Children's Hospital has openings
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    A little ICD-10 humor, especially for outpatient nurses

    NICU Guy replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    V00.01XD: Pedestrian on foot injured in collision with roller-skater Y92.146: Swimming-pool of prison as the place of occurrence of the external cause. W55.41XA: Bitten by pig, initial encounter...
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    Are You Protected Against Identity Theft? - FREE Offer for Nurses

    NICU Guy replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Did I miss something?? People are talking about sending proof of your license. When I enrolled, they didn't ask to submit a
  15. NICU Guy

    Made a child with cancer cry.

    NICU Guy replied to Girlafraid13's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    The child's behavior may be a result of the parents sharing your same dilemma. Just because the child has cancer, does not give him a free pass to throw a tantrum. It is possible that the parents...
  16. NICU Guy

    birthday greetings...plus Hillary???

    NICU Guy replied to havepatients's topic in General Nursing

    Allnurses.com uses AdChoices banners on their web pages. AdChoices statement: "This ad has been matched to your interests. It was selected for you based on your browsing activity. Google helped FCA...
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    ABSN pre licensure- help!

    NICU Guy replied to t.kjone's topic in General Students

    What you are looking for is traditional (pre-licensure) BSN programs that have nursing courses during the summer, hence decreasing the time from 21 months to 16 months. You still need to take all of...
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    Louisville hospital jobs

    NICU Guy replied to Audri3456's topic in General Nursing

    I work for Kosair Children's hospital. It is part of Norton Healthcare. I don't know anything about working for the adult hospital, but I like working for Kosair. They are the only Pediatric Level I...
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    ABSN pre licensure- help!

    NICU Guy replied to t.kjone's topic in General Students

    Resurrection University has a traditional BSN and an RN-BSN program. They do not have a Accelerated BSN for people without a previous Bachelor Degree. From their website: "Whether you choose our...
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    New grad, new NICU job!

    NICU Guy replied to marypoppins08's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Louisville,
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    ER Certs for newbie in ER

    NICU Guy replied to JVoEDrn's topic in Emergency

    You don't let them run over you by earning their respect rather than sass. Once you have the knowledge and experience to strongly suggest alternative plan of action and be able to intelligently defend...
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    Males considering nursing?

    NICU Guy replied to gaits72's topic in Men in Nursing

    Please don't go into nursing if you only think that we are mindless robots who only wipe butts and pass meds. We are using our brain to assess changes in our patients' condition. Our patients depend...
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    Has anyone failed the NCLEX with the computer stopping at 75?

    NICU Guy replied to wakeuptoreality's topic in General Students

    In my opinion, it is very unlikely for a graduate that did very well in school and studied adequately to fail at 75 questions. You would have been given more questions. Failure at 75 questions would...
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    Go into a specialty area right after nursing school?

    NICU Guy replied to amandaslagel's topic in General Nursing

    I posed this question to my Med-Surg instructor when I was in school (Med/Surg first or direct to NICU). His advice was to go straight to the area that you want to be in (if possible). Following...
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    ELBW Supine+Midline for ____ days

    NICU Guy replied to Justin-RN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    72 hrs with head in