NICU Guy BSN, RN

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  1. NICU Guy

    Advice needed.

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

    I have two out of state interviews lined up, one 3.5 hrs away and the other 12 hrs away. The second one is going to pay for my travel expense for the interview. They want to find the best person for...
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    doubt

    NICU Guy replied to patience5255's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was oblivious to what was going around me while I was taking the test. They provided me with disposable ear plugs and I was in my own world, focused on the test. From the time I started the test...
  3. NICU Guy

    Scrub caps

    NICU Guy replied to jessterns's topic in Operating Room

    I used to have a co-worker when I worked in surgery that hand washed his cloth hats and then autoclaved them in a autoclave sleeves. He would store them in the sleeves in his locker and pull a clean...
  4. NICU Guy

    Phone Interview DaVita

    NICU Guy replied to atom2013's topic in Nursing Career

    That sounds kind of vague. All of my phone interviews have been a specific date and time. How can they expect you to present yourself best if you have no idea when they will call? What happens if...
  5. NICU Guy

    Good nursing diagnoses for fx humerus?

    NICU Guy replied to kdaj1990's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Think about what your patient can't do or will have trouble doing with a long bone
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    ordered response

    NICU Guy replied to cml_413's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i had 3-4 of
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    PVT works even weekend and holiday?

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

    I took mine on a Friday and it didn't post on the Indiana BON website until Monday. Classmates who took the test on Monday-Thursday had license posted the next
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    Phone interview

    NICU Guy replied to Running-rn's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It would have sucked if your cat was offered a 2nd interview, but you
  9. NICU Guy

    Idk about NCLEX

    NICU Guy replied to chiemi14's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Test stopping at 78 questions means one of 2 things. Either you did extremely well or you did extremely bad on the test. The computer decided that you were competent at 78 questions or decided that...
  10. NICU Guy

    30 stages of nursing school

    NICU Guy posted a topic in General Students

    With 3 months to go until graduation, I am on stage 28-29. What stage are you?
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    BSN Capstone powerpoint help...anyone?

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

    Power points are designed to emphasize key points that you want to make, in addition to pictures or graphs that demonstrate what you are talking about at that moment. Do your instructors use...
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    Phone interview

    NICU Guy replied to Running-rn's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I have done two phone interviews. The first, the nurse recruiter called to set up a time to do the phone interview. The second, the recruiter emailed me available days and times that the nursing...
  13. NICU Guy

    Things Little Old Ladies Say

    NICU Guy replied to raiisfun's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had done a 12 lead EKG on a 86 yr old bilateral mastectomy patient. I started to take off the EKG patches and she said "Can you leave those on?" I said "why?" With a smile on her face said "I...
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    Clinical instructor letter of rec

    NICU Guy replied to XelaRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    They don't want one from your first clinical, because obviously (hopefully) you have improved in your skills since then. I would go with the most relevant instructors for the residency. Capstone...
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    This is it!

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

    I hope that you are studying differently than the first two times. "Definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result" Albert
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    Recognition of Accelerated/Two Year US BSNs

    NICU Guy replied to sunshinerainbows's topic in General World

    I think the problem is more of the training of US nursing programs vs International nursing programs. The issue goes both ways. Foreign nurses have a hard time getting a US license because they are...
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    Clinical instructor letter of rec

    NICU Guy replied to XelaRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I would use a Med/surg instructor or Critical Care instructor, since it is a residency program and they want to know how well you performed in med/surg and critical care plus your capstone letter....
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    Birth Certificate needed to issue RN License?

    NICU Guy replied to HemOnc's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I guess Indiana has the honor system since I just checked the "Are you a US citizen?" box, they didn't ask to submit a birth
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    Do we serve a tray

    NICU Guy replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So the Speech Therapist has not attempted any modifications to his diet to see if he can swallow thickened foods (pudding or jello)? or is he incapable of swallowing any food and the only alternative...
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    New Graduate HELP, looking for position in VA!

    NICU Guy replied to Crescentmoon1021's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Are you free enough to move anywhere? I would go on indeed.com and any hospital website that interests you and look for nurse residency or new grad openings. The market is extremely bad for new...
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    Pharmacy calculation help

    NICU Guy replied to Allstar2014's topic in General Nursing

    Work the problem and show what you think the answer is, then we will help guide you to the answer. HINT: not all of the information is needed to solve the
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    When should you start studying for NCLEX-RN exam???

    NICU Guy replied to bullinsl5725's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Part of our curriculum was a NCLEX prep class in which we were required to do 2000 NCLEX questions. So I technically started doing questions in May and graduated in August. I got my ATT a few weeks...
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    failed the nclex with 265 questions, now what

    NICU Guy replied to jjkort10's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You have not given enough information. How well are you doing on kaplan questions? It doesn't matter how many questions you answer, are you answering the questions correctly or understanding why you...
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    Pearson trick: NOT true. Dont rely on it

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

    Let me guess you signed up today to post this without reading the 50 threads on this forum about the trick being changed a month
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    med tech

    NICU Guy replied to llove7's topic in Indiana Nursing

    They are barely accepted by the Indiana BON. I sat in on a monthly BON meeting over the summer and Medtech is apparently there every month because of issues with their programs. One board member...