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Dating a Doctor

NICU Guy replied to Wildcat2009's topic in Male Nursing Students

I dated a OB/GYN doctor for about 3 months and I never felt inferior. Her knowledge was in women's health and my expertise was in Cardiac. I have never experienced any issues with her doctor...
How to get 100% on TEAS exam

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

1 Find a computer hacker 2 have them break into the ATI database 3 download all the questions 4 memorize the questions There is an extensive thread on posting teas scores, I don't think I saw one post...
Fluid Volume Deficit vs Dehydration

NICU Guy replied to Theresa Presley's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

WOW I felt like I had just watched a "Schoolhouse Rock"
I am a single mom wanting to enter nursing school

NICU Guy replied to malaho333's topic in General Students

Accelerated BSNs are just that, accelerated. That means they are continuous full-time classes for 12-18 months. I am not sure if a part-time accelerated program
Demand for PICU nurses

NICU Guy posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

I will be graduating in August with my BSN. During the summer I will be doing my capstone. I am interested in doing the capstone in PICU at the children's hospital. I am concerned because they are...
Homework

NICU Guy replied to Yamamama's topic in LPN, LVN Students

"Nursing school is FULL TIME. whew. But then, comes the work after school." Yes, nursing school is full-time with 2-4 hours of studying/ homework per night (some days significantly more if there is a...
Trouble in clinical. Prioritizing. Help

NICU Guy replied to bella14k's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

That was my point. If you have an hour to sit in the patient's room and talk to them about their medical history, you can learn volumes of information on patients by listening to their story because...
Trouble in clinical. Prioritizing. Help

NICU Guy replied to bella14k's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

Firstly, YOU need to take responsibility for knowing about your patient, not get the information from your instructor or nurse. We arrive to the unit and our instructor gives a very brief description...
Auscultating

NICU Guy replied to OwlieO.O's topic in General Students

Pulse-ox issues- If you can't get a reading, do a capillary refill on the finger. If it is longer than 3 seconds, pick a different finger. If the finger is cold, warm it up then put the pulse ox on...
CRNA vs AA- FL...please HELP!

NICU Guy replied to nataliemarkie's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Just doing a quick search on indeed.com showed numerous job openings for CRNA and only 1 job opening for AA in Florida and it was a faculty job. My advice would be
Dual License

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

That is between you and your employer. You can ask them to pay for it, but if they don't, then what? You pay for
Should I wait to transfer or become non degree seeking student

NICU Guy replied to AlexaJas's topic in General Students

So you can't afford to pay your bill on the first school in order to get your transcripts but you are willing to take loans out for a second school? You don't think that they will look at the fact...
Why not give IVPB alone?

NICU Guy replied to prenurse101's topic in Patient Medications

IVPB meds are on the secondary line of IV pumps. Some IVPB meds are given alone and the primary line (normal saline) is stopped. When the IVPB med is done, the pump will restart the normal saline at...
Class communication

NICU Guy replied to Hbrmom81's topic in General Students

We have a closed Facebook group for our class. 27 out of 29 are on it. Don't really care for facebook, but the closed group is an easy way to communicate to all classmates without outside eyes...
Question about BLS cert. and CPR

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

Hands Only CPR This is a community CPR course. It was started because people refused to perform mouth to mouth on a stranger. The "BLS for Healthcare Professionals" is the one that you should have...
How do I find the pass rate of colleges in my area?

NICU Guy replied to EmilyEmily's topic in General Students

Michigan does not show pass rates on their BON website. You will have to contact them personally to get the
Fluids and Electrolytes made easy...

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

Fluids & Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series®): Lippincott: 9781608312900: Amazon.com: Books There is your answer It would be interesting if you took a person (outside of...
Clinical instructor gives study guide to clinical group is this unfair

NICU Guy replied to chiasmus100's topic in General Students

I agree with other posters that the clinical instructor was actually doing a disservice to her students by giving the information without effort from her students. They needed to research the...
ABSN or ADN to BSN route in Ohio?

NICU Guy replied to srawas89's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

ADN is 4 semesters (2 yrs). ABSN is usually 12-18 months (mine is 15 months) so even if you took a semester for pre-reqs, it would take you 2 yrs and you would have a BSN instead of an associate's...
I violated the Prime Directive!!!

NICU Guy replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Pediatric

He must really like you. He was marking his territory letting all the other boys know that you are HIS nurse.
Bizarre/funny things patients do

NICU Guy replied to AOx1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

Not nursing related, but I work as a sleep technologist and my coworker had a patient that appeared to be having a seizure on the EEG monitor. I zoomed the camera out and noticed what I thought were...
Old credits??

NICU Guy replied to Tiffyesteban's topic in LPN to RN

Most schools have a limit on previous credits, usually 5 years. My school allows credits to be up to 30 years old if you are obtaining a second degree from the school. You will need to look on the...
accelerated bsn program-is it as intimidating as it seems?

NICU Guy replied to love.live.laugh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

I have 5 1/2 months to go in a 15 month ABSN program. Mine is not as bad as I thought it would be. We started in summer and straight through fall and spring semesters and finish up this summer in...
How to find out nclex pass rates

NICU Guy replied to Hibbzem17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

Even if you had the numbers, what good would it do? You would have no idea why they didn't finish the program. They could have gotten sick, changed majors, flunked out, moved. There is no way of...
New Grad, Can't Find Work. What Certification Courses Might Help??

NICU Guy replied to smcchick.RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

How about my Willie Wonka "Golden Ticket"? Will that get me a job in what ever area I

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