NICU Guy BSN, RN

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  1. NICU Guy

    Feeling Lost!

    NICU Guy replied to DarthIntravenous's topic in Nursing Career

    Come to the Midwest, you can probably get an ICU pretty
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    pre nursing concerns

    NICU Guy replied to BterrierJO RN hopeful1's topic in General Students

    Many BSN schools have a 2+2 progression. You spend the first 2 yrs completing your General Education classes and then you apply to the nursing program. Once admitted, you take 2 yrs of nursing core...
  3. NICU Guy

    Nurses make me sick

    NICU Guy replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that he hasn't posted on this site for 6 yrs and his post 6 yrs ago was "MEN, don't come into
  4. NICU Guy

    Shut off at 75, good pop up why do I feel like I failed

    NICU Guy replied to C_M_L_R18's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There are two options when the computer stops at 75 questions: You did very well and the computer determined that you meet the minimum competency to be a nurse. The second option is that you did...
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    Shut off at 75 Questions but got last answer wrong

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

    Answering the last question wrong only plays a factor when you have answered all 265 questions. NCLEX computer looks at the last 60 questions. It is looking for you to remain in a narrow band...
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    Failed clinical portion of nursing school during COVID

    NICU Guy replied to candicenguyen's topic in General Students

    You have gone on for 3 pages of this thread telling people not to make assumptions, but you still have not gone into the specifics of why he failed clinical. We can not give you constructive feedback...
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    Failed clinical portion of nursing school during COVID

    NICU Guy replied to candicenguyen's topic in General Students

    This explains volumes. I am so sorry to interrupt your very important MEDICAL school research and have to explain things to us nursing peasants. Your post answered my question. He did not take...
  8. NICU Guy

    Applying for jobs

    NICU Guy replied to NICUnLDRN's topic in General Students

    They are looking for December graduates. It is assumed that they would take and pass NCLEX in mid-January and be ready to start by end of January or first of February. You need to wait until Spring...
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    Failed clinical portion of nursing school during COVID

    NICU Guy replied to candicenguyen's topic in General Students

    It is interesting that nowhere in the initial post or the subsequent posts that the OP acknowledged that the family member took any responsibility for the failure. All I am reading is that nursing...
  10. NICU Guy

    Failed clinical portion of nursing school during COVID

    NICU Guy replied to candicenguyen's topic in General Students

    There are many things that are required in nursing school that have no practical use outside of the classroom. They are just hoops that must be jumped through to get the degree. What was required for...
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    Failed clinical portion of nursing school during COVID

    NICU Guy replied to candicenguyen's topic in General Students

    What is your point? You should petition your state BON to have the clinical portion of nursing school removed since you didn't learn anything during clinicals during nursing school. Due to...
  12. NICU Guy

    Capstone

    NICU Guy replied to NICUnLDRN's topic in General Students

    Depends on how passionate you are for those specialties. I did a NICU Capstone in school and planned to move anywhere that would hire me as a new grad. Fortunately, I found two hospitals that wanted...
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    Preceptorship Predicament

    NICU Guy replied to RacheleRachelle's topic in General Students

    That says a lot about your relationship. He is not that invested into the relationship to uproot his life for your career. If he was in a unique career that would require him to be in your current...
  14. NICU Guy

    Grade appeals

    NICU Guy replied to GAJO's topic in General Students

    I don't understand what you are trying to appeal. Are you appealing a grade because you didn't understand the format of the questions? If that is your basis, then you will not succeed unless the...
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    Applying to Accelerated BSN Program

    NICU Guy replied to sarahdesbrosses1999's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you live in a compact state and have a multi-state (compact) license, you can work in any other compact state. If you want to travel to a non-compact state, then you need to obtain a single state...
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    Applying to Accelerated BSN Program

    NICU Guy replied to sarahdesbrosses1999's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Not if she moves back to California. You can not have a multi-state (compact) license if you are no longer living in a compact state. Her Idaho license would convert to a single state
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    Applying to Accelerated BSN Program

    NICU Guy replied to sarahdesbrosses1999's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes and depends. If you live in California (non-compact) then you can have multiple state licenses. If you move to a compact state, any other licenses that are from compact states will be cancelled...
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    I don't know what to do.

    NICU Guy replied to ttnguy33's topic in General Students

    It is December and the Fall semester will end in a few weeks. That window of opportunity to drop the class is long
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    Preceptorship Predicament

    NICU Guy replied to RacheleRachelle's topic in General Students

    If moving is not an option, you may be able to work a Weekends Only position (sometimes know as a Baylor Plan). It is common for those nurses to drive to the hospital Saturday morning, stay the night...
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    Applying to Accelerated BSN Program

    NICU Guy replied to sarahdesbrosses1999's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am not from California, so I do not know the weird criteria that California would require that other states do not require. NCLEX is a national test. It is the same in all 50 states. You can go to...
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    Challenges of working in the NICU?

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

    NAS babies are only one component of the NICU population. NAS babies can be challenging, they do not cry the entire shift. There are things you can do to assist them through the withdrawal period....
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    Please help... Seeking urgent advice about Respiratory Therapy school

    NICU Guy replied to jss1985's topic in General Students

    Many do expect the student to find clinical sites. All of my coworkers that are in online FNP school had to find their own clinical sites. You just need to call the RT depts at your local hospitals...
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    Please help... Seeking urgent advice about Respiratory Therapy school

    NICU Guy replied to jss1985's topic in General Students

    There are many Masters in Nursing programs that are online with clinicals locally (I understand it is an RT program). It is common occurrence to have students in online programs at hospitals. I would...
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    Thoughts on ABSN/ELMSN School Debt

    NICU Guy replied to beeeaanss's topic in General Students

    I went through an ABSN program at a state university (not prestigious). I got an excellent education and clinical experiences that are unique (health fair for inmates in the gymnasium of a Maximum...
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    Thoughts on ABSN/ELMSN School Debt

    NICU Guy replied to beeeaanss's topic in General Students

    That could be your problem. Vast majority of hospitals in this country do not care that you went to a brand name/ prestigious nursing school. The schools will brag about their prestige to justify...