NICU Guy BSN, RN

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  1. NICU Guy

    Upset :(

    NICU Guy replied to Elizabeth Renee's topic in General Students

    Contact your local hospitals and ask to talk to the Nurse Recruiter. They will know of student nurse positions at the
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    Don't have that much prereq's left. Taking only 2 classes this semester. Bad?

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

    I am assuming that you need to finish pre-reqs before starting nursing school. If you can only take one class per semester before NS then it is what it is. Does she expect you to pay $xxx per credit...
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    Nursing Student Business Cards

    NICU Guy replied to Pancake86's topic in General Students

    What purpose does it have? When you graduate, you will apply to open jobs, not necessarily in the departments that you gave cards. Even if you gave them cards, you would not have an advantage over...
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    Doctoral degree or Nursing

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

    I would say your best bet would be either an ABSN program then MSN or direct entry MSN. My thought is that you would need at least a MSN to get executive jobs (along with your
  5. NICU Guy

    UGH!!!!! Leave me alone, I'm trying to study!!!!

    NICU Guy replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

    Find someplace to go to such as the school's library or a classmates house/ apt. and turn off your phone or tell him to only call if the house is on fire or he is on his way to the ER. Back when I...
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    A immunization records issue.Please help me! Thank you!

    NICU Guy replied to sunpeach's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    As long as the documents were ordered by a doctor then it shouldn't be an issue. It doesn't need to be the same doctor. I believe they are referring to miscellaneous documents such as your mother...
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    Marijuana and Nursing School

    NICU Guy replied to heather19's topic in General Students

    At clinicals you represent your school and the facility that you are going clinicals. If a clinical instructor or nurse where you are doing clinicals smells it on you or determines that you are high...
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    Nervous in clinicals

    NICU Guy replied to coronel23's topic in General Students

    You prepare by being confident in your assessment skills and vitals. You walk into the patient's room and confidently introduce yourself and say "I'm XXXX and I am a student nurse from XXXX school...
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    Why is nursing school so overwhelming?

    NICU Guy replied to Maya12's topic in General Students

    What did you think nursing was? They wipe people's butts, dressing changes and inject medicine without knowing why and how the drug works? Doctors only see their patients for 15 minutes at a time,...
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    LPN looking for Associates and/or Bachelors distance programs.

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

    Indiana State has a LPN-BSN online program with clinicals in your local area. Both Ohio and PA accept the program to sit for NCLEX. Here is a link to the program and a link to allnurses.com forum...
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    Is it too late to become a nurse?

    NICU Guy replied to Sweet_T386's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Had to laugh at your Title "Is it too late to become a nurse?" at 27 yrs old. I will be 47 this week and I have a year to go for my BSN. There are numerous threads on this site about people starting...
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    Looking for Accelerated Nursing Programs for 2nd degree majors who accept low GPA

    NICU Guy replied to asq360's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    My school had a 2.5 GPA minimum requirement, but they raised it to 2.75 for next summer's start date. I am not sure what the actual GPA was needed to get into my cohort. You need to repeat courses...
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    Where would a new grad start?

    NICU Guy replied to Elizabeth Renee's topic in Nursing Career

    Most new grads without a residency program start out on a med-surg floor. But, there are numerous factors that can determine where a new grad can be placed. For example: rural/ large university...
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    Men in Nursing Conference - Oct. 24 - 25, 2013, Newark, NJ

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

    or at least Las
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    Flow chart for needle length/gauge selection?

    NICU Guy replied to olioxenfree's topic in General Students

    I think you are trying to make it more difficult than it needs to be. Like I said in my previous post: 19-22g for IM injections. You could use a 19 or 20g for all IM injections. Using a 21-23 for...
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    Got some bad news about my program

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

    The Accelerated (and Traditional at the same school) program that I am in requires all pre-req and general ed. courses done before starting nursing classes. I don't understand why they won't let you...
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    Flow chart for needle length/gauge selection?

    NICU Guy replied to olioxenfree's topic in General Students

    Subcutaneous Injections go into the fatty tissue below the skin and require a smaller, shorter needle. A needle that is ½ inch to 5/8 of an inch long with a gauge of 25 to 30 is usually sufficient...
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    Any tips for decreasing anxiety/increasing safety when walking to a car in the dark?

    NICU Guy replied to RNewbie22's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I bought my girlfriend one of these a few Christmases ago. Best Self Defense Products: TASER® C2™ CEW You shoot them (up to 15 feet away) and drop the Taser. It stuns them for 30 seconds....
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    First week down........

    NICU Guy replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

    You should have a test-out in your Fundamentals lab on all the basic (cna) skills before they allow you into
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    CPR in the home setting

    NICU Guy replied to Miranda RN's topic in Home Health

    Drag them to the floor or keep a CPR board or AED in your car. Here is an example...
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    Clinical vs. Biological Death

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

    Clinical death is from 0-4 minutes. If someone goes into cardiac arrest then they are in clinical death. After 4 minutes they are in biological death because brain damage starts to take
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    First week down........

    NICU Guy replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

    Welcome to your life until the end of the program. I wish I could say that it gets easier, but it doesn't. We had to do a test out for foley catheter insertion and IV start. I told my girlfriend...
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    How to read and study nursing textbooks?

    NICU Guy replied to Vega043's topic in General Students

    I audio record every lecture and download the audio file to the folder on my laptop. I have a folder for each class on the desktop of my laptop that I put all the files for the class (syllabus,...
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    Rn to BSN or accelerated bsn

    NICU Guy replied to taytay05's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Traditional nursing school admission GPA cutoff is going to be different than ABSN GPA cutoff. ABSN programs have a barrier to entry (previous BS). That may lower the entry GPA
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    Stressed/Overwhelmed & school hasnt begun

    NICU Guy replied to IsabellaGrace's topic in General Students

    Nursing school teaches you skills in stages (baby steps) from bed bath and changing sheets in first semester to more complex skills in year 2. By the time you finish the program you will be amazed at...