NICU Guy BSN, RN

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  1. NICU Guy

    Do male nurses face gender bias in nursing education?

    NICU Guy replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Fortunately, I have not had to deal with any of that nonsense. I have placed countless non-intubated babies on mothers for skin to skin therapy without a chaperone. None of the mothers have every had...
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    Do male nurses face gender bias in nursing education?

    NICU Guy replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school (ABSN program) we had 10/29 males (34%) in the class. The Med/Surg instructor for the ABSN program was male. There were zero issues with faculty or female classmates. No one felt...
  3. NICU Guy

    Any tips for preventing unplanned extubations while turning babies?

    NICU Guy replied to JJ1994's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That's three votes for the Wuzzie Technique. But if you are moving the intubated baby for skin to skin with mom, definitely do not do it without RT or another nurse helping
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    Inconsistency is making me question my CI

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

    I am trying to understand your post. In your first paragraph, you talk about your policy of only allowing med pass with your CI and how another CI allows students to pass meds with a nurse. I...
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    Inconsistency is making me question my CI

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

    This is your school policy and it there for a reason. The school is liable for your actions during clinical. The CI is there to ensure you are following school policies and teach you the skills. I...
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    Ridiculous class schedule, please help

    NICU Guy replied to PrinPrin2's topic in General Students

    I graduated from my ABSN program at 48. Twenty-five is still very
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    Ridiculous class schedule, please help

    NICU Guy replied to PrinPrin2's topic in General Students

    If you think that you would not be able to pass all of those classes if taken together, then separate them and take an extra semester. It is not the end of the world. If you take all 15 credits and...
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    Swaddling

    NICU Guy replied to Amino's topic in General Nursing

    LOL Every NICU nurse in the country would be charged with illegal restraining. We swaddle them for NG tube placement, IV starts in the scalp, retaping ETT tubes. In fact, a majority of the babies that...
  9. NICU Guy

    Need Advice for Clinicals

    NICU Guy replied to Mattf526's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I also don't appreciate you challenging my integrity on this site. I have been on this site for 6 yrs, from student to nurse. I am a very active contributor on this site and my journey from a student...
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    Need Advice for Clinicals

    NICU Guy replied to Mattf526's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    At the school I went to it was a 10:1 ratio for clinical. Students shadowed a nurse and per hospital policy, were only allowed to do skills under the direct supervision of their instructor. I can't...
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    Need Advice for Clinicals

    NICU Guy replied to Mattf526's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If this is your very first clinical, then you do not have any skills. That is why you are in nursing school, to develop those skills. Most clinicals are usually 10 students and one clinical...
  12. NICU Guy

    Manual Dexterity

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

    I am confused. Where did you see this? "Manual dexterity is the ability to make coordinated hand and finger movements to grasp and manipulate objects. Manual dexterity includes muscular, skeletal, and...
  13. NICU Guy

    Dilemma! Help please!!

    NICU Guy replied to Jordan1927's topic in General Students

    I guess it goes along with the advice that high school graduates take general education classes until they determine what major they choose to pursue in college. I think if a new grad nurse has not...
  14. NICU Guy

    Half the class expelled... help.

    NICU Guy replied to LoveGuineaPigs's topic in General Students

    If this was a state university, you could have taken your grievance outside the School of Nursing to the Provost of the university. Since this is a private educational company, you might take it to...
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    Half the class expelled... help.

    NICU Guy replied to LoveGuineaPigs's topic in General Students

    Unfortunately, that is very common. Many state community colleges and universities will not accept credits from for-profit schools. As I read the post, I was thinking the same thing that it has to be...
  16. NICU Guy

    Sophomore in College, would I be able to transfer into a BSN program?

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

    That is riduculous. Take the pre-reqs that those programs require. Once you complete all the requirements, apply to the BSN program. You might need to apply and get accepted to that college before...
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    Dilemma! Help please!!

    NICU Guy replied to Jordan1927's topic in General Students

    A year in Med/Surg would have have done nothing for me working in the NICU. The same goes for L&D, Pediatrics, OR, ER. I think the idea of one year in Med/Surg started by a hospital that was...
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    Justifying the cost of an Ivy League Nursing Education

    NICU Guy replied to Barbiegirl1229's topic in General Students

    If you can afford the tuition and cost of living, then go ahead and go to the Ivy league school. But, in most of the country the school you graduated from doesn't matter to the hospitals and is not...
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    Dilemma! Help please!!

    NICU Guy replied to Jordan1927's topic in General Students

    Maybe someone smarter than me can explain why schools still tell graduates to get a year of Med/Surg first? Apply to specialties that interest
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    New nurse in ICU

    NICU Guy replied to proudRN2456's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Your biggest fault is comparing your self to others. Each orientee has their own unique experience coming out of nursing school. Some may have had a Capstone in the ICU in their last semester of...
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    Acceptance rates for nursing schools?

    NICU Guy replied to Barbiegirl1229's topic in General Students

    If you are going to look for a nursing job in your local area, ask the nursing managers which schools they hire from the most and which schools they refuse to hire from. One of the most important...
  22. NICU Guy

    AITA?

    NICU Guy replied to Dragonfly.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I copied and pasted "Job abandonment", but read "patient abandonment", my
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    AITA?

    NICU Guy replied to Dragonfly.RN's topic in General Nursing

    You never took responsibility for those patients. How could it be patient abandonment when you never took report on those
  24. NICU Guy

    AITA?

    NICU Guy replied to Dragonfly.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the
  25. NICU Guy

    Overturning a grade is it possible?

    NICU Guy replied to Misscruella's topic in General Students

    Like many of the previous posters have stated, most schools would fail you if you were late twice in clinical. Your program's policy probably says the same thing. It may have not been a team decision...