NICU Guy BSN, RN

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    Can you teach as a NICU nurse?

    NICU Guy replied to Nurse Magnolia's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have several co-workers that are clinical instructors for local nursing schools. You can also be a Clinical Educator for the NICU. They teach new hires in the classroom and also provide our...
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    They don’t tell you

    NICU Guy replied to Seriously?!'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, Ky. There are usually several New Grad Residencies for NICU postings on Indeed.com around March/April and October/ Nov. around the time of most nursing school...
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    Transfer without Associate degree?

    NICU Guy replied to QueenT1124's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You do not need an Associates degree before applying to a university. Once you get accepted to the university, they will evaluate the credits from the community college and apply them to the BSN...
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    Resume Advice

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

    Employers are more interested in gaps in employment and not gaps in degrees. There are plenty of ASN nurses that worked as RNs for many years before getting their BSN. Future employers wont care that...
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    Transfer schools for Capstone

    NICU Guy replied to Max4Help's topic in General Students

    Valpo is expensive. My niece and I went through ABSN programs at the same time. She went to Valpo and I went to Indiana State. She paid $64k in tuition and I paid $20K for the
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    Wait time for deficiencies for RN NCLEX examination

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

    You can't base process times in other states to California. California BON is a different breed. California has only one person named Mabel processing applications for licensure. Mabel is 90 yrs old...
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    My classmates using Test Banks in Nursing school

    NICU Guy replied to HalfBoiled's topic in General Students

    The test banks that the OP is referring to is the test banks that the textbook publishers supply to instructors in order to create tests. Their questions have been beta tested in order to provide...
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    Going into nursing with no prior medical experience. Am I insane?

    NICU Guy replied to Mmonroe2004's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Make yourself a spaghetti dinner, sit in front of your computer and search for open heart surgery on YouTube. If you can watch an open heart surgery without losing your appetite, you are good to go...
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    Making Nursing Videos

    NICU Guy replied to Wake88's topic in General Nursing

    These types of videos should be presented by a person with an extensive knowledge base (10-20 yrs experience). I do not consider 2 yrs experience as an LPN as an extensive knowledge base. As a nursing...
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    Practicum: Nearing The End

    NICU Guy replied to Dear.Sofie's topic in General Nursing

    Practicum is very similar to new nurse orientation. What you are experiencing is what a new grad nurse feels during their first few months of being a nurse that didn't have a practicum. When you start...
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    Making Nursing Videos

    NICU Guy replied to Wake88's topic in General Nursing

    You can do informational videos about your experience. Nursing students do videos about all aspects of nursing school. I haven't seen them do patient teaching on youtube. Many nurses have You Tube...
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    Making Nursing Videos

    NICU Guy replied to Wake88's topic in General Nursing

    BON could care less about nursing students and nurses doing videos. All of the nursing student videos that I have seen are informative videos about what to expect in nursing school. Many of the...
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    Wise One Liners

    NICU Guy replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    From my flight instructor when I was learning how to fly: "Any landing that you can walk away from, is a good
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    Benefits of consecutive work schedule?

    NICU Guy replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked Sat-Sun-Mon for the last couple years. Pro: Continuity of care (same patients all three days), 4 days off in a row, plan my days off months in advance. Con: Working 3 in a row is rough,...
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    New Grad Starting Rate w/ Experience

    NICU Guy replied to ARuiz2015's topic in Nursing Career

    At what ratio, 3:1? You would be paid the same as a nurse with 1 yr nursing experience in the NICU. Do you think you can start on day 1 and work, as an independent nurse, the same as a nurse that has...
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    Nurses Are Leaving the Bedside In Droves

    NICU Guy replied to panurse9999's topic in General Nursing

    They never wanted to be bedside nurses to begin with. Their plan after nursing school was to get the minimum amount of experience necessary and start on their Masters for NP. As soon as they are done...
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    PVT showed good pop up and bad pop up later

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

    I am confused. You have "nurse" in your name and "RN" after your name. You claim 7 yrs experience as an RN but you are taking the NCLEX. Are you a nurse or a nursing
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    Licensure

    NICU Guy replied to DiannaMac's topic in General Nursing

    Even in emergency situations, you need a license (or compact) in that state. I remembered a few years back when Hurricane Harvey hit Texas that the state fast tracked nursing licenses for out of state...
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    NICU quality improvement project ideas?

    NICU Guy replied to jordanmichelleh's topic in General Nursing

    CLABSI Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Pressure injuries related to IV hubs, tubing, ekg
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    Indiana To Join 31 States In Nurse Licensure Compact effective July 1st, 2019

    NICU Guy replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    Nurse Licensure Compact/Multi-State License IMPORTANT NEW INFORMATION: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Indiana State Board of Nursing must delay implementation of the multi-state licensure...
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    Indiana To Join 31 States In Nurse Licensure Compact effective July 1st, 2019

    NICU Guy replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    I understand if you live in a compact state and have a license in that state, you can work in other compact states. I live in Indiana, but do not have an Indiana license. I work in Ky (compact state)....
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    Hospital Staff Drops Newborn

    NICU Guy replied to CityofAngelsRN's topic in Nursing News

    A Grade I IVH is common among our lady partslly delivered babies due to the birth process. If they didn't have any other issues and were sent to newborn nursery instead of the NICU, the head US would...
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    Tracking patients when they are not in our care

    NICU Guy replied to HighHotandAlot's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Take Pt #1 off schedule and wait for patient to call to reschedule. The patient stated that they were going to miss the appointment. There is no need to look at their chart to see if they are going to...
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    Women's Right to Choose

    NICU Guy replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love how pro-choice people use semantics instead of calling what it is: killing a human being. When is the last time you heard someone have a "clump of cells" shower instead of a baby shower. Same...
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    Feeling stuck in current RN position

    NICU Guy replied to ddrn97's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Are you unable or unwilling to make a major move? It seems to be a recurring theme with new grads on this site. They either spend 6 mo trying to find a job in their area or take a job in a specialty...