NICU Guy BSN, RN

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    Negativity, Are most nurses burned out?

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

    People don't start threads titled "I love my job, everything is rainbows and butterflies". They come on here to vent to people that can relate to their vent. It is not that a majority of nurses are...
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    New nurse help

    NICU Guy replied to btf4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Many of the syndromes and disorders were completely foreign to me as a new hire, but are common and I became quickly familiar with them. There are others that I see once every couple years or once in...
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    New nurse help

    NICU Guy replied to btf4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Every congenital and genetic disorder I deal with daily in the NICU was never taught in nursing
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    Advice on how to end up in the NICU

    NICU Guy replied to angelicasmth's topic in General Nursing

    My first day off orientation was a post-op vent patient. I did a lot more than feed babies in my first
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    NCLEX was easy

    NICU Guy replied to car48's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was told throughout nursing school how tough NCLEX was going to be. Between the start of my last semester and NCLEX, I had done 2000 questions in preparations of the test. The days leading up to...
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    Advice on how to end up in the NICU

    NICU Guy replied to angelicasmth's topic in General Nursing

    If your plans are to stay local and work at the county hospital, you will have a tougher time getting into the NICU. Smaller hospitals will most likely have a small Level II NICU. They will have a...
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    IV FLUID BOLUS

    NICU Guy replied to RNSAINT41's topic in Pediatric

    Whatever your pump allows. If you can program it for 109.1, then use that. The 0.1 mL is pretty insignificant and will not make a significant difference in your
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    Help with the Strength & Weakness interview question.

    NICU Guy replied to Code Caffeine's topic in Nursing Career

    I phrased it wrong. I know it is a weakness, but it is one that may not looked upon too harshly. If you said "My weakness is that I can never get to work on time" or "I love to socialize with my...
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    Neonatologist

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

    1. Get a Bachelor's degree- It doesn't matter what major it is, but most people get a degree in Pre-Med, Biology, Chemistry, Clinical Lab Science because they include many of the science classes that...
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    % infants in Peds? Male RN in Peds?

    NICU Guy replied to Lemon Bars's topic in Pediatric

    I speak to my babies like they are older kids. They may not be able to talk back, but I still talk to them as if they understand me. Mother/baby unit (adult unit attached to L&D) is the only...
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    Help with the Strength & Weakness interview question.

    NICU Guy replied to Code Caffeine's topic in Nursing Career

    During interviews my weakness is that "I fail to ask for help when I need to. I just work hard and efficiently as possible. I don't want to bother people even though if they needed help I would gladly...
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    How do you handle female patients your age or younger?

    NICU Guy replied to DanGIT1322's topic in Men in Nursing

    As my Polish grandmother used to say "Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy --Not my circus, not my monkeys". I am soooo glad that I don't have to deal with this in the
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    New Graduates

    NICU Guy replied to Tiaconrad94's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Be by our sides whenever we are bedside Be engaged with every skill or task we are performing. When given the opportunity either from your preceptor or another nurse to observe or perform a skill, do...
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    Have you argued against a Clinical Warning?

    NICU Guy replied to Decisions7's topic in General Students

    Then we can't really help you. Disputing the warning by going over the instructor's head can put a target on your back. Unless there is definitive proof that you are in the right (not your word...
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    Day shift or Night shift

    NICU Guy replied to KBStuRN's topic in General Students

    At most hospitals, you do not have a choice. Most new grads start off on night shift. After they develop seniority, they are able to move to day
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    NICU nurse new to US.

    NICU Guy replied to Chigo2's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    These are the two most recommended books on NICU. Merenstein & Gardner's Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care: 97832332832: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com Core Curriculum for...
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    Not Seeing Test Reviews

    NICU Guy replied to tropsnegRN's topic in General Students

    I had one teacher that allowed you to review your test in their office on an individual basis. You had to make an appointment and they discussed each question that you missed that you needed rationale...
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    Nurse-Patient ratios

    NICU Guy replied to jsonger's topic in General Nursing

    one patient is
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    Why such a push to get more men into nursing?

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

    I don't think that the point of the article was to "push" men into nursing. I don't understand why you are trying to think of advantages of men in nursing vs women. Nursing is still primarily thought...
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    Hipaa violation

    NICU Guy replied to nurse2097482's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    While you may not be guilty of the violation in this case, you have caused a HIPAA violation twice even though you hadn't been caught. If you can't lose your job, why did you access your file and your...
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    Thermoregulation

    NICU Guy replied to MamaBear15's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Skin temp probe control until 1500g. Dress them in clothes and turn isolette to air temp. Lower air temp to 28 degrees over the next 5 days. If baby can maintain temp and has gain weight each of the 5...
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    D20 and a 1.9 fr. PICC Occlusions

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

    Were you running Heparin in the D20 bag? Why are you running D20? We rarely go over
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    Bringing in the Boys: How to Attract More Male Nurses

    NICU Guy replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Can you add "eye color" to next year's salary survey? I would be interested to see if there is a wage gap between brown eyes and blue. There are so many variables in each person's salary to make a...
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    Low Flow Oxygen

    NICU Guy replied to A0901's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    First, we never use mL of oxygen. 100 cc is 1/10th of a liter or 0.1 liter. 0.01 L/min would be 10cc/min of oxygen. We rarely have babies on wall O2. Most babies are on a blender that mixes oxygen...
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    OB/Maternal be an elective class for male nursing students

    NICU Guy replied to carti's topic in General Students

    Because you never know where you will end up in your nursing career. I was focused on ER/Trauma/ Adult ICU during most of nursing school. I ended up in the NICU and the class that was the most...