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    Create a Meme - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    NICU Guy replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    Nurse: Did you tell the patient about the prostate exam? Dr. Worf: I told him I was "Going boldly where no man has gone
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    Nurse:Pt ratio

    NICU Guy replied to first123's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Level IV: 3:1 for stable grower/feeder type 2:1 if assignment has a vent or mildly unstable pt. 1:1 for high acuity, unstable pts. 1:2 for conjoined twins (or...
  3. NICU Guy

    I am sorry but I had to do this...

    NICU Guy replied to NurseCard's topic in Nursing Humor

    It is because U of L got scalped this year by the
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    Accidental Pregnancy

    NICU Guy replied to m2038's topic in General Students

    There will be many times in your life that things do not go as planned. Many students over the years have had to deal with a pregnancy during school. My advice is to graduate, have the baby, and start...
  5. NICU Guy

    Can you go straight into a BSN program after high school ?

    NICU Guy replied to aa12345's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes and No. You complete your prerequisite classes (first 2 yrs) and then apply to the BSN program. Once accepted, the last two years is only nursing classes. There may be some schools that you get...
  6. NICU Guy

    BEWARE of online nursing degrees

    NICU Guy replied to scandy's topic in General Nursing

    It reminds me of The College Network controversy from several years
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    Nurse residency

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

    Residencies are ideal for ICU specialties. There are many things that were barely taught in nursing school that are used every day in an ICU (intubation and ventilators, for example). Even in a...
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    Nursing school GPA vs. Passing NCLEX

    NICU Guy replied to Lindzmarie1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If a school has a high NCLEX pass rate, it means that they prepare their students well for NCLEX. If you have a high GPA at a school with a high NCLEX pass rate, it would be logical to think that you...
  9. NICU Guy

    Unfair Fundamentals Clinical Testing?

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

    No, her instructions were clear. She told you the skills that you need to perform, you have all the supplies that you need, you have 30 minutes to complete the skills, and you can not ask any...
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    Resume - Applying out of state but not relocating??

    NICU Guy replied to Dani_Mila's topic in General Nursing

    If you plan on working in MD, then get your MD license. If you intend to work in PA, then don't worry about it. I live in Indiana and work in KY. Unless I decide to get a nursing job in Indiana,...
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    Internet requirements for working at home?

    NICU Guy replied to RRRNNN's topic in Quality Improvement

    My girlfriend does medical transcription from home and we had an issue of no internet available when we built our new house. Mobile internet was way too slow and inconsistent for her job. She ended...
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    Attention to all my nurses out there who work for university of kentucky hospital!

    NICU Guy replied to SN_lE's topic in General Nursing

    Excluding New Grad residencies, I don't think any hospital cares what your GPA was in school. They only care if you have a license. I have never been asked my GPA when interviewing for jobs when I...
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    New Grad Offered Director Level Position?

    NICU Guy replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    ^^THIS X 1000^^ Run from any company/facility that is willing to make a new grad a director. Way too many red
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    Worktime issues in the US

    NICU Guy replied to SpidersWeb's topic in General Nursing

    As a whole, the issue is not rampant in the US. The members that are having an issue with this are more vocal. The rest of us on here are not posting "I clocked in on time" and "I clocked out on...
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    Can nurses live a luxurious life?

    NICU Guy replied to Aa1Bb2Cc3's topic in General Nursing

    It is possible in lower cost of living areas. NYC and California would not be your top choice of locations to live luxurious on a nurses
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    Indiana State LPN-BSN Online for NC

    NICU Guy replied to toliver26's topic in School, College Programs

    It was a campus based ABSN program at ISU. I had a job interview in Greenville, NC and got my NC license endorsement. My point is that if NC BON approves ISU LPN-BSN to conduct clinicals in their...
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    Picking up slack from coworkers?

    NICU Guy replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    An infiltrate that hasn't been assessed for hours and hope that the next nurse doesn't notice until after you are gone, plus multiple patients with bad IVs is pure laziness and needs to be
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    What undergrad bsn nursing should I go to? Does school rank matter?

    NICU Guy replied to Azhe5298's topic in General Students

    Where you go to nursing school is irrelevant to getting a nursing job, all they care about is the license. As long as the school does not have a bad reputation with the hospital, hospitals could care...
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    Nurses Forced to Work as Corrections Officers

    NICU Guy replied to TAKOO01's topic in Correctional

    The article linked is full of inaccuracies. This is a different article about this prison. Shutdown raises staffing, safety concerns at FCI Ray Coleman is the president of American Federation of...
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    Oranges to Apples

    NICU Guy replied to vmo2019's topic in General Nursing

    I liked your play on words (Oranges to Apples). Florida= Oranges and NYC= Big
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    Intimidated by being only male

    NICU Guy replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in Male Nursing Students

    No heavy lifting in the NICU, but I am the official spider killer of the
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    Picking up slack from coworkers?

    NICU Guy replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you allowing him to give you an incomplete report? I don't work in the adult world, but in the NICU we look at each patient together and the oncoming nurse makes sure IV looks good, inspects...
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    Lines-Please help

    NICU Guy replied to raspberry1's topic in General Nursing

    A PICC is inserted in a peripheral vein in the arm (in NICU-head, leg, foot), such as the cephalic vein, basilic vein or brachial vein, and then advanced proximally toward the heart through...
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    Messed up in Clinical

    NICU Guy replied to BSN89's topic in General Students

    Even though your classmate appears to be a know-it-all, she is in fact insecure. Her way of dealing with her insecurities is to point out everyone else's faults in order to make herself look
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    Indiana State LPN-BSN Online for NC

    NICU Guy replied to toliver26's topic in School, College Programs

    Why would they not accept it? Your BSN degree is from a public, nationally accredited state university. I went through ISU's ABSN program and didn't have an issue with endorsing my Indiana license to...