NICU Guy BSN, RN

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  1. NICU Guy

    What other call you Sister/Nurse?

    NICU Guy replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    In the US, it is very uncommon to use "Nurse" title. I have never addressed a colleague by Nurse XXX and I have never heard of anyone doing it. My coworkers would think that it is strange to use the...
  2. NICU Guy

    Flight Nurse

    NICU Guy replied to Aswanb's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    This was going to be my suggestion also. The pool of candidates is much smaller. Only drawback is that Peds/Neo flight teams are strictly hospital-hospital transfer. There are no scene
  3. NICU Guy

    Does starting in NICU make it difficult to transfer to other specialties?

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

    Most people either move on to FNP, NNP, or retire. Very few move on to other
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    Favorite NICU traveled to or worked in

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

    I am fortunate to find a NICU that has a very good work environment as a new grad. Each member of the team is respected in their specialty. Physicians consult with nursing, RT, OT, and Speech Therapy...
  5. NICU Guy

    Do Any Hospitals Hire New Grads For Nicu?

    NICU Guy replied to Hopefulstudent333's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Many NNP programs require 2 yrs experience. Nurse residency may involve extensive classroom time or preceptor time which should not count towards experience since you are not independently taking...
  6. NICU Guy

    What other call you Sister/Nurse?

    NICU Guy replied to LasercopyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    My colleagues are called by their first names. Depending on the doctor, they are either addressed by Dr. XXX or their first name. NICU is one of those unique units that the physicians are on the unit...
  7. NICU Guy

    Delta 8 THC now federally legal, what does this mean for nurses?

    NICU Guy replied to RNMN667's topic in General Nursing

    Was this the same party that Tom Petty was at when he said "Last dance with Mary Jane. One more time to kill the
  8. NICU Guy

    Retaliated Against for Being Male in Nursing Program

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

    Using the word "retaliated" is different than using the word "discriminated". There seems to be more to the story than what the OP has posted. To quote Dr. Phil "No matter how flat you make a pancake,...
  9. NICU Guy

    Do I need to keep two active RN licenses?

    NICU Guy replied to ss626's topic in Nursing Career

    If you have no intentions of going back, then there is no reason to keep renewing. Even if you do move back, the process is usually easier to reactivate your license than someone needing to
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    DAY nursing jobs related to NICU?

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

    Takes 1 to 1.5 yrs to get a dayshift position in my
  11. NICU Guy

    License Renewal

    NICU Guy replied to Sara Anderson's topic in General Nursing

    They may have misinterpreted that you were taking a travel assignment and wondered if you needed to get a OK license instead of permanently moving to
  12. NICU Guy

    Out of State New Grad Advice

    NICU Guy replied to LeoStudentNurse22's topic in General Students

    One of the in-person interviews, I had to fly from the Mid West to North Carolina, so they invited me to shadow as long as I wanted after the interview. I shadowed for numerous hours in order to get...
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    Out of State New Grad Advice

    NICU Guy replied to LeoStudentNurse22's topic in General Students

    I relocated after graduation, but only after a job offer. I got the job offer in late November and the start date was mid-January. I had time to endorse my license to the new state. Most initial...
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    Advice For 'Wanna-Be-ICU Nurse' (new grad)

    NICU Guy replied to whitetable's topic in Nursing Career

    My standard advice for getting the job that you want is to widen the net, if you are able to. There is a hospital somewhere in the country that is willing to give you an ICU residency, you just need...
  15. NICU Guy

    New Nurse Needing Expert Nursing Advice ASAP

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

    The "get one year of Med/Surg before moving on to a specialty" is faulty advice, in my opinion. If a unit that you are interested in is willing to hire you, then go for it. I don't think there is...
  16. NICU Guy

    Continuous cardiac monitoring - legal (?) question

    NICU Guy replied to Lynden74's topic in Nursing Career

    Our Voceras are connected to our Telemetry monitors. It will give me an alert if a red alarm goes off in one of my patients' rooms. In addition, our in-room monitors have the ability to monitor 2...
  17. NICU Guy

    New grad stress, thinking about moving units?

    NICU Guy replied to rn92077's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are overwhelmed due to lack of experience. As you gain experience, you gain a knowledge base. Every new nurse feels overwhelmed at the beginning, but it gets better as time goes on. It takes 12-18...
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    New nurse in a residency program looking for advice.

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

    If your unit is like mine, the day shift positions are given based on seniority. There is probably several people with more seniority than you that wants to also get off night shift. Odds are that you...
  19. NICU Guy

    Had my first bad clinical experience - L&D

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

    You are also misinterpreting the definition of "Teaching Hospital". Teaching hospital is a facility that trains doctors (Residents and Fellows). All hospitals have nursing students, but they are not...
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    Had my first bad clinical experience - L&D

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

    You posted this thread under the Male Student Forum. If was not intended to be a male student issue, you should have posted it the General Students
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    What orders from providers have made you laugh the most?

    NICU Guy replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Not an order from a physician, but a story online many years ago (maybe here???). A farmer pulls up to a rural ER and needed help with his horse (or maybe a cow) in a trailer in the ER entrance. ER...
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    Should good health be a requirement for certain positions?

    NICU Guy replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    in addition, this is a common theme in your posts. The advice has been given many times on other threads, leave and find another job. You obviously care about doing a good job and don't deserve to be...
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    Different Interviews? Question!

    NICU Guy replied to Avill's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If you are offered a job from your "likeable" job, you contact your "dream job" and inquire the status of the job opening because you have an offer on the table, but would rather have the dream job....
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    Radonda Vaught Trial

    NICU Guy replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    We have Rocuronium in our Pyxis for rapid sequence
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    Radonda Vaught Trial

    NICU Guy replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    When she drives back to Vanderbilt with it, I don't think she will care what she is shooting