NICU Guy BSN, RN

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  1. NICU Guy

    Crushing nitro on right side STEMI!

    NICU Guy replied to Banana nut's topic in General Nursing

    You mean his dad, Alan
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    Forged signature!

    NICU Guy replied to Corkyme's topic in General Students

    Doesn't a Narc log need to be verified by another
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    Continue nursing study in the US

    NICU Guy replied to Julia D.'s topic in General Students

    Nursing classes will not transfer. Since you already have a BS and MS, your best choice would be an Accelerated BSN for people that already have a BS in a non-nursing
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    Question for nurses that are male...

    NICU Guy replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    I think that calling yourself a "male nurse" does a disservice to the acceptance of men in nursing. Let's say you were male, Jewish, gay, and African-American and you were at a party. Someone comes up...
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    Weighted GPA for Ranking Score

    NICU Guy replied to Chani Honeycutt's topic in General Nursing

    Weighted means putting more value (weight) on one portion of you classes than others. For example, if the school puts more weight on you science GPA over the other classes, they may weight Science...
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    Question for nurses that are male...

    NICU Guy replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse, not a male nurse or a
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    Peer evaluations

    NICU Guy replied to pulljosh's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We have annual peer reviews. You pick two co-workers to do a peer review on you and management picks 2 people. They tend to pick people that you consistently work with that will give you a fair...
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    NICU New Grad

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

    How is that terrible? Your schedule is very rough on your body. Your circadian rhythm and sleep/restorative process is constantly being disrupted. The human body is designed for consistent regular...
  9. NICU Guy

    Paying off student loans

    NICU Guy replied to elasticheart's topic in General Students

    Delayed gratification is the greatest gift you can give yourself financially. Pay all of your living expenses (rent, utilities, etc), then set a dollar amount that you will allow yourself to spend....
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    Book Shopping..

    NICU Guy replied to KelseaBee's topic in General Students

    Tabor's not going to change much. It is medical dictionary. It may have one or two different words out of thousands. You could spend days trying to find the difference (unless they list them in the...
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    Taking a break after nursing school?

    NICU Guy replied to LVNurse17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Did you graduate from high school at 15? You are in a ABSN program which means you already have a BS in a non-nursing field (3-4 yrs) plus at least 12 months for a ABSN program. Most new grad...
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    Meth cycle

    NICU Guy replied to pulljosh's topic in General Nursing

    He already has free healthcare, he is on disability. How is free universal healthcare a solution? This patient's respiratory drive is gone. In what world will this guy get better and get a job and...
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    OT for Time, Love or Money???

    NICU Guy replied to SouthpawRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am confused. Are you saying that if I come to work for OT that I would not be paid for that day? Instead I would get 18 hrs of vacation time? if that is the case then I would rather have the money...
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    Bowel elimination

    NICU Guy replied to Mavie66's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Patient doesn't know how to care for it and the ostomy bag needs to removed and changed. What do you need to physically assess now that the bag is off? What non-physical assessment do you need to
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    Which ABSN did you apply/attend?

    NICU Guy replied to Tomato378's topic in General Students

    Things that I appreciated in my ABSN program: 1. Faculty that treated us like adults with lives outside of school. We were adults with families and jobs. 2. The ABSN Med/Surg instructor was the...
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    Bowel elimination

    NICU Guy replied to Mavie66's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Seriously??? Not even a "I need help with a assignment question". Just copy and paste the question and expect us to do your homework for
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    Med surg 1 clinical

    NICU Guy replied to Tj221's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is it common for Med/Surg 1 clinical to be at a nursing home? no. Our Intro to Nursing clinical was at a nursing home. Med Surg 1 and Med Surg 2 clinicals were at a hospital on a Med/Surg floor. It...
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    NICU Interview Help!

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

    As a new grad the questions were about why I wanted NICU and about my NICU capstone because they know you have no experience in NICU. As an experienced NICU nurse, the interview was exclusively about...
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    I am thinking about changing careers

    NICU Guy replied to MissouriRN13's topic in General Nursing

    If she said no to the report and she put her own name down on the assignment board, then she took responsibility for the
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    Alternative sites for peripheral IV access

    NICU Guy replied to MacDSlim's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen an IV put in a shoulder in the ER. This was suggested by the patient. He said that he is a hard stick and that was an easy place for them to get access. Newborns, we use hands, feet and...
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    Really hard choice

    NICU Guy replied to Nurseannieb's topic in General Nursing

    I would talk to the manager at UVa and see if you can work your shifts 3 in a row. Drive down for your first shift and find a co-worker that you can stay at between shifts, then drive home after your...
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    Nursing school

    NICU Guy replied to S_zappile1996's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The difficulty of nursing school will depend on the person. There are many factors that make nursing school easier or more difficult. Some people comprehend the concepts rather quickly and have good...
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    NICU New Grad

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

    Day shifts are given based on seniority (25% corporate time/ 75% unit time regardless of position). If a new grad was a PCA or unit secretary prior to going to and during nursing school may have...
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    Central lines and CLABSI

    NICU Guy replied to johnsonmich990's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Same except 72-96 hrs for continuous lines, 24 hrs for lipids and med lines. Sterile line changes and clean re-spike new bag or syringe
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    Financial Aid Help!

    NICU Guy replied to hcurry1's topic in General Students

    UPS offers tuition assistance. Earn &