hikernurse

hikernurse has 8 years experience and specializes in NICU.

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1. NICU Nurses That Have Passed RNC-NIC (and any good test takers!)

   hikernurse replied to irish_rainbow's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Of course you passed, you were so ready :-).

2. What baby catches you every time?

   hikernurse replied to NicuGal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Kids with multiple congenital anomalies always grab my heart. They have a lot of issues, but are interesting and something about them just pulls me in, they are so beautiful in their own way. Lots...

3. discrimination against female docs

   hikernurse replied to lxpatterson's topic in Men in Nursing

   They can in some

4. New and 'fun' things

   hikernurse replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

   And who among us hasn't done that,

5. New and 'fun' things

   hikernurse replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

   Um, the light bulb in his ceiling burned out and he was using the flashlight to see to change the bulb. He unfortunately was naked and accidentally fell on the flashlight at which point it inserted...

6. Cops and Nurses

   hikernurse replied to GundeRN's topic in General Nursing

   This is more the case where I live. Police officers will target areas right outside the hospital right around shift change. Especially in the morning, there can be several cars with nurse drivers...

7. I Feel like a bad nurse. Feedback please

   hikernurse replied to Soliloquy's topic in First Year After Licensure

   You're exactly where I would expect you to be at this point! Give yourself some time. When you do something well--even something you might not think is a big deal--give yourself credit. That will...

8. discrimination against female docs

   hikernurse replied to lxpatterson's topic in Men in Nursing

   We love our female docs where I work. They're pretty awesome

9. Are headaches a contrainidcation for 12 hour shifts?

   hikernurse replied to studentnurse9806's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, thanks GrnTea! This info was helpful to at least one of us :). Off to research

10. The Insanity That Is APA in Nursing School

    hikernurse replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't argue with you . You do need a working knowledge of APA because the headings/content, etc., can't really be formatted by even the best software. The real benefit is the "edges" of the...

11. Graduating soon . . . told by preceptors "stop trying to be perfect"

    hikernurse replied to Southern Magnolia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Something else, if you are focusing on doing everything perfectly, sometimes you miss the forest for the trees. Some things need to be done exactly--for instance you want to keep sterile procedures...

12. The Insanity That Is APA in Nursing School

    hikernurse replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Students

    I don't even write in full sentences in my charting narrative, lol. But I do currently use APA format in my MSN program and did through nursing school as well. With the proper software (PERRLA) it's...

13. Didn't know where to put this, but help?

    hikernurse replied to BeccaC623's topic in General Students

    I don't know that bleach would have been necessary with MRSA/VRE exposure. We use bleach for C. Dif, but not the

14. Bedside Reporting- your thoughts

    hikernurse replied to SailorMoonRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, y'all must have incredible time management skills to be able to plan to the minute the next time you will be in to check on each patient. I'm sure that's a testament to your wonderful...

15. Question for those who do head/body cooling

    hikernurse replied to NicuGal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    umcRN, have you had any problems with cooling on