SteveNNP MSN, NP

Neonatal ICU (Cardiothoracic)

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    NP science preparation vs. MD science preparation

    SteveNNP replied to amzyRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As part of my NNP program, we take general patho, maternal/fetal patho, and
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    I think I'm a magnet

    SteveNNP replied to Nicky30's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I know... I love it when I'm assigned to our transitional nursery (all admits/deliveries come thru here before going to main unit), and I ask the L&D charge if anything's "cooking"... It seems...
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    I passed the CCRN!!!!

    SteveNNP replied to kitty29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :hpygrp:
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    Question for the females about working with a male in neonatal

    SteveNNP replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As far as not having to deal with the patients themselves abusing their bodies with ETOH, drugs, tobacco, etc, you DO have to deal with the fallout of a pregnant mother abusing her unborn baby with...
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    What would RN's do?

    SteveNNP replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Dr Quack has been removed from the thread per Abishag's request..... post away, but play
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    what shoes do you wear...

    SteveNNP replied to blee1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Oh.... I meant I LIKE the one-piece tongue, because it doesn't slide over to one side all the
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    Why did my doctor take my cord blood?

    SteveNNP replied to Marie-SC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Like the others have said, cord blood is routinely drawn to test blood gases, Hct/Hgb, blood type, and Coombs testing. Cord blood donation/banking requires special consents, collection, testing, and...
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    What kind of electronics are you packin?

    SteveNNP replied to biltz's topic in Men in Nursing

    I bought the iPod mic attachment and used it once. It took up a ton of memory, and you could barely hear the lectures. It also sucked battery power over the course of a 3 hr lecture. I guess I'm one...
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    No consideration for gay patients

    SteveNNP replied to eric2123's topic in Male Nursing Students

    As another poster mentioned, I too would not want those living in the "Ivory Tower" of nursing education writing guidelines for the nursing considerations of
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    what shoes do you wear...

    SteveNNP replied to blee1's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    As much as I love my Shox, I didn't like the TL3. Having all those columns on the front of the shoe felt weird to me.... I'll stick with my current pair. I replace mine about every 1-2 years, since I...
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    Male Nursing Salaries

    SteveNNP replied to cvpmvp2's topic in Male Nursing Students

    That's the benefit of working in a union hospital....collective bargaining, baby! We're in the middle of contract negotiations now... it'll be interesting to see what we get this time
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    The bad stuff

    SteveNNP replied to mslinzyann's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Kate pretty much summed it up.... I've also never heard of NICUs starving babies in this day and age. Any baby that is unable to eat, whether due to medical problems or prematurity is fed with...
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    Question for the females about working with a male in neonatal

    SteveNNP replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm a guy, and I work with 3 others in NICU. We also have 6 male
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    Why so many hospitals closed in NJ?

    SteveNNP replied to abbaking's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Governor Corzine has just slashed state reimbursement for the under/uninsured care given in NJ hospitals. A lot of the smaller hospitals have also see record low census levels, and have been forced...
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    BSN vs MSN

    SteveNNP replied to biltz's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'd go for the BSN and get a feel for what interests you in the field before going back for your
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    Sick twin

    SteveNNP replied to Nicky30's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We DO admit babies that were born normally and sent home for 1-2+ weeks before someone found a murmur/TGA/etc.... doesn't make much sense, since, "technically" our Peds Cardiac ICU "could" handle it....
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    Sick twin

    SteveNNP replied to Nicky30's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Must be different in Oz. We almost NEVER readmit a baby to NICU once they go home. I've only seen it once, and it was when the baby had been with us forever, and had gone home the day before. All...
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    new nurse HATES LTC

    SteveNNP replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would stick it out, as long as you can practice safely and protect your license. Having that magical one year of experience will open more doors for you in the long
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    What Med-Surg Textbook do you use at your school?

    SteveNNP replied to RN 2 B's topic in General Nursing

    We used Lewis, Heitkemper & Dirksen - Assessment and management of clinical problems (I put the biblio in APA format so many times, I should have it memorized) It was really good, and I still...
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    Xray's and long term damage?

    SteveNNP replied to bayouchick02's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The radiology course I'm taking at home says that the babies would need to receive 75 Xrays to have received the equivalent of one adult xray. The radiation scatter area is only 6 feet from the baby,...
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    Male Nursing Salaries

    SteveNNP replied to cvpmvp2's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I live in central Jersey (shore) and take the train to work. I also have to pay state income tax in NY and NJ (although I get a break from NJ, since I work in NY) The highest-paying facilities within...
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    How lengthy is your commute?

    SteveNNP replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    My current commute is 110 miles round trip into NYC. It takes me an hour and fifteen to get to work, 50 minutes home. I do get a little sleepy on the way home, but I sometimes stop and run into...
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    infection control

    SteveNNP replied to RN4BABES's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    But all the gases the baby are breathing come from outside the isolette, through the vent tubing (humidified and filtered)....unless you're talking about ventilator circuit humidity
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    Doctors blackballing NPs/DNPs

    SteveNNP replied to mslinzyann's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I agree with pretty much everyone so far.... Mundinger has thrown midlevels under the doctors bus...While SDN has its value, most of the aforementioned threads were started or derailed by med students...
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    Sick twin

    SteveNNP replied to Nicky30's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sometimes a bad case of reflux can cause a desat/brady