SteveNNP MSN, NP

Neonatal ICU (Cardiothoracic)

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    Male Nurses/female Patients

    SteveNNP replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    My mother recently had a mastectomy, and her favorite nurse on the onc floor was a guy. She gushed about him the whole time she was there, and even after she got home. Never mentioned any of the other...
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    Primary/secondary apnea.

    SteveNNP replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Or "How much does he weigh?" while you're in & out suctioning and intubating. Best one: "Aunt": "Are you going to circumcise him now?" - (while stim/sx) Me: Let's give him a few
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    No reimbusement if patient satisfaction score are low?

    SteveNNP replied to preemieRNkate's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Just another example of management shifting their problems and responsibilities onto the staff. Satisfied staff = satisfied patients/families Every hospital would be bankrupt in a few days if Medicaid...
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    New doctors (and an explaination of British medical hierachy!)

    SteveNNP replied to wensday's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I guess your consultants are like our attendings, your officers are fellows, and your registrars are like residents. Sounds like they need to spread out the changeover a little. Our residents and...
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    Tell me about working in hospitals in Bergen County?

    SteveNNP replied to cherubhipster's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    what are the salaries like at Columbia ? - per last cycle's contract (which we are in the middle of negotiations for) Base salary is around 68k, plus $6k night diff, experience diff, and educational...
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    new grad, cant get hired

    SteveNNP replied to jojo19's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Nah. All they care about is if you have a pulse. Come across the bridge to NYC. We always need
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    Allowing infected staff to work--your thoughts please!

    SteveNNP replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's done with. I left that job last year for grad
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    Allowing infected staff to work--your thoughts please!

    SteveNNP posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi all, I need some input/validation here..... Here's the situation. One of our staff members came down with an infection last year and was out of work for several months. She now has a picc line and...
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    Allowing infected staff to work--your thoughts please!

    SteveNNP replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    To make a long story short, she was given 30 days to get off the TPN and morphine and return to work (this is after a year of being on it) and submitted to a occ health checkup assessing...
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    Tell me about working in hospitals in Bergen County?

    SteveNNP replied to cherubhipster's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    What hospital do you work at? - Columbia Presbyterian in NYC Do you feel like the hospital is a good palce to work as an RN? - Yes. It's the only place for me, as far as I'm concerned. Are you...
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    Primary/secondary apnea.

    SteveNNP replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Right...... primary would be a weak respiratory effort that you can "bring back" with blowby, suctioning and stimulation. (could include obstructive apnea). Secondary apnea could occur with a...
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    Do you use Biosensors from Vital Care Products?

    SteveNNP replied to BittyBabyGrower's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No. After we trialed them for a while, we hated them so much that we went back to the old way of drawing blood, with either the 3 gtt method or
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    Primary/secondary apnea.

    SteveNNP replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Recognition and treatment of Primary and Secondary apnea 1. Primary Apnea: When asphyxiated, the infant responds with a increased respiratory rate. If the episode continues, the infant becomes...
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    Child Abuse

    SteveNNP replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My last job, we did a meconium screen and UDS for any abruption, or no/limited/unknown PNC moms. I have YET to see one done here in my new job, and I've been here almost 9
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    I said a bad word...but I don't know why it's bad

    SteveNNP replied to qaqueen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree with llg. The patient's nurse was responsible for conveying those results to the NNP, so she could take a stat order. A BS of 9 is not something that you delegate to a
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    How many visits does a "busy ER" have?

    SteveNNP replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in an 80 bed Level Trauma center. It had a 1:1 trauma ratio, and a 1:4 ratio otherwise. We had between 100-120k visits a year. While we were almost always turning pts over (usually 8-10 pts...
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    Child Abuse

    SteveNNP replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yep, a lot of them tried that. Then they show up abrupting due to cocaine use, or infected from the waist up because they were too high to realize it, or delivered kids in the toilet because they were...
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    How many visits does a "busy ER" have?

    SteveNNP replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I think "busyness" doesn't depend so much on "visit counts," but on # of beds, admission wait times, staffing levels,
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    Child Abuse

    SteveNNP replied to RainDreamer's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In the last state I worked in, if you tested drug positive during a pregnancy, you were jailed after delivery, and your baby was placed in foster care. Was it always enforced? No. But at least it was...
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    Why I want NICU-good reasons? (long)

    SteveNNP replied to raerusse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You still do IVs, central lines and urinary catheters in NICU. You get more than 2 patients in NICU. Up to 4. Other than that, it sounds like you are on the right track for NICU. Good
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    Which will help me get to NICU eventually??

    SteveNNP replied to SAP2008's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As a PICU nurse in a addition to a NICU nurse, I say go for the PICU. You'll probably be floated to NICU once in a while, and you'll get to hone your pediatric/neonatal critical care skills, which are...
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    desired wage/salary on application? re: new graduates.

    SteveNNP replied to file03's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Noooo... it's so they can pay you LESS than they normally
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    NCC Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Certification

    SteveNNP replied to jack4408's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The certification really tests you on info you don't grasp until you're been a NICU nurse for a while. My particular hospital does pay a certification differential. It recognizes dedication to and...
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    Tell me about working in hospitals in Bergen County?

    SteveNNP replied to cherubhipster's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Are you asking about nursing in general, or specifically to hospitals in Bergen
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    waiting list for Trinitas Hospital School of Nursing / Newark area nursing schools?

    SteveNNP replied to rhp123's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I would give the admissions office a call and find out exactly what that