SteveNNP MSN, NP

Neonatal ICU (Cardiothoracic)

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    Moving to South Carolina in the next 2 years was wondering about the pay scale

    SteveNNP replied to alliemaried's topic in General Nursing

    You have to keep in mind the cost of living. I lived very well on my $19hr + shift diffs. I had more money, in fact than now, making double what I made in
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    Test Your Neonatal Critical Care Knowledge

    SteveNNP replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Here's the physiology: End diastolic flow consists of the baby's umbilical arteries pumping deoxygenated blood at a slow flow rate towards the placenta. Even though the baby's heart is in diastole,...
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    Test Your Neonatal Critical Care Knowledge

    SteveNNP replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Question #1 You receive a call from the L&D charge nurse. She tells you that a 31 1/7 week gestation mother has just checked in, and was found to have Absent End-Diastolic Flow (AEDF) on...
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    WIll I be able to get a nursing job as a BSN in 5 YEARS?

    SteveNNP replied to danmcbabe's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Wow. I'm sorry you've had this experience, Tony. I for one haven't experience this. While we have all had our tiffs with the stuffed shirts in management, for me personally, the benefits of the job...
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    NJ/PA/NYC NICU nursing job...need a new one

    SteveNNP replied to gudiarani's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm in the process of trying to sort through the labyrinthine licensure/certification, interview and contract-negotiating process, so I am not on AN as often as I used to be. I am so far removed from...
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    PICC TKO Rate

    SteveNNP replied to NicuCourtney's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use only 1 and 2fr single lumen catheters here. As soon as a a baby is on full feeds, that line comes the heck out. We rarely use PICCs just for meds, and usually only when a baby is on long-term...
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    NJ/PA/NYC NICU nursing job...need a new one

    SteveNNP replied to gudiarani's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Yana, please check out our International Nursing forum for answers to your questions.
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    Neonatal Transplant

    SteveNNP posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hello Friends! We have been insanely busy here at work with a new CT surgeon and booming cardiac surgery schedule.... and now they tell us we got a new transplant surgeon, and are now a referral...
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    Neonatal related CEU's

    SteveNNP replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    http://www.motherbabyuniversity.com has some.... Your best bet is to check out NANN's and Academy of Neonatal Nursing for learning
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    Male Nurses in the NICU

    SteveNNP replied to ccb84's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've been a NICU nurse for nearly 5 years... and a per diem ER and PICU nurse too.... and NICU is my passion. I just finished my NNP degree, so I am now a minority in (almost) every
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    NJ/PA/NYC NICU nursing job...need a new one

    SteveNNP replied to gudiarani's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If anyone is still looking for a NICU position, please PM me, and I will try and help you. We are supposed to be expanding our nursing staff from 180 to 250 in the next 1-2
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    Question for neonatal nursing! Helppp

    SteveNNP replied to NaT20's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What you are asking is way too much information for one person to type out. Check out the Johnson & Johnson Center for Nursing..., they have it all there.... And best of
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    Products used on VLBW infants

    SteveNNP replied to doughebb's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use the neotemp heart temp probe covers. The ones that come with the probes are awful and never stick. We secure our UA/UVCs with a pink tape bridge with two small pieces of tegaderm on the skin to...
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    Nasal trauma from bubble cpap

    SteveNNP replied to Julie Basilio's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    1. VIGILANT nursing care to make sure there is no pressure on the septum EVER. 2. Correct prong size. NEVER cut prongs to fit. 3. We do not use barriers between the septum and the prong bridge. We...
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    Trouble finding a job in Greenville

    SteveNNP replied to pugluvr's topic in General Nursing

    Have you checked out Spartanburg Regional? I worked there in the NICU for 2 years and absolutely loved it. Many of my former classmates still work in the CVRU, Trauma ICU, SICU, CCU, and loved it, and...
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    Folks coming into the USA to have babies

    SteveNNP replied to chescat58, RNC-NIC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Agreed. My bad. The point I intended to make is that undocumented immigrants are not the only ones receiving some free
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    sucrose for sedation

    SteveNNP replied to soprano3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It would only be inappropriate in a patient who is still NPO secondary to NEC. I wouldn't put ANYTHING in that baby's GI tract until given the OK... Another patient I wouldn't give sucrose to is a few...
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    Neonatal Conferences?

    SteveNNP replied to lccougar02's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I went to FANNP's Advanced Prqactice Nursing conference this past October in Clearwater, and it was amazing. Even for a practicing RN, their NNP student track with full body system, nutrition, and...
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    Folks coming into the USA to have babies

    SteveNNP replied to chescat58, RNC-NIC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ironically enough, I see more paying undocumented families than the consanguinous US citizen Orthodox Jewish families who know how to work the system to qualify for Medicaid as a married couple with...
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    NJ/PA/NYC NICU nursing job...need a new one

    SteveNNP replied to gudiarani's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    NYP-Columbia now has at least 5-6 openings in the NICU... check again... if not, I can email my manager. The salary here starts at around 74k, before you add in experience, education, certification...
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    sucrose for sedation

    SteveNNP replied to soprano3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Oral sucrose is intended for minor procedural pain, like IV sticks, circs (in addition to lido block) etc...I do occasionally use it for crabby NPO (except NEC) or withdrawing kids. The sucrose is...
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    Starting NICU in 2 weeks, any fast facts/cheat sheets?

    SteveNNP replied to NurseDevonL's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Don't be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff you will learn in NICU. It all takes time and practice. Not one person expects a new grad to walk in and know anything about sick neonates. We were...
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    NICU vs. PICU

    SteveNNP replied to caitiecait's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Go to NICU. If that is what you really want, there's no sense in wasting time in PICU. Best of
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    Anyone work at Monmouth Medical Center or JSUMC?

    SteveNNP posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Hey, I was wondering if anyone works at Monmouth Medical Center or Jersey Shore University Medical Center.... I am looking at some positions closer to home, and was wondering what the pay, benefits...
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    Handheld device detects blindness in infants

    SteveNNP posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Handheld device detects blindness in infants Every year, some 16,000 babies in the U.S. experience loss of vision due to retinopathy of prematurity (RoP), with 400 to 600 becoming legally blind,...