mahal replied to SleeplessInNJ's topic in NICU, Neonatal
HI, You don't have to have a BSN to work in our NICU,you can have an AD,but a lot of our nurses that's been here 4 a while is taking there BSN to apply for certain position. And if u work FT for at...
Thank you for your input. I suggested the same thing to my manager,but 2 of our attending doesn't agree with it.They want me to call other hosp.what they are doing....they want evidenced base...
mahal replied to SleeplessInNJ's topic in NICU, Neonatal
WE have 50-bed in our NICU. sometimes it goes to 52-54.We use 22- 25 nurses every 12 hours depending on the acuity of the unit.There were alot of staff that goes back to school to become
mahal replied to SleeplessInNJ's topic in NICU, Neonatal
A lot of traveling agency required at least a year of experience to be a traveling RN. UNC -esp RTP area is a booming area. A lot of our travelers like to work here. And our orientation program esp...
I need to know what other NICU are doing in their unit for an early referral to OT/PT consult. What are the criteria..such as how early do you refer kids..at birth or at certain gest. age...etc. ANd...
mahal replied to SleeplessInNJ's topic in NICU, Neonatal
Well, our unit hired a lot of new grads, and we are level III NICU,so they will just get the experience they need and I guess they are confident enough to take up a traveling position. We have a lot...