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Hello all nurses! I am looking into stethoscopes and see littmans, ADC & ultrascopes. Anyone who has tried both or all 3, which is better? I've heard ultrascope is amazing for lung sounds, but no comment on heart/bowel. I currently have an adult littman but I'll be working PEDs so I wants to purchase one for PEDs. Thanks :-)

Thank you for the advice. 2 weeks was necessary , received the letter the next morning. Pretty stoked to try something new & continue to be in good standings with my previous employee

Hello allnurses, I have recently accepted a new position in another nursing area. I currently work in a unit that is short staffed and having difficulties finding additional PICU nurses. I planned on putting my two weeks in yesterday, but never received the physical offer letter, rather I accepted a verbal offer. At this point im in a rough spot. If I submit my notice tomorrow, I will be giving the 14 days, but will be unable to work that 14th days night shift(since I work nights). The following morning I have to be at my new job to get paperwork done and some other new hire stuff. I don't want to have a bad rep, and be unhireable in the future (BC you never know what'll happen), but I also want to stay dedicated to my new job and show up just like the rest of the new hires will be. Will the 2 weeks notice suffice, if I don't work the last night of my 14 days? Please advise.

Hey RNJazzie, I can not PM on here. Did you ever hear back from the program? Also, are you working nights or days to complete this program? I am looking into going forward for the next application period. Thanks :-)

Personally, a few nights ago, it may have been one of the top 10 worst shifts of my life. When I started the shift, I knew I had a busy assignment but didn't forsee it taking a huge turn halfway through the night. At some point during the night I noticed my neonates belly wasn't as soft as before, had a slight increase in girth & would guard its tummy upon touch. Upon checking residual a bit of air was aspirated & i remeasured its girth, and it obviously went down. Automatically, as a new nurse, I still approached my charge nurses, in which they took a look & assessed, and advised me to continue care as usual but explained that i should continue to monitor the infants tummy. An hour later, I rechecked on the baby and I got that little nursing instinct that something still wasn't right, and called the provider. After receiving orders and following through with his orders, I still felt inclined to request he come check on the infant. Upon assessment, he ordered xrays and once he viewed them, the orders started rolling in. Clearly, this child was super sick. At this point I requested assistance with getting everything done prior to shift change and the only comment I get from a nurse I asked to help was "Ill help you, but only for so long because I want to get out on time" then was inclined to say "you can leave it for the next shift"...obviously at this point I felt a mix of emotions. Guilt from the " what could I have done better?" Regarding my care for the baby & guilt from having to ask for help. In the end a few nurses helped me in carrying out the orders. Personally I felt like a bother to the Dr and my coworkers, but in the end I know I was advocating for my patient. Unfortunately I brought these thoughts home with me as I drove home in tears. Was there something I missed? Should I have immediately called the provider on no grounds other than I just think this baby is sicker than it physically shows symptoms? Am I not fit for the NICU because I needed assistance? Do I deserve a cold shoulder from my work leaders because I needed assistance and wanted the orders to truly be stat and do as much as I could prior to shift change? The people I work with are typically so helpful(which they clearly were after back handed comments & the condescending tone from frustration), but they are huge on gossiping and bringing others down. I just don't understand how people can be so helpful and say they are always there, then you hear them after break verbalizing frustration or when needing assistance they are sitting on their phones yet say " well idk what your asking, but I'm busy". Personally, when I see someone drowning I'd rather get out late than see them in that position and know that they may take the same feelings home that I do at times. If anyone has been through this...please advise because this is truly beating me up.

Texas tech & Uthsc.

I am also from TX. How exciting! How long does is take for them to let you know if you've been accepted?

Thank you for the feed back. I am still researching, the the application doesn't even open for another 7 months. It helps to hear that others have been through this process & were just as successful regardless of which choice they made. I would love PNP or nnp, as I do love working with babies & kiddos(when floated), but I think the 24 hr shifts would be rough.

Hello allnurses, I've been a nurse for a little over a year and am currently looking into going back to school to become a PNP. I work in a level 3 NICU and attend deliveries along side our nnp for the day. I am blessed to have a job that doesn't have a delivery team, allowing us to be able to learn many skills while we still get hands on with the little ones. Anyways, I don't have any experience as a pediatric RN. With that said, I am debating on going into a pediatric nurse practitioner program. I would like to do the NNP program but there are none around where i live & im not certain how I'd perform after 24 hrs of deliveries and such. A few ladies I work with just finished up the PNP program and say they were able to keep up with the information, having only NICU experience, but haven't started their jobs as pnps, so I haven't gotten feedback on how they feel having only NICU experience in a PNP title. Has anyone gone into a PNP program with only NICU experience? Did you feel like you were following the information in school & were able to keep up in the work setting as a PNP? Any NNPs / pnps weighed these options, and why did you decide on either one or the other?

oh, I see. That seems right since they are investing so much. thank you for clearing that up :-)

Kay, is the base pay for the entire 8-20 week duration ( dependant on the program)? or after your two weeks of orientation will it go up? I am deciding on trying it out, but am confused as to why they would pay less than the 22/hr you mentioned.