AmberK1026 ADN, BSN

I honestly don't know that answer. Most of the people who leave the NICU in my experience are leaving because they got their FNP or PNP. A few have gone to outpatient surgery or something like that. We have had a handful of people transfer FROM adult...

1.5 - 2 years for a day shift position to open up.

What about mother/baby? I worked on this unit for a year after graduating nursing school and then transferred to NICU. Have been in NICU for nearly 3 months now.

No- you don't have to wear a certain color. If you are buying new scrubs you could just get the teal that ACC wears or even navy blue since you will eventually wear navy when you become an RN.

Im in the process of trying to decide where to get my RN-BSN. A co-worker is going through Chamberlain and she said even though it is more money the program is really easy. No tests, a handful of papers- the main thing is discussion boards and respon...

I graduated nursing school at 42 and the majority of my class were second career students. I didn't have a previous bachelors degree so I went the ADN route and there was so much information thrown at me in 2 years time that my head was spinning. I c...

Hello! I am not a new grad but I will be starting in the NICU 7/1! I've been working PP for the last year and now am moving into my dream job! I am also the mother of former NICU patients- 26 week twin boys, one passed away at 3 days old due to Grade...

In just over a years time, I'm on my 3rd pair of Brooks running shoes and just wondering how long you can wear a pair of shoes before having to replace? I recently wore my Danskos and my Alegrias to work and was miserable so it looks like running sho...

I decided to wear one of my older pairs last shift and my feet were killing me by end of shift. I'm in Texas so when not working I pretty much wear flip flops the rest of the time. I do need to get a new pair of orthotics though. What brand do you us...

Very true!

I am a PP nurse in a very busy hospital with 6000+ births per year. We have L&D, PP, and Newborn Nursery as 3 seperate units. L&D nurses labor with the mom and at the time of delivery I believe the charge nurse or some other "head/lead" nurs...

We always encourage mom to attempt to get baby to latch at every feeding. If after 5 - 10 mins and baby is just not latching/too sleepy then we encourage hand expression and finger feeding any colostrum to the baby. Skin to skin prior to feeding is s...

I learned to do dosage calculations with dimensional analysis but the way they taught me was so confusing. It wasnt until a friend helped me out. I set up the problem with what I was looking for first (mls/hr, etc). Then I put the info from the probl...

Hello all- I am nearing the end of my 1 year new grad residency with my hospital and we have to present a project regarding something to help our unit and present evidence based practice articles. My partner and I are working on transitioning new gra...

Bump! Any ideas would be helpful!

I totally agree! If I had the PP slides and could print them out prior to the lecture then I found I was able to listen to lecture and right down any points that the teacher expanded on. If I spent time trying to frantically write everything down fro...

I would highly suggest not giving out any course material and especially to those that arent officially in the program yet. It could be grounds for termination from the program. Its just not worth it.

If you are petitioned to take nursing skills then assuming you pass the class you are basically in the program. They will still have to send you an official letter stating you have been accepted and will ask if you accept to start for the next term o...

The HESI was ridiculous in my opinion. Luckily for the school I go to we did not have to pass the HESI in order to graduate from nursing school. Our instructors wanted us to take it seriously as it tells you what your chances are for passing NCLEX. I...

I am in Texas and graduated in May with my ADN (Associate Degree in Nursing). I am planning on doing an online RN-BSN program as soon as tuition reimbursement kicks in for my job!

I think that for Level 1 they tried to assign clinical sites geographically. But all other levels it was just luck of the draw for what site you got. I live in Leander and my Level 4 clinical was at St. Davids South Austin. But generally speaking if ...

You only take classes at your home campus. What things have you heard about the RRC?

I just graduated from a very reputable ADN program in Austin and was able to easily find a job as a new grad with my RN. This was the much cheaper option for me and less time than going for my BSN from the start. Plus, my employer offers tuition reim...

I don't remember the scenario for the first skills checkoff but it was probably something like handwashing, donning PPE, and something like repositioning a patient in bed/or moving them to a chair. So for the "explain procedure and why its needed" I...

Hey guys! Recent ACC grad here! Just wanted to send a little encouragement to everybody and a congratulations to those who have their acceptance letters! It's a tough 2 years but you can do it! It's still hard for me to believe that I am an RN now wi...