NICUismylife

NICUismylife ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. Best Small Cities/Towns Nurse Salary/Cost of Living Ratio

    NICUismylife replied to stnurse2016's topic in General Nursing

    Folsom area in NoCal, like someone else suggested, high wages from being near Sacramento, but small, family-friendly atmosphere, warm weather, and lots of outdoor & nature activities. Edited to...

  2. Moving to Los Angeles, thoughts on best hospital to work for as an RN?

    NICUismylife replied to sherrisl's topic in California Nursing

    Unfortunately, in SoCal, you can't be picky. You take whoever will hire you. I'm in the central valley and we often have new grads from the LA area come here to work for a year or two because they...

  3. Juggling School and personal life

    NICUismylife replied to BaybeeNurse20's topic in General Students

    You will need some sort of child care, whether it is family that can help out, your husband, or a babysitter. You will be out of the house 20-30 hours per week, and require another 20-30 hours per...

  4. ADN - What does your weekly schedule look like program wise?

    NICUismylife replied to Rmjcg5's topic in General Students

    Programs vary dramatically. I believe I have more clinical hours than most programs. 1st semester, 2 class days, 5 hours each. Preclinical at the hospital (getting patient info): 2-4 hours per week....

  5. Desperate For The NICU

    NICUismylife replied to JenD1985's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If your hospital has a NICU, then reaching out to that manager would be your first step. Let her know you are interested, find out how often they accept transfers from other depts, any education or...

  6. Are you going for BSN or ASN?

    NICUismylife replied to Farrah 34's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took all the pre-reqs necessary for my ASN, then while I waited to get into the RN program, I took my BSN pre-reqs. I graduate with my ASN in 4 weeks. My area is under-served, so I can get a job in...

  7. Am I too old to start this?

    NICUismylife replied to mightyaphrodite's topic in General Students

    I'm 36 and graduate in 4 weeks! I'm so glad that I started down this path! No

  8. Hospital Sponsorships In Bakersfield, Ca

    NICUismylife replied to Lsc0604's topic in California Nursing

    Contact the education dept at San Joaquin Community Hospital and ask them about their sponsorship seats at BC. I received a sponsorship. It is very competitive though. You will need a high GPA, high...

  9. Back Injuries and Clinical

    NICUismylife replied to Annieonomous22's topic in General Students

    I had to have a complete physical before being allowed into nursing school. This physical involved my doctor certifying that I could safely lift 30 lbs. Without that approval, I wouldn't have been...

  10. Capella or chamberlain?

    NICUismylife replied to Rntony320's topic in General Students

    There are a ton of way more affordable online RN-BSN programs. There is a forum on this site dedicated to online nursing education, you should check it

  11. drug calculations progress check

    NICUismylife replied to petrit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You are misunderstanding the question. Always determine what is being asked. The concentration you WANT it to be is 2mg/ml. What you have is 500mg in 10mL It is asking how much additional fluid you...

  12. drug calculations help please

    NICUismylife replied to petrit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The answer can be found in your drug book. Please learn to use your resources. Also, any time the word "rate" is used, there should be a unit of

  13. Hospice, dyspnea, and morphine sulfate

    NICUismylife replied to spaghetina's topic in General Students

    It depends on the cause of air hunger. If they are experiencing respiratory depression, then the morphine will further decrease their respirations. However, if the air hunger is due to an acute MI,...

  14. PE and Risk for Bleeding

    NICUismylife replied to olaureno's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What did the patient's coag panel look like? What were the platelet levels? D-dimer? Keep in mind that this patient just threw a clot. I'd, personally, be on high alert for the possibility of another...

  15. Advice requested

    NICUismylife replied to Nursehopeful2193's topic in General Students

    Start taking objective notes. Do not write down how she made you feel. Write down actual statements that she made, word-for-word. And then analyze it. Is it truly something offensive? Or is it her...

  16. Intervention question

    NICUismylife replied to amyliz23's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What do YOU think of those answers? We tend to not just blurt out answers, but help you reach the correct answer. If you provide your personal feedback to your friends' responses, then we can tell you...

  17. Inside nursing school. How hard?

    NICUismylife replied to Maree87's topic in General Students

    The large amount of info packed into a short amount of time. The program easily eats up 40-60 hours per week. If you have to work on top of that, or if you have children at home, that leaves very...

  18. FAILED first clinical evaluation head to toe

    NICUismylife replied to jpd1g's topic in General Students

    Figure out a systematic way to do it (everyone has their own way that makes sense to them), then do it that way every time. Practice, practice, practice. I practiced on my kids every day. As I was...

  19. High School - ASN/BSN

    NICUismylife replied to Amberjones's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Cheapest route is ADN, start working and do an RN-BSN bridge online while you work as a nurse, and let your employer pay for it through tuition

  20. paying out of pocket

    NICUismylife replied to mbtsab's topic in General Students

    My school has one scholarship app that you fill out, write essay for, etc. and then they submit it to many different scholarships for you, and many of them are specific to nursing. I received over...

  21. If you had this labour and delivery question on a test which answer would you pick?

    NICUismylife replied to Kabuto_'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    3rd stage of labor is delivery of the placenta. None of those answers apply, so it kind of seems like a trick question? I'd approach your instructor about this one and ask for clarification. Maybe...

  22. Scenario interview question

    NICUismylife replied to Mmsmichelle's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just a student, but my first instinct is MI, or possibly AAA. Passed out and not breathing: call a code blue and initiate

  23. classes to take together?

    NICUismylife replied to uscgwife17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This.

  24. Why is this patient ordered Famotidine for PID?

    NICUismylife replied to BSN_Studnt's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ditto the above. It's Evidence Based Practice. Simply the stress of hospitalization has been shown to cause gastric ulceration in patients. Therefore, nearly every admitted patient is prescribed a PPI...

  25. Femur and Head injury

    NICUismylife replied to 2017's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You will pretty much never deal with insurance info as a nurse, FYI. What is your reasoning for not wanting to know if the pt has IV access or what meds the patient has been receiving up to this...