kmac315

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1. NICU vs. Peds

   kmac315 replied to nperks's topic in NICU

   I have done NICU for 31 years. Get the general peds experience first! There is so much to learn about organizing and doing general care that you will not get in an NICU. I am so glad,although I didn't want to,they made me have a year on a med-surg fl...

2. NICU interview!! ...examples of any NICU specific interview questions you were asked?

   kmac315 replied to ENI431's topic in NICU

   The question that got me my NICU job was, "Why do you want to work in the NICU as opposed to other areas?" ( I had worked on a chronic resp. med surg floor) My response was that I wanted to work where there were successes and the patients lived and t...

3. Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

   kmac315 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   LOL!!! Good luck with that!!

4. So what dooo you do as a nurse???

   kmac315 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Med-Surg

   I agree,you know what you do and how hard it is,what you do every day. I have friends and a BF,even my senior bosses,in the past that have said "You feed babies!" I work in NICU,yes I feed babies.....I also drawn blood and insert IV lines into thread...

5. Breastmilk Errors

   kmac315 replied to tinkerbell419's topic in NICU

   I have heard of this happening in daycare situations also.

6. Breastmilk Errors

   kmac315 replied to tinkerbell419's topic in NICU

   We give donor milk to babies all the time. It is treated before we give it and it labeled to be scanned as donor milk.Mom's milk is labeled and scanned as that Mother's milk.

7. ICU RNs floated to floors?

   kmac315 replied to jamisaurus's topic in Critical

   I don't get why this would be wrong. You should know how to take care of them. I have worked in NICU for 30+ years and they float us to Post Partum and L and D! I have never taken care of a baby who had had a baby! I think they will try to float anyo...

8. Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

   kmac315 replied to westieluv's topic in Relations

   How can you block a number from an employer? What if they want something besides you working an extra shift? They think it is ringing and you never hear it?

9. skin to skin with UVCs

   kmac315 replied to marpcurn's topic in NICU

   We do skin to skin with UVCs but not UACs. We do it when the baby is stable enough to be held,the UAC is not needed by that point. We have had no issue with infections.