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1) It depends on where you work and the facility utilizes their NNPs. As an RN in the NICU, the facility where I worked utilized their practitioners only during the day. They attended deliveries throughout the day, saw babies in term nursery and mana...

Dansko or sanitas here, never have any tired feet. I work NICU and am constantly moving.

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Oh my gosh. I am so happy to read this post!! I have been looking everywhere for the same information! I am starting there in the NNP program next month.

Can you suggest your educator host a skills day to simulate those skills? We have done that with our code cart to give exposure and talk through a mock code for our newer nurses.

We have a level III NICU, up to 22-23 patients

I can't speak to have gone from PP to NICU, as NICU is 100% of my nursing experience, but I have precepted a couple of nurses who can from PP into our level III NICU and both have done very well. I think if you have a strong foundation for normal new...

I wouldn't worry about a stethoscope. Every Nicu I've ever worked in provides their own for each baby...for infection control.

Congrats! That's great. I have never worked anything but NICU, so I hope you love it. If I could give you some advise....and this is coming from both someone who has been there, and also as a preceptor in a large NICU. Listen to your preceptor. They ...

Case by case here, too. Most of our intubated patients have an order for fentanyl PRN and is up to the bedside nurse's discretion as to whether the baby gets it or not. We have some nurses that give it per the order around the clock, and others that ...

Do your patients ever get neb treatments? Albuterol is used frequently in my unit.

I feel like I had to input my manager's name and contact information when I applied to take the test because you have to have those 2 years of experience to test. My manager never said anything to me, so who knows. I never told anyone in my unit I wa...

2, and one has to be a banded parent.

I took the NICU solutions review course a couple of years ago when I was studying for my RNC-NIC and they had a version of the course that was catered for the LR exam. It was a great review and I imagine the other would be, as well.

I wouldn't beat yourself up. Gut issues are hard because all you can do, really is watch and wait. As the bedside nurses we definitely know our babies better than the docs lots of times because we are there constantly to see the subtle changes. But, ...

Have you spent any time in the NICU? I would try to ask about shadowing for a day, or a few hours in the NICU to see what it's actually like. I have worked with some people who thought it was one way but were maybe a little disillusioned by it. That...

Really happy to find this thread! I am a NICU RN with 8 years experience (allneonatal/NICU) and was just accepted into NNP school. I am really excited, but have been a bit disappointed to find such little information or ways to network with other NNP...

In our unit, 3 years would probably be ok, but would need training for deliveries. I work in NICU and as long as you have NRP, can run a code and function in the delivery room to resuscitate a baby if needed, you can do charge.

I third the NICU solutions review. I just took and passed my RNC-NIC and the review book that she gave out at the class was great. I did also study the Core Curriculum book. There are some flash cards that you can get that are good, too. Good luck, i...

We also do a 2 minute scrub when we enter our unit. We wash with soap and water or foam prior to and after each patient interaction. The expectation is that you wear gloves with patient cares. As far as cell phones, we have plastic bags on our unit t...