LauRNicu

Yes! It is the only one I have found though. I was wondering if it's the only one in the state. Thanks for the response! QUOTE=siri]Hello, LauRNicu,:balloons: Have you inquired about the program at College of St. Catherine? http://xpedio02.childrenshc.org/stellent/groups/shared/@xcp/@web/@childrns/documents/policyreferenceprocedure/web019666.asp

Hi. I think I talked to you in the NICU forum. I work for Riley which is the main competitor of St. Vincent Women's. My sister works at St. Vincent. (We are both in the NICU). She loves it but I think Riley has a better work environment just from what I've heard from her. We get to pick our assignments, we are always adequately staffed, yet there is still ample opportunity for overtime. I love it. My sister only works part-time. I know a lot of nurses I know work at both and it seems to be a general consensus that Riley is better for the nurse. However, I cannot speak for the level of care. I am sure that they are comparable. I've never actually been to St. V's so that I don't know. It's brand spanking new, so that's always good. One thing I just learned is that their entire general pediatric surgery team just left and went to Clarian North so they've been sending us all their surgery/ECMO babies and we've been very busy. They also only have one cardiologist I believe, which I think is strange. There are definitely pros and cons to both! You can't go wrong either place.

I can't tell ya. Both of the schools I'm looking at don't require a GRE if you have a BSN with a 3.0 or higher.

Hey! I'm an RN(BSN) with almost 2 years clinical experience in a level 3 NICU in Indianapolis. I'm tentatively considering going back to school to become an NNP. I have so many questions and would appreciate any responses you have. Salary for NNP's vs. other NP's? Utilization of NNP's is other parts of the country? Good NNP schools? I'm possibly relocating to Minnesota. Anyone familiar with the twin city area? Know anything about the NICU's there? NNP schools there? I would appreciate any help you can give. Thanks!

I was hoping someone out there from Minnesota could help me out. I may be relocating to Minneapolis and I need to know more about the NICU's in the twin cities area. I am not familiar with the area as I've only been there once (last week). I currently work in an extremely high acuity NICU and I love my job. I'm hoping to find something as similar as possible. Do you know of the BEST NICU in the area? Children's hospital, or otherwise. I would like to find the hospital where they get the "tranfers", the really sick kiddos, heart kids, surgery babies, etc. On a slightly different note, I am also interesting in getting my Neonatal Nurse Practitioner degree sometime soon. In my research I can only find one school in all of Minnesota! College of St. Catherine. Do you know of any others? do you know anything about that school? Do you know if the NICU's there even utilitize NNP's? Thanks a lot!

i can't think off the top of my head what our standard concentration for dopamine is but it is send from pharmacy ready-to-go and they can double concentrate it for fluid restricted kids. we also use the alaris pumps that do the calculation, but we ALSO have charts sent from pharmacy as a double check. love those pumps.

We use in-line filters for absolutely EVERYTHING. We put our filters always directly after the fluid. We also use T connectors with everything unless the baby has several gtts and then we usually use however many stopcocks it takes to Y them in. Also, regarding the UAC question, we never run anything other than 1/2 NS with 2:1 heparin through them unless it's an emergency. Our protocol is that the only thing that can NEVER be run through a UA is pressors. Once after taking a kiddo off ECMO, the only access I had was a UA because they were in the process of starting the central line, I gave sedation, antis, and boluses through my UA. Made me extremely nervous.

Hi! I work at Riley Children's Hospital. We have a 52 bed level 3/4 NICU and I think we'll be hiring soon because they just opened up another NICU on the North side of town so some nurses will be going to work there. It's a fantastic place to work. Very progressive. We do a lot of research and it's a teaching hospital which always keeps things interesting:). I will be very sad to move if I end up relocating because I love my job. Let me know if you want to know more!

I don't know if this helps or not, but I am a NICU RN in Indianapolis. I have almost 2 years clinical experience and I am preparing to apply to NNP schools so I have done quite a bit of research so far. You definitely need an RN license before you can begin working in the NICU (at least at my hospital). To apply to almost any NNP program, you need a BSN, RN and a minimum of 2 years clinical experience in a level 3 NICU. The other problem is there is no abundance of NNP schools in this country. I've only counted 49 in the entire country. There is only one in my state and only one in Minnesota (which is where I may be moving). I think there are several out east so just keep researching. The best thing to do is to contact the school and get a list of the requirements. I know that for both of the schools i'm looking at, you have to take the GRE if your GPA is below a 3.0. If anyone out there knows more about nursing in Minnesota or NNP schools or any other information, I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks. Hope this helped.