A professional nurse does not get intimidated by management making threats. A professional nurse does not work without pay. A professional nurse does what she needs to do ON THE CLOCK. Nursing...
Management has just begun a requirement that all nurses clock in and out for our 30 minute lunch, and if we do not take lunch or take a short lunch we must fill out a discrepancy form. I am working...
Jerico replied to TakingCareOfBabies's topic in NICU, Neonatal
Am SO glad you had a great orientation/preceptor experience. I FINALLY got a good orientation/preceptor experience in the THIRD NICU I worked in, and it will KEEP me at this NICU. Sometimes I think...
I too absolutely love babies, always have. I have four of my own! I love being an NICU nurse, I like doing what is best for babies - advocating for them. I would never be any other kind of nurse....
If I saw a doc attempt such, I would report him. That is how wrong this seems to me. Circ under anesthesia while having something else done, well, that would be an intelligent thing, I would...
My questions for you current NICU RNs are: (1) Do you do this rinsing with formula? No (2) Do your coworkers do this? Not that I have seen. (3) Has your hospital educated RNs about avoiding formula...
ALL new hires in our NICU for the last four years are required to have a BSN. We are a large NICU and it is the FOURTH NICU I have been in and it is the BEST hands down for it's
I just want to know the barebones UNLESS the baby is less than 24 hours old; or it is a highly critical baby (just short of circling the drain....) : Problems the baby has had during the shift:...
Jerico replied to ready4anything's topic in NICU, Neonatal
Changed career at age 47 to become NICU Nurse. Second bachelor's RN/BSN, from good school = very important to get into good NICUs. My goal was to be an NICU RN by age 50, met goal. Will likely...
I was in a dr office one day and the recept told me "the nurse" is going to discuss your procedure with you (colonoscopy). So "the nurse" takes me into a business office area, sits me down and starts...
Thanks so much. It helps to know I am not the only one who felt this way! Now I think I can go in this knowing I CAN do it, I just need to delegate and at least appear to know what am doing...I...
Thank you. :redbeathe I will do try that. Also, there does not seem to be any sort of "list" of what to do when the baby arrives and when I am stressed anything I remember goes right out the...
I've been an NICU RN for two years. I love NICU III and am technically very competent except other than a problem with emergency admits. I know this sounds stupid, but when emergent admits happen...