Jerico BSN, RN

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 in an NICU, and in order for us to take lunches, w...

Agree with stern look and "You are out of line..." to this fool. And you need to definitely learn to speak up at the moment, would have saved you much crying over the weekend off. Another thing is to consider "the source" of the comment: it obvio...

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 personnel who cower and bend to intimidation ALLOW manage...

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 they STICK people as preceptors and the preceptor ...

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. My heart does not get torn up when one gets angel ...

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 think....lol

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 exposure in breastfed infants? Yes, is a most excel...

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 standards.

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: As&Bs? How many times has the baby needed blowby? ...

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 still be in the NICU when I am 70.

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 to discuss the procedure. I start asking technic...

:twocents:My daughter just finished her first term, at Frontier got a 4.0 and found it not too difficult.

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 think my hesitating signals to others I need help. ...

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 and all the personnel in the NICU "gather" and "take...

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 window. If I had a list or at least a outline of a r...

BSNs get first pick of jobs as most employers prefer BSN educated nurses. Supply and demand.

Oh, my. Hope you are OK. As long as you are not under 6 or over 66, you will probably do fine.

Ask regarding: Percentage of time you will be in Level II and Level III Ask if they have neonatal pharmacy specific pharmacy services Ask if they have dedicated neonatal RTs, if they are round the clock. Ask if they have dedicated neonatal nutritioni...

Came on duty tonight in the Level II. Mom and Dad came in, baby born at 0400 - 20 hours ago. Dad arrived while mom was in labor, directly here from Iraq he got to see his baby son born! He hadn't seen mom since she was about 3 months pregnant......

Photo Atlas of Nursing Procedures by Swearingen & Howard ISBN 0-8053-8789-7 This book should be purchased the DAY you begin nursing school and kept in your personal career library. This book took the "scariness" out of procedures for me.

Am pro uniform/color code for a couple of reasons: 1) So I can tell who is who on a unit. Esp if a travel assignment. 2) As a pt I LOVE be able to figure out who is who. Often the staff do not change the name/title on the room board anyway. 3) I t...

Am a believer that you can look things up anywhere and why waste my time memorizing trivia? I don't even know my work number... Having said that DA is good for mathematically challenged, agree there. Just write down the conversions on a card, lamina...

I agree with the $60K a year to clean up feces post. AND the one who posted "I like to inspect the skin of my patient post". I like DELEGATING to be honest, and then I inspect the skin and tell the CNA "GREAT job on the BIG job!!". There is something...

Lamazeteacher: You post is most excellent. You put a lot of thought into it and I can see from where you come. I do not disagree that INSURANCE is out of line in this country. Medical insurance has become extremely expensive and perhaps a question ...

We already have that so why change the best democratic health system in the world to socialized medicine for all?