👩🏻⚕️My Journey Into Becoming A NICU Nurse 🩺⠀⠀
⠀ 🤗 So its officially been 5 years since I graduated nursing school and almost 5 years since working as a nurse. And let me tell you,...
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nicunursetiff
May 17, 20211 min read
👶🏻 G Tubes In The NICU 👶🏼⠀⠀
🍼 Like us, babies have to eat also! But why do we use G tubes? For some babies out there that are struggling to bottle feed, sometimes...
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nicunursetiff
Apr 18, 20211 min read
👶🏻 Prepping For An Admission in the NICU 🏥⠀⠀
👶🏻 Prepping For An Admission in the NICU 🏥⠀ ⠀ Things to prep: ⠀ ➡️ Preheated isolette bed or warming table⠀ ➡️ Temperature probe ⠀ ➡️...
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nicunursetiff
Mar 31, 20211 min read
👀 Eye Exams In The NICU 👁⠀⠀
❓Why are eye exams necessary? ⠀ ⠀ Premature babies are at risk for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) where it can cause abnormal...
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nicunursetiff
Mar 25, 20211 min read
👩🏻⚕️Roles of the NICU Nurse 🧑🏻⚕️ ⠀⠀
🙌🏼 Advocate - We represent a patient population that cannot voice their pain. We truly need to be the eyes and ears for our patients...
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nicunursetiff
Mar 14, 20211 min read
💉 Labs on Babies in the NICU🩸⠀⠀
Supplies needed include: ⠀ 1️⃣ Heel warmer ⠀ 2️⃣Alcohol wipe and bandaid ⠀ 3️⃣ Heel Poker⠀ 4️⃣ Microtainers ⠀ ⠀ Comfort measures...
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nicunursetiff
Feb 28, 20211 min read
👶🏻 Central Line Access In The NICU 💉⠀⠀
🤔 What types of central lines do we use in the NICU? The most common are Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICC), Umbilical...
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nicunursetiff
Feb 13, 20211 min read
❓Answering Your Frequently Asked Questions About NICU 👶🏻⠀⠀
1️⃣ How did you get to this point in your career? What is the path you took?⠀ ⠀ After I graduated high school, I did 4 years at a...
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nicunursetiff
Feb 10, 20211 min read
👩🏻⚕️ Role of The Nurse During Intubation 🧑🏻⚕️⠀⠀
🩺 Assess your patient and the need for increased respiratory support. Assess your airway and make sure it’s appropriate to intubate and...
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nicunursetiff
Jan 22, 20211 min read
👶🏻 Blood Pressure Monitoring in the NICU 👶🏻⠀⠀
➡️ Aside from blood pressure cuff monitoring we can also monitor patient’s blood pressures through an arterial umbilical line (UAC) which...
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nicunursetiff
Jan 9, 20211 min read
🤔 How To Land A NICU Job Without NICU Experience 🤔
📩 So I’ve been getting tons of messages and comments from you guys asking if it’s possible to land a NICU position without any NICU...
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nicunursetiff
Dec 31, 20201 min read
👩🏻⚕️ What I Have Learned In 4 Years As A NICU Nurse 🩺 ⠀⠀
💪🏻 Babies are definitely more resilient than you think. I remember holding the smallest baby in my hands for the very first time. A 550...
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nicunursetiff
Dec 21, 20201 min read
👶🏻 Non Pharmacological Infant Soothing Techniques 👶🏻 ⠀⠀
👶 Always assess and check infant cues. If the baby is putting their hands to the face and rooting, then most likely the baby is hungry....
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nicunursetiff
Dec 10, 20201 min read
👶🏻 What Is The NICU? 👩🏻⚕️ ⠀⠀
🏥 NICU stands for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It is a unit dedicated to taking care of premature infants as young as 23 weeks (viable...
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nicunursetiff
Sep 19, 20201 min read
📔Introducing The Itty Bitty Guide To NICU 📒⠀⠀
👶🏻 NICU is a huge passion of mine and I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to do my senior preceptorship in the NICU in nursing...
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nicunursetiff
Sep 14, 20201 min read
👶🏻 Growth in NICU 👩🏻⚕️⠀
😊 As a 4 year NICU nurse, I am considering my options to advance further into my career. Here are a list of advancement options for...
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nicunursetiff
Sep 11, 20201 min read
👶🏻 Why Did I Choose NICU? 🩺 ⠀
➡️Did I ever have an intention of doing NICU? I will honestly say that I didn’t even know that NICU even existed. I did not know that...
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nicunursetiff
Aug 30, 20201 min read
👶🏻 Tips For New NICU Nurses 👩🏻⚕️⠀⠀
🤔 So I’ve been getting a lot of DMs from you guys that are brand new NICU nurses about to start your NICU journey, and asking what you...
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nicunursetiff
Aug 30, 20201 min read
👶🏻 Can I Be A NICU Nurse Without NICU Experience? 👩🏻⚕️ ⠀⠀
🤔 So I’ve been getting a lot of questions from you guys about whether or not you can be a NICU nurse coming from a different work...
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nicunursetiff
Aug 30, 20202 min read
🤔 How Long Did It Take Me To Get Comfortable in NICU 🧐 ⠀
❓ The question I get asked often is how long it took me to get comfortable in my job being a NICU nurse. ⠀ ⠀ 🙈 And truthfully, I don’t...
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