👶🏻 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
🤗 Everyone Needs To Hear This... 🙌🏼⠀⠀
⏺ It’s ok to not land in your dream unit right out of nursing school. ⠀ ⠀ ⏺ It’s ok to not want to go back to school. ⠀ ⠀ ⏺ It’s ok to...
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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
Mar 2, 20212 min read
😖 Toxic Workplaces 😤⠀⠀
😔 I graduated nursing school and moved to a city I had no clue about, didn’t know a single soul, and left my entire family behind. I was...
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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 19, 20211 min read
😣 Nurse Burn Out 😔⠀⠀
🤭 Don’t be fooled by this smile. As much as I love my job so much, there can be rough days. It can be a lot of pressure knowing that...
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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
Feb 3, 20211 min read
🤔 How To Deal With “Difficult” Families 🤭⠀⠀
🥴 So I will admit, there will be days where patience gets tested when it comes to working with patients and families. Being in...
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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
Nov 24, 20201 min read
🤭 So I Have Some News...😶⠀⠀⠀⠀
😥 So I’ve been very open with you guys about my journey as a nurse and all the struggles it took me to get to where I am now. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ 😔 4...
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nicunursetiff
Nov 13, 20202 min read
🤭 Putting Myself Out There 😨⠀⠀
😰 It’s honestly scary putting yourself out there sometimes due to fear of criticism. I thought really hard about whether or not to...
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nicunursetiff
Oct 12, 20201 min read
🩺 Work Essentials 💉⠀⠀
👚 My favorite scrubs are @wearfigs . I have a video where I try them on and give my first impressions on my channel if you haven’t...
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nicunursetiff
Oct 12, 20201 min read
😔 How I Got Through Nursing School 😣⠀
😞 I will say that I was definitely not the smartest student and didn’t get straight As in nursing school. ⠀ ⠀ 😰 While trying to balance...
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