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Adam
I know I have to take a few years in math and science but do I need a high school diploma? Is it ok that I have a GED? What's undergraduate college, also? I love taking care of newborns and babies! I just feel a bond with each baby I hold and I know I could be a great NICU nurse. I have a daughter and when she was in the NICU, there were a few nurses who, in my opinion, didn't meet the qualifications in becoming a neonatal nurse. I feel that you should have compassion and care for each patient. Not just the ones in dire need. Every patient deserves equal treatment. My daughter didn't really get that. I know I'd be the perfect nurse, I just need to know what I have to do.
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You can go to college with only a GED. I did.
Undergrad refers to your first college degree - for a nurse that would be a Bachelor of Nursing Science. But there are also Associates degrees for RNs as well. . . but to be a neonatal nurse you will want to get the full BSN degree, because most hospitals will prefer grads that hold this degree over the Assoc.
A BSN is a full 4 year degree. You start off by taking pre-requisite courses in science (biology, chemistry, anatomy & physiology, microbiology, etc.), and some other general education courses like English Composition, psychology, developmental psych, arts/humanities, electives, etc. You usually spend your first two years working on these courses and then once you meet your school's admission requirements for the nursing major then it's a separate application process to get accepted to the nursing program. It's highly competitive, no matter what school or degree path you choose, so expect that you'll need to keep a high GPA - a 3.0 is probably the minimum most programs accept, but you'd want to keep it higher than a 3.5 or even a 3.75 to be competitive and increase your chances at admission on the first try. Once you get accepted to the nursing major, you take about 2 years of nursing courses. Once you graduate, you are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN, which is the exam which earns you the title / license of Registered Nurse.
Nursing programs educate you on how to take care of all kinds of patients. There are no neonatal-specific programs until you get to the graduate school level (Masters degree or Doctorate degree) and those are Neonatal Nurse Practitioner programs. In your general RN program you learn skills that apply to all patient populations. You will do some clinical rotations in a maternal-newborn setting so you will have some experience assessing and caring for healthy newborns.
Usually 'neonatal nurse' is not referring to nurses who care for healthy, full-term newborns. Neonatal nursing usually refers to nurses who work in NICU or a Level II (Special Care, or step-down NICU) unit. Maybe you already knew that. . . but I see a lot of people on here who think the term neonatal nurse refers to caring for the healthy newborn and while technically neonatal does mean 'newborn', in the medical world we usually use it for the critical care aspect.
Caring for babies in the NICU or a Special Care unit is not about you holding and giving attention to the babies. You are there to keep these babies alive; to monitor their condition, to educate the parents on how to care for their baby themselves. You are NOT supposed to be holding, cuddling, and 'loving up' these babies, because premature and critically ill newborns need as little stimulation as possible because it can delay their growth and healing by causing them stress. And the stimulation they do get should be limited; that's why cares are clustered and the babies are left alone to rest. We also don't want the babies to bond with the nursing staff. We want the parents to be the ones they bond to, so we want the parents to be actively involved in caring for their babies.
I'm not sure what kind of negative experience you had in the NICU with your child, but I hope that you understand that the role of the nurse is not to substitute for a mother's love and trying to bond with someone else's child. Nurses have a very specific job to do, and there are good reasons why they aren't constantly holding and cuddling and showering your baby with attention and affection. Nurses can still be compassionate and loving while doing their jobs appropriately and limiting unnecessary physical contact with the newborn.
You can go to college with only a GED. I did.
Undergrad refers to your first college degree - for a nurse that would be a Bachelor of Nursing Science. But there are also Associates degrees for RNs as well. . . but to be a neonatal nurse you will want to get the full BSN degree, because most hospitals will prefer grads that hold this degree over the Assoc.
A BSN is a full 4 year degree. You start off by taking pre-requisite courses in science (biology, chemistry, anatomy & physiology, microbiology, etc.), and some other general education courses like English Composition, psychology, developmental psych, arts/humanities, electives, etc. You usually spend your first two years working on these courses and then once you meet your school's admission requirements for the nursing major then it's a separate application process to get accepted to the nursing program. It's highly competitive, no matter what school or degree path you choose, so expect that you'll need to keep a high GPA - a 3.0 is probably the minimum most programs accept, but you'd want to keep it higher than a 3.5 or even a 3.75 to be competitive and increase your chances at admission on the first try. Once you get accepted to the nursing major, you take about 2 years of nursing courses. Once you graduate, you are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN, which is the exam which earns you the title / license of Registered Nurse.
Nursing programs educate you on how to take care of all kinds of patients. There are no neonatal-specific programs until you get to the graduate school level (Masters degree or Doctorate degree) and those are Neonatal Nurse Practitioner programs. In your general RN program you learn skills that apply to all patient populations. You will do some clinical rotations in a maternal-newborn setting so you will have some experience assessing and caring for healthy newborns.
Usually 'neonatal nurse' is not referring to nurses who care for healthy, full-term newborns. Neonatal nursing usually refers to nurses who work in NICU or a Level II (Special Care, or step-down NICU) unit. Maybe you already knew that. . . but I see a lot of people on here who think the term neonatal nurse refers to caring for the healthy newborn and while technically neonatal does mean 'newborn', in the medical world we usually use it for the critical care aspect.
Caring for babies in the NICU or a Special Care unit is not about you holding and giving attention to the babies. You are there to keep these babies alive; to monitor their condition, to educate the parents on how to care for their baby themselves. You are NOT supposed to be holding, cuddling, and 'loving up' these babies, because premature and critically ill newborns need as little stimulation as possible because it can delay their growth and healing by causing them stress. And the stimulation they do get should be limited; that's why cares are clustered and the babies are left alone to rest. We also don't want the babies to bond with the nursing staff. We want the parents to be the ones they bond to, so we want the parents to be actively involved in caring for their babies.
I'm not sure what kind of negative experience you had in the NICU with your child, but I hope that you understand that the role of the nurse is not to substitute for a mother's love and trying to bond with someone else's child. Nurses have a very specific job to do, and there are good reasons why they aren't constantly holding and cuddling and showering your baby with attention and affection. Nurses can still be compassionate and loving while doing their jobs appropriately and limiting unnecessary physical contact with the newborn.
What percentage of long term prisoners have resorted to homosexual activity ?
Phil A
Not that they are gay, but sex with the same sex.
I have heard it's well over 25%, is that true ?
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More to the point my potentially naive young friend, what percentage of homosexual men; prisoners or otherwise were sexually & emotionally abused as children. I've heard even the sickest of people including women, transexuals and unfortunate freaks.. were all babies once upon their lifetime.. not so sure about you but that qualifies for a moment's thought & reflection on how much a misguided attitude can send you down an unkown path. I'll identify as a 28year old Australian caucasian male & I'm straight ie. I've discovered over time that I am not attracted to blokes in that way.. I've got great friends of all kinds but yeah no trannies though I have met a couple out & about.. J
*I'm not sure why I blindly chose to answer this question.. truth is buddy im not sure why you'd want or need to know about this kind of subject matter.. hey man choose an easier path if u can. *UPDATED & edited
For example, one of the largest jails in the United States is Cook County Jail in Cook County (located in Chicago). This facility has eleven different divisions, including one medical unit and two units for women prisoners, with each of the eleven divisions operating at a different security level, ranging from dormitory-style open housing to super-secure lock-down.
American prisons and jails held 2,297,400 inmates in 2009.[6] Approximately one in every 18 men in the United States is behind bars or being monitored
The non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch raised concerns with prisoner rape and medical care for inmates.[37] In a survey of 1,788 male inmates in Midwestern prisons by Prison Journal, about 21% claimed they had been coerced or pressured into sexual activity during their incarceration, and 7% claimed that they had been raped in their current facility.[
More to the point my potentially naive young friend, what percentage of homosexual men; prisoners or otherwise were sexually & emotionally abused as children. I've heard even the sickest of people including women, transexuals and unfortunate freaks.. were all babies once upon their lifetime.. not so sure about you but that qualifies for a moment's thought & reflection on how much a misguided attitude can send you down an unkown path. I'll identify as a 28year old Australian caucasian male & I'm straight ie. I've discovered over time that I am not attracted to blokes in that way.. I've got great friends of all kinds but yeah no trannies though I have met a couple out & about.. J
*I'm not sure why I blindly chose to answer this question.. truth is buddy im not sure why you'd want or need to know about this kind of subject matter.. hey man choose an easier path if u can. *UPDATED & edited
For example, one of the largest jails in the United States is Cook County Jail in Cook County (located in Chicago). This facility has eleven different divisions, including one medical unit and two units for women prisoners, with each of the eleven divisions operating at a different security level, ranging from dormitory-style open housing to super-secure lock-down.
American prisons and jails held 2,297,400 inmates in 2009.[6] Approximately one in every 18 men in the United States is behind bars or being monitored
The non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch raised concerns with prisoner rape and medical care for inmates.[37] In a survey of 1,788 male inmates in Midwestern prisons by Prison Journal, about 21% claimed they had been coerced or pressured into sexual activity during their incarceration, and 7% claimed that they had been raped in their current facility.[
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