Nurse TV: Neonatal Intensive Care pt1

[Rwarncheese]

wahahahaha, i want to be a neonatal nurse soooooo badly; freshmen in high school but i know what i want after high school!(: gahh; it's exciting and scary at the same time...

[EBTdancEr7854]

you cant just love babies to do this job. its much more than that.

[bebetigre12]

Fuck all nicu doctors,most are stupid anyway an frustrated surgeons or just plain lazy.Nurses have to do ALL the crap docs,PAs dont feel like doing.Everyday NIcus and management,docs,etc look for ways to make the nurse do more! Managers are so ungrateful  to the best nurses turning them into robots,yes men and asskissers.Managers never protect and defend nursing ,they do not even remember having been a nurse. Smart parents are NICE to NUrses and give happiness ,love appreciation for all .

[rightfredsdead]

when i did a search for 'nurse tv' this wasnt what i had in mind. but now my underpants are back on, i have to say being icu nurse seems a tough job. it looks like it would be hard on the emotions. plus skilled with a lot to learn and know. takes a strong combo for that. i wonder if they get paid more than normal.

[livinitupful]

I am in school for Neonatal right now... This just makes me that much more excited to start my career!!

[PurpleGiraffe99]

@livinitupful how exactly do you become one??? what are all the steps??

[livinitupful]

@PurpleGiraffe99 Well I attained my bachelor's in Nursing. (BSN) and Then went back for my Master's. Am attending Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. They have a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner degree. A lot of schools are starting programs for this. It's slowly becoming more popular. So just start looking into colleges around you and seeing what they offer. You can always call and ask someone what it would take to finish their program. Good Luck!

[PurpleGiraffe99]

@livinitupful thanks a lot. :)

[livinitupful]

@PurpleGiraffe99 No problem. Glad I could help. :-)

[spacemanfla]

BE KIND TO NURSES... We keep doctors from accidentally killing you.

The Sarcasm Shop

[fp853]

BE KIND TO DOCTORS...

Without us, you would die regardless of whether the nurse was there or not.

Snarkiness aside, I don't understand why doctors and nurses need to bash each other. Let's all work together and give each other respect.

[wowza191]

@fp853 : Nurses do all the dirty work for the Doctors, so lets BE KIND TO NURSES. What you said may be true but you don't have to keep bringing it up, like your any better than nurses.

[bebetigre12]

@spacemanfla  YOU ARE 100 PERCENT RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THANKS FOR YOUR HONEST POST.

[cl3angetaway]

isnt maddison a girls name??

[cl3angetaway]

shes actually a doctor in the PhD sense

[cl3angetaway]

woww thats soo much studying to get where she is...9 yrs of studying altogether!!

[hman9981]

it's not 9 years of studying, after 4 years of an undergrad, it is usually just experience/internship from there. A graduate degree may be pursued as well, but it is only an additional 1 to 2 years (3 for some nursing specialties).

[petalovespongy]

Wonderful upload, great to see something Australian for once!!

[brandedprincess]

If I was younger and had the money, I would go to school for this. It's such an awarding career.

[kristilyzed]

very informative!!

[DangChama]

Always nice to see a knowledgeable nurse.

[donnad23]

i just turned 18 and im starting nursing school in a month. im so excited to FINALLY get to do what i love! and thats becoming an nicu nurse

[NursesandMidwives]

Congratulations - well done. The course is hard but the rewards are endless.

Nurses and Midwives Team

[GeorgiBanana]

I was one of these lil babies, though I don't think I was in ICU, only the neo ward for a month.

[ImNotYourAverageMom]

I love being a NICU nurse! Great video.

[charmedluver22]

I want to be a nicu nurse. any tips? im taking the highschool healthcare classes my school offers

[iloveukahlil]

i want to be a baby nurse sooooooooooo BAD!!!!!!!!! do u see alot of babys die? im scared about that

[prisci247]

@iloveukahlil that is my concern and i wanna be one to lol but i dont think of that and if u love babies u would take care of them like if they were ur own dont worry about that :)

[thunderthighs43]

well i just meant in general we get forgotten a lot.

[mylovesofmylife]

Thank God for Respiratory therapists and nurses alike

[thunderthighs43]

Respiratory therapists maintain the airway, make changes on the vent, read and run the blood gases, we make sure that the tube is secure, we suction them etc...she forgot to mention us.

[rntoca]

There are a lot of countries around the world (I think Australia is one of them) that don´t use respiratory therapists. The work is usually done by the nurses instead ....

[sweetpeacegarden]

May God bless this kind and sweet nurse and other nurses who are kind and sweet with the best for a happy and bright future, this is the kind of nurse, babies are blessed to care for them and the kind of nurse who offers comfort and supportive words and a kind and welcoming attitude to the parents who are facing a very stressful rollercoaster ride in the NICU. Well done sweet nurse, God Bless you. You are worthy of praise, you Angel

[sweetpeacegarden]

She looked at me and spoke to me as if I was selfish for being there, now I have to live with the fact that others mostly nurses have told me and a nurses attitude would be to tell me they think I was selfish for wanting to see my baby or ask to hold her acting like I would only stop my baby from getting well by getting in the way of the nurse with my baby..

[sweetpeacegarden]

I only wish I had a nice nurse with an attitude like this nurse in the video. My baby was never critical and was never a NICU baby but a NNU baby, the nurse made me feel bad about visiting her on her night of birth, she made it look like I was going to touch her without her approval when that was not my desire, and asking to hold her annoyed her,

[mom2cbjm]

This video would be a great way to introduce new grads to the overview of neonatal nursing. Thank you for a nicely done video. (a NICU RN and mother of 4)

[sweetpeacegarden]

Womens and Childrens Hospital in Adelaide have a highly advanced NICU and SCU Womens and Childrens Hospital in Adelaide are kind and helpful staff to the parents during the stressful time of there baby/babies being sick at birth they saved Hunter and Darcy 22 week twins there video is on youtube

[Thebookguy1]

What kind of a burn unit do you have there?

[TwilightEdwardBella1]

This is helpful to see what I will on eday have to do!

[threewishesgranted]

She is a wonderful nurse truly an angel look at how sweet and kind and compassionate her caring ways are with the babies and families. Her manner in which she talks is calm sweet and comforting to the parents! Instead of a daily rotation of registered nurses in a neonatal unit admissiom area where my baby stayed without the need fr intensive care wish this lady had been my daughter Lilikes nurse the whole time or Jenny and Nikki!

[PeleAmelika]

It's interesting to see an Australian NICU...although I just cannot stand the idea that this nurse is handling a 24 weeker WITHOUT GLOVES. She is literally putting this infant's LIFE at risk!

[MrBirdmAN1V]

Every unit is different, she washed her hands thoroughly before which may not be in the video. she knew what she was doing

thanks for watching

[PeleAmelika]

I hope so. The risk of infection is too high to risk with a 680 gram baby!!

If she were the nurse of my baby, I'd make her wear gloves, this coming from a level 4 NICU nurse, promoting the best care for micro preemies.

[musicfreak12555]

my mum is going to be a nurse in 2 years when she finnishes her QUT classes shes already done prac and stuff and shes in yr 1 out of 3

i live near in beerwah near Australia zoo.

[MrBirdmAN1V]

I am sure she is going to do really well- mature age students usually excel!

The Nurse TV Team

[musicfreak12555]

thanks are u a nurse in neo natel intencive care or in the normal hospital

my mum doesnt want to go to the baby ward cuz she rekons babys shouldnt get sick cuz there too young and havent had a chance at life but adults shes good with cuz she works at a aged care home at the moment

too much sadness in the baby ward but still happiness but she doesnt like to see babys or kids sick :)

[haveanicedayeveryday]

Wish Nikki and Jenny got to be Lilikes only nurses for the whole entire 9 days she was in hospital, we had a rotation of different nurses we did not get to know. Nikki and Jenny were wonderful with my baby and wonderful to talk to. They are the best nurses in the NNU where Lilike stayed!

[daisyngary]

I really liked this video, I'm about to start my new nursing graduate program here in Sydney. Looking into having one of my rotations in neonatal intensive care. :)

[MrBirdmAN1V]

That's fantastic. In our next series we are hoping to do more filming in New South Wales. They have nurse leaders in NSW.

Cheers

The Nurse TV Team

[simplymom]

You are soooo lucky! It's a wonderful opportunity. I wish you to excel!

[daisyngary]

thank you very much :)

[maharvey907]

Very nice video. I'm grandmother to twins delivered by cesarean at 29 weeks following placental surgery in Kirkland Washington USA at about 24 weeks for twin to twin transfusion syndrome. They were 2 lbs 8 oz and 2 lbs 10 oz at birth. The NICU scene looks familiar to what was seen here but the nurse in the video looks very comfortable with what she is doing, confident and experienced. We need more nurses like that!

[MrBirdmAN1V]

Wow- What an amazing story. It's amazing the babies get better so quickly hey, given how small they are.

THis NICU is now closed. They built a brand new one at a new location and we are hoping to film in there soon.

Nurse TV has been defunded this week due to the financial crisis- our major sponsor no longer feels it is important but we have our last series to produce and are hoping to do another NICU story

Thanks so much for watching

The Nurse TV Team

[o5raul]

i dont agree too much famliar people into the NICU, and no children too. I admire nurses. im neonatologyst

[SpinergyDude]

It's nice to see what Nurses face. This is really a great channel you guys. :)

Big HUGS to all the great nurses, and health care professionals... And, a big THANKS.