The NCLEX exam is something that I am truly looking forward to taking. It is scary to think about how close I am to graduation and the next big step in my career is to pass my board exam. Some of my strengths when it comes to test taking over two years of practicing NCLEX style questions are: being able to critically think, reading the question and being able to identify what is being asked. Some of my weaknesses when it comes to test taking are time management. Although, I have tried my best to manage my time there are questions that require us to carefully analyze them. In order to thoroughly analyze a question it takes time. Therefore, time manage-ment can be seen as a barrier. I plan to overcome my weaknesses and barrier by practicing NCLEX style questions. I plan on doing this by using Uworld. I asked many of my friends who recently graduated nursing school and took their NCLEX about what work best for them and they recommended
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So I thought of an idea, that the unit can implement my idea of skin-to-skin contact in their existing protocol. This week I also had the opportunity to care for a prem-ature baby who had a hard time falling asleep. I asked my preceptor if it was okay for me to hold the baby and I place the baby in my chest in the skin-to-skin position, but it was not direct skin-to-skin contact since I had my scrubs. However, the baby after 30 minutes of being held in that position regulated her heart rate from 198 bpm to a heart rate of 168 bpm. She was also calmer and after being put back into her crib did not cry the rest of the night. Even though I did not per-form direct skin-to-skin contact the baby’s vital signs did stabilized. Therefore, I feel like im-plementing this in the NICU will bring positive outcomes for the premature
So I thought of an idea, that the unit can implement my idea of skin-to-skin contact in their existing protocol. This week I also had the opportunity to care for a prem-ature baby who had a hard time falling asleep. I asked my preceptor if it was okay for me to hold the baby and I place the baby in my chest in the skin-to-skin position, but it was not direct skin-to-skin contact since I had my scrubs. However, the baby after 30 minutes of being held in that position regulated her heart rate from 198 bpm to a heart rate of 168 bpm. She was also calmer and after being put back into her crib did not cry the rest of the night. Even though I did not per-form direct skin-to-skin contact the baby’s vital signs did stabilized. Therefore, I feel like im-plementing this in the NICU will bring positive outcomes for the premature