Nurse Kelly’s Notes

Nurse Kelly’s Notes Hi! I’m Nurse Kelly and I hope you grow to love NICU and perinatal nursing as much as I do!

Ready for day TWO of exhibits at the conference in Arlington, VA! I’ll be exhibiting with today from 10:15 AM - 11:15 ...
09/04/2025

Ready for day TWO of exhibits at the conference in Arlington, VA! I’ll be exhibiting with today from 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM, 12:15 - 1:45 PM, and 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM at booth 710 (straight back as soon as you walk into the hall)!

Stop by to see the amazing Firefly Vein Light, and make sure that you’re following AND when you come see me in order to enter a prize package including a Firefly Vein Light Model 2.0 AND Nurse Kelly’s Notes goodies!


Love story of the century, NICU edition, featuring Taylor Swift and Travis Kelley!💍 Share your favorite one in the comme...
08/26/2025

Love story of the century, NICU edition, featuring Taylor Swift and Travis Kelley!

💍 Share your favorite one in the comments!


This is part 3 of my preceptor series! Precepting really is a work of heart - I find it so rewarding to watch nurses in ...
08/21/2025

This is part 3 of my preceptor series! Precepting really is a work of heart - I find it so rewarding to watch nurses in my NICU blossom in orientation… but also exceptionally challenging when issues arise.

What questions do you have about precepting? Let’s grow in our practice together!

Welcome to part 1 of “Tips for NICU Nurse Preceptors”! Part 1 serves as a general overview and introduction to basic tip...
08/17/2025

Welcome to part 1 of “Tips for NICU Nurse Preceptors”! Part 1 serves as a general overview and introduction to basic tips for orienting new hires to the NICU.

A lot of the tips here are transferable to other nursing specialties, but they’re an important foundation for the more NICU-specific advice coming in part 2!

I love orienting new hires! To me, it’s an art that can be deceptively tricky to master. And as exhausting as it can be for me as an introvert, I also find it rewarding.

Have you precepted before? Tell me more about your experiences in the comments!

The Life of a day shift NICU nurse: In my Taylor Swift era. 🧡 ✨
08/13/2025

The Life of a day shift NICU nurse: In my Taylor Swift era. 🧡 ✨


Now available for individual purchase: the NICU Blood Gas Interpretation Badge Reference Card! It includes parameters fo...
08/11/2025

Now available for individual purchase: the NICU Blood Gas Interpretation Badge Reference Card! It includes parameters for defining acidosis and alkalosis, including an algorithm to facilitate interpretation!

Buy it on Etsy today or checkout my website to purchase!


I swear I’m nice in real life, I just have major RBF 🫣.What things would you tell someone as NICU nurse if you weren’t a...
07/18/2025

I swear I’m nice in real life, I just have major RBF 🫣.

What things would you tell someone as NICU nurse if you weren’t afraid to hurt their feelings?


Time for a quick review of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, or CDH!✨ What is CDH? CDH occurs when there is a hernia, or ...
07/11/2025

Time for a quick review of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, or CDH!
✨ What is CDH? CDH occurs when there is a hernia, or hole, in the diaphragm present at birth. As a result, abdominal organs herniate into the chest, leaving less space for development of the lungs and pulmonary vessels. In addition, the pulmonary vessels have abnormally thick walls, increasing the risk for pulmonary hypertension.
🤍 Patients with CDH can be difficult to oxygenate and ventilate. Goals of treatment include minimizing the risk of ventilator associated lung injury (VALI) and optimizing oxygenation and ventilation. Patients may require iNO or ECMO.
🫁 Signs and symptoms include cyanosis, decreased breath sounds on the affected side, respiratory distress, scaphoid abdomen and shifted heart sounds.
💜 What questions do you have about CDH? Let’s learn together!

Tell me about your unit/hospital float policy - where can NICU nurses float? Who is eligible (or ineligible) to float? L...
06/30/2025

Tell me about your unit/hospital float policy - where can NICU nurses float? Who is eligible (or ineligible) to float? Let’s learn about each other’s units!


Friends, I’d love to hear about your routines, rituals, or habits for self-care after a rough shift! This post is brough...
06/19/2025

Friends, I’d love to hear about your routines, rituals, or habits for self-care after a rough shift!

This post is brought to you by today’s shift, in which I got no break and ran to an emergency delivery while shoveling yogurt in my mouth. I wish my area had break nurses like California!


05/26/2025

I love a good snuggle, but holy airball there’s so much more to being a NICU nurse than cuddling!

(…. And no, I do NOT intubate patients at my job. The picture of me intubating is from a class that a few of my colleagues and I attended about our simulation manikins!)


The linens though 🥹
05/20/2025

The linens though 🥹


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