the NICU Mentor

NICU education from the bedside

theNICU Mentor


Tiffany Stanka, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC, IBCLC

The preceptor you wish you'd had on night one.

Tiffany Stanka, NICU nurse and educator

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Free NICU report sheets

Printable day and night shift report sheets, built from 20 years at the bedside. Subscribe free and they come with the full starter kit.

Day and night shift NICU report sheets, one page each
Day and night report sheets, letter size, ready to print

Your starter kit

  1. Day and night shift report sheetsOne printable page for each shift, with an hourly grid and every system, line and lab in one place.
  2. The full 50-question dosage practice testConversions, med doses, fluids and feeds, GIR, drips and nutrition math, each with worked answers.
  3. The NICU Night One ChecklistWhat to check, what to ask and when to escalate on your first shifts.

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Free practice test

How sharp is your NICU math?

Ten questions from real NICU scenarios. Answer what you can, then check your score. These are practice numbers, not real orders.

Blank answers count as missed.

Meet your mentor

Twenty years at the NICU bedside, one short lesson at a time.

I'm Tiffany. I've spent more than 20 years in the NICU as a bedside nurse, a charge nurse and a preceptor for new grads. I'm also a lactation consultant.

The NICU Mentor is the teaching I wish every new NICU nurse got: practical, evidence-based, and short enough to watch on a break.

20+years of NICU nursing
RNC-NICBoard certified in neonatal intensive care
IBCLCInternational Board Certified Lactation Consultant
II–IVNICU levels precepted as a clinical nurse III

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