Trauma_drama14 BSN, MSN, RN, APRN, NP

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About Trauma_drama14

Trauma_drama14 has 15 years experience as a BSN, MSN, RN, APRN, NP and specializes in Trauma Surgery.


LPN->RN->BSN-> MS, APRN, AGACNP

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    High Demand or Oversaturated?

    I graduated in May 2020 and am now a AGACNP down in middle Tennessee. Before my husband and I moved down here from Ohio, the FNP and ACNP positions were saturated in southwest Ohio. Only maybe 3 or 4 of us (out of my cohort of 13) had jobs set up bef...
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    Med-surg nurse who would like to change to ICU. How difficult will that be?

    I worked on a gen surg unit (who am I kidding, it was pretty much med surg) and a year later I transferred to my hospital's SICU. Just like Ruby Vee said, you'll learn all your ICU basics in orientation including prioritizing and time management. My ...
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    Move from Medsurg to ICU?

    Like the others have said, it really depends on you. I worked on a gen surg care unit (med surg) for a year and went straight to our trauma/SICU. I didn't think it was too hard of a transition for me but who knows what my preceptor thought lol. I alr...
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    Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    Wow, it seems like there is a lot of "looking down" from M/S to CC and CC to M/S. I was going to write a rant for both sides because I have worked both in the past two years, but to be honest with you I don't feel like it would relevant to say anythi...
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    What do NP's wear

    The SICU and CC NPs who work in the hospital I work at all wear light blue surgical scrubs, and every once in awhile I see them in their white coats. The other speciality NPs I know (i.e. Cardiology, urology, etc.), they tend to wear professional clo...
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    The ICU and Fatigue

    Do you work days or nights? I work nights on SICU and man, it can be exhausting at times but I am SO glad that I don't work days. It can get so busy and I wouldn't feel like I was getting anything done because they expect you to do some much in 12 ho...
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    How fast did you land a job?

    When I was finishing up with my preceptorship in 2014, the manager took my resume and told me to call her when I graduate if I was interested. Fortunately, I pretty much had my first job in the bag because of precepting there and befriending the work...
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    Is it anxiety or do I hate being a nurse?

    Maybe acute care isn't for you. Thankfully, the nice thing about nursing is that there are so many specialities and places for people to work as nurses. Have you thought about case management? (HHC, hospice, etc). If you wanted to stay in the hospita...
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    Meaning of your username?

    Theres always drama in trauma (Trauma-SICU in my case) lol!!
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    How to know when you should move from floor to ICU?

    Honestly, you'll just know when you're ready to move to ICU. I was on a surgical care unit for a year prior to switching to SICU and I know it was the best decision I made! I understand completely, even though it was a good floor to start on as a new...
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    Are you jealous of other nurses jobs/abilities?

    Shoot, I felt the same way. Envious with some people starting at great places. I really wanted to start at my facility's inpatient trauma unit and then transfer to SICU within a two year span. Some nurses started in trauma and I started in a surgical...
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    Would love some input in rolling out bedside report

    I work in SICU at a big level one trauma center. We "started" bedside reporting butI have yet to actually do it. We also explain to the patients our hourly rounding and that we are supposed to sign a piece of paper, etc. most of our patients are tube...
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    Sterile Water for Enteral Feeding Tubes?

    Weird but I can see their point in using it. In my floor, we use tap water to flush OG/NG tubes
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    Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    Don't give up, you haven't even graduated yet! When I graduated in May 2014, most of our class didn't have jobs or interviews lined up until several months after passing boards. Only maybe 10 of us out of 100 had a job waiting for us. Even with that,...
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    Trauma Nursing

    Pixie, I have not but I'm sure I'll start hearing about it soon. I talked to our educator not too long ago and said it isn't a requirement for our floor... Which is very surprising. It's a requirement for our trauma advanced care unit but not the ICU...