SICUshortCait

SICUshortCait specializes in SICU / NSICU.

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1. Secondhand Trauma

   SICUshortCait posted a topic in COVID

   This is something that’s been on my mind for a little while now. I’ve been hearing recently how what nurses are being exposed to is just part of the job. Death is part of the job that’s true, but that doesn’t change the toll it takes. Seven years lat...

2. July 2017 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

   SICUshortCait replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   It'll cost you an arm and a leg

3. What Nurses really Want to Say When They Chart

   SICUshortCait posted a topic in General Nursing

   We all know we have to keep it objective and professional when we write a note, but clinical notes are really masterpieces of restraint. They summarize our chaos in a way that makes us look like Daenerys Targaryen calmly walking through fire as every...

4. Win $100! June 2015 Caption Contest

   SICUshortCait replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   So he said hold my beer.. .And then he did what?!

5. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

   SICUshortCait replied to fangirl's topic in Relations

   I had a charming "seasoned" woman who said "You're just like your father and make your mother cry" ( I am but she doesn't know him, nor does he make my mother cry); that I was a Big dumb A-hole; and that I was running around like a little cockroach h...

6. Help, help, help, please

   SICUshortCait replied to lpn4106's topic in NCLEX

   To use the study materials? Didn't know! Will certainly delete the above haha thanks!

7. Help, help, help, please

   SICUshortCait replied to lpn4106's topic in NCLEX

   Borrow some study books from friends and focus on the chapter tests and your weaker category of test questions

8. Help, help, help, please

   SICUshortCait replied to lpn4106's topic in NCLEX

   Kaplan has online options that are more affordable. If possible just purchase their question bank. Keep taking mini practice tests of 20 questions from the bank so you can get through them fast and really read the explanations. Look at the categories...

9. Uncensored Thoughts of a Nurse Interviewer

   SICUshortCait replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Support

   Thank you! Of course you can!

10. Uncensored Thoughts of a Nurse Interviewer

    SICUshortCait replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Support

    I was a new grad hired to the SICU/NSICU last year! I love this article because it shows how important the impression you make as a person is as opposed to always focusing on just the paper. My manager said "You're all smart; you're nurses. We can te...

11. 10 Reasons I Don't Always Love My Job

    SICUshortCait posted a topic in General Nursing

    My friends and I often get asked why we want to talk about work when we're not there. My answer is usually because I'm a nurse. Now, traditionally I'm supposed to say it's because I love my job, and often times that's true; but what about the other t...