jenj1928

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  1. Burning Of The Uniforms.....

    Well I did an emotional compromise, I had three white uniform tops, one of them was bought at the beginning of senior year and not quite as dingy as the other two, so I donated the nice one and I'm burning the other two at my graduation party next we...
  2. as student we get a ton of magazine offers for different nursing topics and interests but I have not seen one geared specifically to pediatric critical care. Is there one you like over another? just a basic peds one? Thanks!
  3. I have had it!!

    janfrn, you are truely an amazing person. Like you said it is never acceptable but in a scary way understandable in the craziness they live everyday, not that it is ever an excuse I know that but an insight. Bless you for all you do everyday, both at...
  4. any new grads hired in PICU?

    I just accepted my offer this week! Start in May as a new grad in the PICU with a 6mo orientation!! I'm so excited!(and scared) but deffinately excited.
  5. Let's talk about death

    I read this thread and I think two things at once, "this is why I want to be a PICU RN" and "this is why I don't want to be a PICU RN". I did case management for early intervention for 5 years and attended 3 infant funerals. Several families really ...
  6. Mlwaukee new grad start pay rates?

    from what I've seen, kenosha hospitals, Aurora Metro mulwaukee area, as well as all saints are all starting new grads around $22, now the differentials are a bit different from place to place as well as what is considered full time (a .9FTE is full t...
  7. any new grads hired in PICU?

    I just interviewed in a very large PICU for a new grad position and they have a 6 month orientation, I'm looking forward to that phone ringing!!!
  8. NICU parent as a NICU nurse good or bad?

    As NICU nurses do you think there is a benefit to a new nurse in the NICU being a former NICU parent? Or do you think there is a downfall of sorts?
  9. FNP with specialty in peds or PNP?

    thanks for posting! I ended up applying to the FNP program, one of the reasons being the PNP program was at a private school, the FNP a state one. Plus my undergrad is at the same school as the FNP program. BUT besides that I looked a a few postings ...
  10. trying to decide CNM or not?

    I'm in the last year of my BSN degree and I'm applying for preceptorships and future GN opportunities and I'm trying to decide which way to go. My two favorite career path choices are in totally different directions, one is ICU and the other is towar...
  11. I'm in the last year of my BSN degree and I'm applying for preceptorships and future GN opportunities and I'm trying to decide which way to go. My two favorite career path choices are in totally different directions, one is ICU and the other is towar...
  12. Which ICU should I do MRICU sufficient?

    I looked at the schools that I plan to apply to in the future and they dodn't really specify either way about a MRICU? The hospital that I'm looking to transfer to breaks up their icu's into CVICU, Neuro ICU, surgical etc and I'm interested in the po...
  13. Do CRNA's do chronic pain management

    Other than the obvious pain management during surgical procedures do any of you work in a pain management clinic or is this outside the scope of practice of a CRNA and left more for the anesthesiologists?
  14. southeast Wisconsin work

    St Catherine's, part of United hospital systems in kenosha has a good nurse intern program once you begin your clinical courses. Plus the St catherine's campus is going to be going through some big expansion in the next 2 yrs or so, it might be a goo...
  15. I was wondering, how many years of appyling did it take you to get accepted into a program? Was it the school you had hoped for or did you take what you could get? Did you have to move? Did you apply at a large amount of schools or bank on one or two...