Are you and your classmates having any luck finding jobs in Chicago? I'm graduating from CRNA school this summer and trying to get into the Chicago market. I'm at a school outside of IL and trying to see what hospitals hire new grad CRNAs. Any insigh...
Had one from a charge RN, CRNA who I shadowed, dean of my undergrad nursing school, and an attending physician. Did not get one from my nurse manager because hospital policy does not allow them to write them other than a confirmation of employment. M...
NIUredblack replied to kbullinger's topic in Student Assist
I was in the same boat as you. I think that it's one of those things that you eventually just get used to with more and more practice. You will feel more confident in your skills in time, hang in there!
NIUredblack replied to StudentFromNj's topic in Male Students
I was in your shoes once. I got a degree in another field because that's what my family wanted. When I was in the career field I was miserable. Went back to school and got my nursing degree, family members were surprised similarly to yours. A career ...
NIUredblack replied to krazykev's topic in Minnesota
Applied to Mayo in Aug/Sept. of my last semester. Interviewed in October, graduated December started Feb. Mayo usually has 3-4 cohorts of RN's that go through ICU orientation throughout the year. Right now Mayo hasn't been hiring for a while in the I...
NIUredblack replied to krisjazzer13's topic in SRNA
Just got an interview, the first I have gotten. I'm assuming I should crank out some CCRN review questions. Anyone have any tips other than dress code ;-)
GenRN - Too funny. I'm working in Minnesota currently. You? GHillbert is correct, it's a 70% which translates to I think 88 questions correct. The test is technically 150 questions but 25 are "experimental" and don't count towards your score. There ...
NIUredblack replied to vastudent09's topic in MICU
I agree. I had a few older nurses on my floor kind of scoff at me when I was sitting for CCRN after my 1750 hrs of clinical experience. "You need at least 3-5 years experience before you should even start thinking about it." Needless to say I passed....
We have this Johnson and Johnson no more tears hair detangler that smells like apples. I like to put that in the bath water. Also, I think that scrubbing bar soap into washrags gets 'em nice and clean too. For the room, I notice that stuff just seems...
Just passed the exam. Worked on MICU just long enough to have my min clinical hours to sit for the test. Did lots of questions from the "Pass CCRN!" cd rom, watched Laura's dvd's, and did questions from her book, I think it's called "Critical Care Ex...