rndog

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1. PICU/PCICU Resource Books

   rndog posted a topic in PICU

   I am a PCICU nurse and would like to get a couple of good resource books. The unit I am in now is both PICU and PCICU but they will be separating in December. I've been told by a co-worker about a core curriculum in pediatric critical care but I'd li...

2. Echo Heron

   rndog replied to Tippy-ta-ta's topic in General Nursing

   Your attitude will not benefit you in the nursing profession my friend. Nobody wants to have a manager, a co-worker, or a nurse providing them care to be close minded and judgemental. And on the subject of Echo Heron, I agree that her books are well...

3. Associate RN vs. Master of Nursing?

   rndog replied to DLB6370's topic in General Nursing

   Which program is the better of the two? Clinical experiences, pass rate, NCLEX pass rate,opinions from past grads, etc. Yeah, it'd be great to have a MSN but you don't need that to practice. Getting a strong basic nursing foundation and good clinical...

4. Wake Forest/ UNC/ Duke residency programs

   rndog replied to boykinm's topic in North Carolina

   UNC and Duke both have residency programs. Duke has notoriously not treated new grads very well but a new residency program that started this month will hopefully change that. I've heard really good things from new grads I know that work at UNC.

5. MRSA and Isolation

   rndog replied to tgirl84's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a PICU that will put a MRSA + patient who is on contact isolation in the same room with other patients. So if the others weren't positive before, they will be before they leave. Plus, we culture for MRSA but don't implement contact isolatio...

6. Disastrous New Grad Orientation

   rndog posted a topic in New Nurse

   I am a new grad (Dec 2007) who chose a position on a Peds ICU over one in an ED because I did an externship there last summer and absolutely loved it. Unfortunately, my orientation was a disaster. I had at least 10 different preceptors, worked predom...