Sandman2855

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1. Peds Nurse wanting to go to ER

   Sandman2855 replied to mfrancisco's topic in Emergency

   Hey Melissa. Your best bet might be an internal transfer to your own hospital's ED. Any contacts you can make down there will help a lot. Do you ever go down to start IV's? I know we ask Peds to come down every now and then. Do some research and lear...

2. UCLA MECN FALL 2013

   Sandman2855 replied to ldytrjn's topic in California

   USF doesn't require GRE

3. UCLA New Grad RN 2013

   Sandman2855 replied to matthewandrew's topic in California

   For anyone working at UCLA-RR looking for places to live, check out the Palms neighborhood. It is safe, relatively cheap, and convenient to UCLA by car or bus. I went to nursing school at UCLA and lived in Palms the whole time and it was great.

4. Calcium Gluconate

   Sandman2855 replied to SweetMelissaRN's topic in Emergency

   The first time I gave this medication, it was for a non-coding hyperkalemic patient. I asked a colleague if there was anything special I needed to know about the administration of these medications (also giving sodium bicarb, insulin, dextrose). She ...

5. UCLA New Grad Summer 2012 program

   Sandman2855 replied to sallyp911's topic in California

   Thanks to all of you on this thread for all the support/advice/information. I was just offered a position in the ER at UCLA-SM. Good luck to everyone!

6. UCLA New Grad Summer 2012 program

   Sandman2855 replied to sallyp911's topic in California

   Congrats on your job offers :)

7. Cedars-Sinai New Grad Summer 2012

   Sandman2855 replied to xluescluesx's topic in California

   Hey everyone. I just received the phone interview a couple hours ago, so they are still doing them! Hang in there everyone who hasn't heard anything :)

8. UCLA New Grad Summer 2012 program

   Sandman2855 replied to sallyp911's topic in California

   I just finished my interview. My manager was like 40 minutes late. We came in and were asked to answer 2 questions in writing before the interview to act as an "ice breaker" for the interview and they collected our CPR card photocopies. You then just...

9. UCLA New Grad Summer 2012 program

   Sandman2855 replied to sallyp911's topic in California

   Check your spam folder alelij

10. UCLA New Grad Summer 2012 program

    Sandman2855 replied to sallyp911's topic in California

    Hey freetibet. It is true that the nurse recruiter has said that they won't consider you for ICU without a clinical practicum in ICU. However I have heard from multiple people, including nurses working in UCLA ICUs that this is not a strict rule. I a...

11. UCLA New Grad Summer 2012 program

    Sandman2855 replied to sallyp911's topic in California

    Same thing Ped.. Did clinicals there.

12. UCLA New Grad Summer 2012 program

    Sandman2855 replied to sallyp911's topic in California

    Just got called for an interview at SM-UCLA ER!!!! Was starting to get worried. She asked whether or not I already had an interview set up in another unit. I said no and she scheduled me for SM ER. She said she will follow up with an email with detai...

13. UCLA New Grad Summer 2012 program

    Sandman2855 replied to sallyp911's topic in California

    To those applying to ER, I spoke with the unit director today and she said she has not sent out interview notifications yet so don't worry. I also spoke with recruitment and asked what "routed to interview supervisor" actually means. She told me it j...

14. UCLA New Grad Summer 2012 program

    Sandman2855 replied to sallyp911's topic in California

    What unit csoo? You are making want to call tomorrow morning!

15. UCLA New Grad Summer 2012 program

    Sandman2855 replied to sallyp911's topic in California

    Just as in when?? 8pm?? Congrats!