LifesAJourney

LifesAJourney

Med/Surg, Float Pool, MICU, CTICU

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About LifesAJourney

LifesAJourney specializes in Med/Surg, Float Pool, MICU, CTICU.


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  1. Review the roles of both circulating and scrub nurse. Special achievements of the hospital regarding surgery i.e. the use of o arm, hybrid rooms for tavr, robotics, etc. New technology use in the OR. The hospital mission statement. They will ask you ...
  2. I'm officially off orientation you guys. I'm flying solo, but I'm never alone :)
  3. What's your schedule?
  4. Trauma Room (OR)

    Thanks for the advice! I'm already at a level one trauma hospital. I hope that's true for me about not paying for the TNCC. If not, I don't mind out of pocket as I would like to work the trauma bay someday in the future.
  5. Going well so far! It's frustrating though when the person I'm paired up with doesn't want to talk to me that much or expects me to know more than what I do! Especially if it is my first time ever doing a certain case or having this surgeon. I feel l...
  6. surgical count

    This or we do an post-op xray.
  7. Yes! I know I want to go to Barcelona, Rome, and Tuscany now. I would like to retired to any of those 3 places in the future.
  8. Trauma Room (OR)

    I'm gonna ask the people who normally work traumas their opinions too! Wow, 7 years?! That's awesome. I was thinking just like the ACLS, I would have to renew q2 years. You're thinking about flight nursing?! I had that as one of my options in nursing...
  9. Trauma Room (OR)

    Thanks for the info!!! I'm still leaning towards taking it, but we'll see!
  10. Yes, my current hospital has RN, BSN, CNOR, etc listed on our badges. My previous job did not.
  11. Trauma Room (OR)

    I would like to eventually work in the Trauma Room of the OR when they roll on in someday. (In addition to working/rotating in all the other different types of cases). This would be a long-term goal for me being that I need to get through orientation...
  12. Nursing salary and buying a home?

    This is a really good informative thread. Even though I'm not ready to buy a home yet, this information is great advice to keep in mind!!!!
  13. How to spend this summer

    If I could go back, I would have use that time to relax and have fun. Spend time with friends/family. Exercise. Maybe even travel. Once school starts, those things listed are a luxury to achieve at times.
  14. I feel ya about breakfast! Breakfast is more of a luxury for me now. It never seems like I have time for a decent breakfast with coming in so early in the morning. It's usually a bar of some sort until lunch. Bad habit I'm trying to break.
  15. My hospital requires us to scrub and circulate, which I love because I want to do it all. It's nerve-wrecking at first because you don't want to contaminate the field or pass the wrong instruments. Once you do it a few times, it's not that bad! You c...