southern.bellex3

southern.bellex3 specializes in Renal-Telemetry.

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1. Crisis mode

   southern.bellex3 replied to southern.bellex3's topic in General Nursing

   Good luck and congrats on your new job! I'm not sure what advice to give you, since I am still learning myself, but I can tell you what my preceptors and fellow staff have reminded me of, and what I've just seen so far. First of all, I can't remember...

2. Crisis mode

   southern.bellex3 replied to southern.bellex3's topic in General Nursing

   I've actually started doing this recently...I have always been a "to do list" type person, so IDK why I didn't do it before. It has helped me tremendously! I hope I'm not shooting myself in the foot saying this, but I feel like I have gotten a littl...

3. Crisis mode

   southern.bellex3 replied to southern.bellex3's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the tips, I have been using a to do list when I work! It really does help. Today was a lot better. The patient-nurse ration on our floor is supposed to be 4:1 because of the telemetry, but due to staffing, it often ends up 5 or 6:1. I thin...

4. Crisis mode

   southern.bellex3 replied to southern.bellex3's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all so much for the advice and encouragement! I have been asking my preceptor questions...and I did tell her at one point I didn't feel ready for 4 patients, but she said that I was, that I'm already pretty much on my own. I don't feel like...

5. Crisis mode

   southern.bellex3 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new grad who has been working on the floor for about 6 weeks now. They told us about the 4 "Stages" we'd go through in orientation, and I think I have officially hit "crisis". I'm working on a renal telemetry unit. I've been told by several of...

6. choosing a specialty and personality type?

   southern.bellex3 replied to TRousse's topic in Career Support

   My personality type is ENFJ. I currently work in a nephrology and telemetry unit, but I hope to eventually transfer to something critical care...probably the ED, NICU or PICU(or at least these are the areas I want most). I love peds of all forms thou...

7. New Grad NICU Support Thread

   southern.bellex3 replied to niculove's topic in NICU

   Thanks! I've heard it's a great floor for a new grad.

8. New Grad NICU Support Thread

   southern.bellex3 replied to niculove's topic in NICU

   It's okay...it doesn't mean that I can't ever work in NICU, it just means that NOW isn't the best time. I can transfer after 6 months if a spot is open. We'll see what happens :) The floor I'm on will be great experience, nonetheless, even though it'...

9. New Grad NICU Support Thread

   southern.bellex3 replied to niculove's topic in NICU

   Unfortunately, I did not get the NICU position. I learned today that they had about 12 people who made it to peer interviews, and still only 2 open spots. My chances weren't amazing anyway, but they went with more experience. I completely understand ...

10. New Grad NICU Support Thread

    southern.bellex3 replied to niculove's topic in NICU

    Thanks for the advice and good luck! My interview is tomorrow morning. I'll try searching for some of those questions, but did before I had the interview with the nurse manager and couldn't find many examples :/ I don't know if it'd be different this...

11. New Grad NICU Support Thread

    southern.bellex3 replied to niculove's topic in NICU

    Thanks for the advice! All of my questions with the nurse manager were like that too, situational "tell me a time when..." type stuff. I guess they are questions you really can't prepare answers for, and you just have to take a minute to think first...

12. New Grad NICU Support Thread

    southern.bellex3 replied to niculove's topic in NICU

    linRdsNay- Good luck to you! Have you started your position on the med-surg unit yet, or will you get to really choose before you start either? And update for all the rest of the posters too, I DID get the peer interview, after all! :) I got called a...

13. New Grad NICU Support Thread

    southern.bellex3 replied to niculove's topic in NICU

    Thank you! I do feel relieved. I, of course, am still hoping and praying for NICU, but I'm thankful that I know there is something there for me. It's a "nephrology" unit, but it's kinda a catch-all. They do dialysis there(hemo and peritoneal), but th...

14. New Grad NICU Support Thread

    southern.bellex3 replied to niculove's topic in NICU

    Just an update...I had an interview yesterday on a different unit and the nurse recruiter called to say that they offered me the job! While she called, I asked if she knew anything about the NICU position before I made my decision. She said that the ...

15. New Grad NICU Support Thread

    southern.bellex3 replied to niculove's topic in NICU

    You will need to become an RN first. I don't think most NICUs will allow LPNs(unless maybe you've had a lot of experience and were grandfathered in), since it's an intensive care environment. You can do that by getting your ADN or BSN. You can specia...