icuuci

icuuci

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  1. Nurse with disability

    i would personally think its bs but what are you gong to go? Its management's decision. Be stoked you have a job. Do the best you can do, things will work out.
  2. Brand new nurse, starting on third shift

    be stoked you have a job. end of story
  3. help with iv starts

    read this... http://www.son.washington.edu/students/cene/docs/Successful-IV-Starts.pdf also, I was sick of being terrible at IV so I practiced starting IV's on myself. Its hard but you start to get the feel, after several weeks of practice in my bat...
  4. I got some of this when I first started too. I agree with previous suggestions...talk slowly, smile, sit-down when you can. If everyone is telling you this there is probably something there. If you have insurance consider seeing a therapist who mi...
  5. California's 2010 New Grad RN Program

    and you need at least two year experience to get wound ostomy certification.
  6. California's 2010 New Grad RN Program

    PACU is not only acute care but, intensive care. PACU is awesome, you can go anywhere...ED, Medsurg, icu Where did you get hired.
  7. 2010-11 San Francisco VA new grad program

    got email notification that I suck... here is the letter if you care.... Dear New Graduate Applicant, On behalf of the Department of Nursing Education, I am emailing to thank you for your interest in a VA nursing career. This was an unprecedented yea...
  8. delete it. for sure.
  9. there are no jobs for new nurses anyway so good luck with that
  10. Job Stress: Floor vs ED

    ED nurses at my hospital chill at an incomprehensible rate. perhaps cuz we are across the street from a trama center. But at my hospital ED nurses essentially work in a clinic.
  11. Question for the fellas....

    i don't thinks its an advantage at all. I have dealt with a great deal of anti-male sentiment from nursing management. Sure some units & managers want males but I think it is at least balanced out by those who see us as trespassing on a female ...
  12. Considering nursing...need advice!

    If you a have a job keep it. Getting a job as a new RN with no experience is close to impossible at present.
  13. Does this sound ok?

    Wow! I completely disagree!!! Your employer hired you as a new grad when nobody else would. From this you gain invaluable experience that likely helped you land your current job. If nothing else it gave you something to put on your resume, which t...
  14. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    if you ask a question and there are over 200 responses the answer is yes
  15. has anyone heard back from the SF VA new grad program that closed in dec of 2010 thanks