PoetInAHat!

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1. anyone hearing about eICU?

   PoetInAHat! replied to overtonis's topic in MICU

   My hospital has eICU. I don't work in the eICU, but I dowork in one of the ICU's. We are part of a Health System in which there are 6hospitals. All ICU's in the system are linked to the eICU. All ICU rooms have acamera so they can see the patient (an...

2. Should I quit nursing?

   PoetInAHat! replied to Anna-s's topic in New Nurse

   I am not a nurse in Canada so I don't really know how long orientation is for a new gradin Canada but... 4 weeks seems kind of short for a new nurse straight out ofnursing school. Perhaps you can ask for a couple more weeks of orientation.Explain tha...

3. Ok, what's the real deal with new grads?

   PoetInAHat! replied to future nurse1's topic in General Nursing

   Alright. I am not going to lecture you on your choice of words/attitude... 30 some odd people beat me to the punch. But here is what I think. I graduated this past December. Took the boards in January and started my job on an ICU unit in Februrary. T...