ICUchick

ICUchick specializes in Critical care.

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1. Is anyone else's ICU more like LTAC?

   ICUchick posted a topic in Critical

   Just curious what other regions/ hospital systems are experiencing.... I am an ICU nurse at a Midwestern hospital (community size roughly 250k) and we are the main hospital system in the city - we have 3 ICUs... Med/surf, cardiac and neuro/trauma. ...

2. Constructive Resume Advice?

   ICUchick replied to ICUchick's topic in Job Hunt

   Anyone have any feedback? Just a thumbs up or down.... ?

3. Constructive Resume Advice?

   ICUchick posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Hello everyone! I think I have my resume all set. I worked with our faculty and a hiring manager at our institution (my BSN program is tied to a Hospital). I would like to run it by all of you and see if I am missing anything. Part of my concern i...

4. Most terrifying thing?

   ICUchick replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Students

   I would agree with some of the other responses that the skills check off's early on were the most terrifying. This is followed by a scary and intimidating clinical instructor but if your prepared for the clinical even they won't frazzle you and you ...

5. Med/Surg vs Fundamentals

   ICUchick replied to RNdreams7's topic in General Students

   I think Med/Surg is easier, but I suspect this is very different for everyone. I think that the entire semester that you start Fundamentals/assessments is so different from the previous ones, and for us it was the one that we started clinicals in, t...

6. Prioritization rationale for neuro v. musculoskeletal assessment...

   ICUchick posted a topic in Student Assist

   Hello everyone! I am working on a paper for health assessment and am having some trouble with the area where I have to give a detailed rationale for why I would perform one assessment before the other. The scenario is as follows: Our patient today i...

7. Need to interview someone who gave birth 20+ years ago...

   ICUchick posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello ladies & gents, I would like to write a paper about the differences in the care mothers receive and the birth experience from about 20 - 25 years ago versus today. I have interviewed a mom who gave birth about 5 months ago to get a good...

8. how can I prepare for TEAS?

   ICUchick replied to hdcsulb's topic in TEAS

   It depends on how far out of school you are and what other classes you have been taking. I am 15 years out of HS but took 1 year of courses at the community college, including algebra & stats, science pre-reqs and English comp, I studied very li...

9. Highschool gpa affecting nursing in college?

   ICUchick replied to futurenurse1248's topic in General Students

   I agree with the response above - they will look at your GPA from pre-reqs and go by that and perhaps your TEAS score, though my school accepted me and then had me take the TEAS. My HS GPA was non-existant as I dropped out of HS and earned my GED so...

10. Very small nursing schools?

    ICUchick replied to TPtogo's topic in General Students

    Welcome! I have not yet started school, my program starts in January, but I am also attending a very small private nursing school. The classes have 70 students...to start, who knows how many make it to the end. I am an "older" student and I asked t...

11. I made it!!!

    ICUchick posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    Well after much worrying, obsessing and stress I am SO happy to report that I got in to the nursing program in my area! I am currently taking an accelerated CNA course as the school requires this before you start clinicals. I am hoping to land a s...

12. Ok, I'm gonna ask...(warner, super dumb question)

    ICUchick replied to ICUchick's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Many thanks, that is how I refer to it but with my nursing school interview approaching tomorrow I thought I should double check!

13. Questions for nursing school interview...my list

    ICUchick posted a topic in General Students

    tomorrow is my highly anticipated interview with one of the nursing schools i applied to. i have prepared as well as i think i can and have assembled a list of questions. can you review it and give me your opinion if any of these should be left out...

14. Ok, I'm gonna ask...(warner, super dumb question)

    ICUchick posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    NCLEX - I know it is the licensing test for nurses. I know it stands for National Council Licensure examination. I know its referred to as NCLEX but how do you SAY it???? Ya, I know...dumb question but I want to know! Is it pronounced en-klecks? (an...

15. Concerned about upcoming interview...

    ICUchick posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hey everyone, I spoke with a girl in my micro class that interviewed with the school I applied to and will be interviewing with on Wednesday. She wasn't accepted, I am not sure why but her GPA was about 3.4 at the time so I wonder if that was it. S...