Melissa ICU RN

Melissa ICU RN has 2 years experience.

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1. How long did it take you to land your first job?

   Melissa ICU RN replied to Sessa RN's topic in Job Hunt

   Graduated last summer and had a job offer before taking NCLEX.

2. Dr office vs. hospital for first job

   Melissa ICU RN replied to snappycindy's topic in Job Hunt

   I think starting in a hospital is going to open more doors for you long term. Good luck on your decision!

3. New Grad, where to start career?

   Melissa ICU RN replied to ashevilleboxer's topic in Job Hunt

   Both options will have their pros and cons but I would personally grab the ICU position not only because I might be a little biased :) but because you will learn so many more skills that will benefit you down the road. It also depends on your future ...

4. Anyone working two nursing jobs?

   Melissa ICU RN replied to Caribbean Character's topic in Job Hunt

   I do have 2 nursing jobs. One is FT weekend days in ICU and the other is prn in outpatient surgery. On average I work about 50 hours/week and that is plenty! I went a couple months where I was working 60 + hrs/week and it nearly killed me. I was alwa...

5. Theme song to your Nursing career?

   Melissa ICU RN replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Humor

   "I Love It" by Icona Pop. It just has that catchy beat and we often find ourselves dancing around the unit :)

6. How common is it for BSN new grads to land a job without related experience?

   Melissa ICU RN replied to futuresctRN's topic in General Students

   I am in Indiana and finished with my BSN last July and did an accelerated program. All of my classmates and myself were hired with 1 month of passing boards. Some of us even before we passed, and none of us had any medical experience because we were ...

7. length of orientation

   Melissa ICU RN replied to funkyRN's topic in Louisiana

   I think 8-12 weeks is average for orientation, but it also depends on the person. Some require a little longer and some are ready to fly on their own with less that 8 weeks. The most important thing is to communicate with your preceptor and gauge you...

8. I want to cry! still can't find a nursing job...

   Melissa ICU RN replied to sarabella11's topic in Job Hunt

   Can you network with any of your former classmates or former nursing instructors? Also, try turning in applications in person to the hiring manager of the unit you are applying to. Be persistent...follow up with calls and e-mails after applying. I d...

9. Cardiac monitoring

   Melissa ICU RN replied to bear14's topic in Student Assist

   I used the following website when I started my capstone in ICU and also as a new ICU nurse. There is great info on many critical care topics. Hope it helps you as much as it helped me! http://www.icufaqs.org/

10. Questions for SRNA's

    Melissa ICU RN posted a topic in SRNA

    I am interested in being a CRNA and have been starting to look at options for schools including admission requirements, costs, etc. I have found some information on school websites, but I would like to get input from actual SRNA's out there. What sc...

11. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    Melissa ICU RN replied to navyman7's topic in Government

    I am a recent BSN grad applying for Navy nursing. I have applied for the officer candidate program twice while in school but I did an accelerated BSN program and the time was off both times and I couldn't get in. So, now that I'm done I'm trying agai...

12. Failed NCLEX

    Melissa ICU RN replied to Joce09's topic in NCLEX

    Congrats on Passing!!! Did you use the pearson vue trick to find out since you just took it today? I tried the trick at it says I passed too (took it yesterday). I'm just freaking out!