ItDepends

ItDepends specializes in Medical -Surgical PCU.

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1. New Grad, work calling on days off

   ItDepends replied to hopemedsurg2picu's topic in General Nursing

   When I sent out applications and filled out my employee paperwork, I only listed my cell phone. The hospital does not know I have a home phone. I leave the cell phone on silent at night - in another part of the house. Oh they tried to call me at 0500...

2. Resource Recommendation - new in ICU

   ItDepends replied to ItDepends's topic in Critical

   Thank you all so much! I appreciate the suggestions and will look into all of them. I love this site!

3. Resource Recommendation - new in ICU

   ItDepends replied to ItDepends's topic in Critical

   Dukeblue002 Thank you for the reply. No, there is not a handbook, I fully agree that there should be. Let me explain the situation a little better: We have 24 beds on our floor - 20 med-surg beds and 4 ICU beds. The same nurses (once they are 'cross ...

4. Resource Recommendation - new in ICU

   ItDepends posted a topic in Critical

   I currently work Med-Surg/progressive care at a community hospital, we also have a very small ICU. Recently I have begun cross-training to work in the unit. There is no formal training program and I had one day of 'actual' training before being assig...

5. If you wear Danskos.... How often do you replace shoes?

   ItDepends replied to dannygirl04's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Oh, and they hold up forever!

6. If you wear Danskos.... How often do you replace shoes?

   ItDepends replied to dannygirl04's topic in Uniform/Gear

   My only issue with Dansko shoes is the amount of time to break them in. It took about 20 wears for my first pair. The newest pair I purchased were the XP pro - They were AWESOME right off the bat. No need to do more than a few days to break them in. ...

7. What's your dress code at work?

   ItDepends replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

   My hospital requires RNs to wear Olive Green, Housekeeping wears chocolate brown on top, black bottoms, RT and PT wear Gray on top and black or gray bottoms. HUAs wear khaki on top, khaki or black on bottom. We don't have CNAs. MDs, NPs and dietary w...

8. What color are your scrubs?

   ItDepends replied to Iliauna's topic in Uniform/Gear

   My hospital requires Olive green for all RNs.

9. Periop training new grad interview

   ItDepends replied to ItDepends's topic in Operating Room

   Hi! Sorry, I hadn't looked at this in forever. I did not get in the peri-op program. I ended up getting a position on a med-surg floor. Would still LOVE to do surgical nursing, but trying to get the most out of my current job. How about you?

10. New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    ItDepends replied to Ruby Vee's topic in New Nurse

    I am 5 months in and its better than it first was and not yet as good as it will be. Sometimes I wish I could fast forward to when I will feel competent, but honestly the hard times are what you learn from. Most of my coworkers are wonderful people a...

11. Calling All First Year Med-Surg RN's!

    ItDepends replied to Catherinexi17's topic in New Nurse

    I am 5 months in on a busy Med-Surg floor. We have no techs, no transporters, no help/support except each other. My fellow nurses are AWESOME! and I would NOT have made it this far without them. I see some newer grads coming in now and see how they a...

12. What is your quote or mantra when it gets tough?

    ItDepends replied to Lola Lou's topic in New Nurse

    One of my favorites is "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time." It is a reminder that all things, large or small, must be done one step at a time. I also say as long as the Pts are all still breathing, its a good day! Everything else is ic...

13. Periop training new grad interview

    ItDepends posted a topic in Operating Room

    I am a very new grad (December 16!) and I have an interview for a Perioperative training program next month. They use the Periop 101 program through AORN. It will be a panel interview of 5-6 people from different surgery departments and they are acce...

14. How many of you...

    ItDepends replied to gabriellegoss's topic in General Students

    We take the HESI at the end of each semester and it becomes a progressively higher percentage of our grade. For example in the first semester it was worth 10% and in the final semester it is worth 40% of our grade. Evolve case studies are a great hel...