badgerRN replied to RunnerRN2015's topic in Operating Room
I teched in an OR during nursing school. I loved first assisting and scrubbing. My advice is to look at the 2 sides of the coin. 1. Doing your practicum in the OR will give you a chance to see if it is what you want to do and may get your foot in th...
badgerRN replied to iliketosneeze's topic in Emergency
I just started as a New Grad at a busy Level 2 Trauma Center. I had never walked into the hospital before I interviewed, and got a job. I have volunteered as a First Responder for a few years, and through that I took opportunities to get extra certi...
badgerRN replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in Professionalism
I am not against tattoos, I don't have any, but have dated some people with them. I understand that there are more and more people with tattoos, but the understanding of anyone getting a tattoo should be that healthcare is a conservative industry. Wh...
I have no personal experience with Barrow, but by reputation I would avoid it, it is so bad, Barrow County drives its prisoners to Athens instead of going just down the street. ARMC has a large Med Surg ICU and a Cardiac ICU. St. Mary's has a small...