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1. Do nurses usually work 3 12-hour shifts a week for full pay?

   csicuRN replied to gentlerain's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a high stress cardiac ICU. We run labs, hang blood products when pts are dumping liters of blood out of their chest,, run ECMO, CRRT, sedate patients during bedside procedures such as bronchoscopies, chest tube insertions, PICC line placeme...

2. 6 months into CSICU..

   csicuRN replied to csicuRN's topic in CCU

   CSICU stands for cardiac surgery ICU. Thanks,maybe ill try 5 8 hour shifts? It's worth a try!

3. 6 months into CSICU..

   csicuRN posted a topic in CCU

   Hi fellow cardiac ICU nurses! Quick synopsis of my nursing career so far: graduated BSN program in May 2012, hired in a neurosurgery ICU at large teaching hospital and worked there July through October. Moved to a different state, and was hired in Ca...