katmarieRN replied to Blueorchid's topic in Critical
I'm so sorry you are going through this. But I understand it. I do agree you should talk to your manager about it. If anything is being reported about you, your manager should be discussing it with you also. Unfortunately, what you are seeing is ...
katmarieRN replied to german_girl11's topic in Critical
For what it's worth, I was hired in an ICU as a new grad and have been a critical care nurse for a couple years... If you are willing to learn about the pathophysiologies and become more of a critical thinker more than a task orientated nurse, you ma...
Heidi, Sounds like you have a good package: extra curriculars, hospital experience, grades. I know they also look at GRE scores. As far as being out of state... I'm a 2010 grad and we a several out-of-staters... I don't think that will play a fa...
I work at a Trauma ICU where often our patients are in C-collars until spines are cleared-- presuming ligament damage when no vertebral damage is seen in CT. I know this is a silly question... but I cannot find it anywhere. Do you hold C-spine when...
Quick question for those who work for the VA. I know the initial application process takes a while (I was told to expect 6 months), but once in the system, how easy is it to move to different specialties, if I wanted to try different things (i.e. f...
When I'm caring for a prisoner, I usually don't know their crime....nor do I want to know. They are usually accompanied by 2 guards, so I feel relatively safe. I never give information, and if they do inquire, I either give something very general...
Because you are graduating in May, you'll have more opportunities outside of UVA than we did being August graduates. Most everyone that applied to UVA got a job there (maybe not your choice unit...but somewhere close). Some got jobs out of state. ...
UGGG! Tortorous weekend! Serves me right for taking the @#$% thing on a Friday. Still getting the good pop-up. Aside from a few bald spots on my head.......I'm hanging in there.