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Google "the new nurse podcast." She has a great podcast on critical care assessments. ICUfaqs.org is super helpful also. I don't remember them having a tutorial for assessment specifically but it's a...

There is a huge push at my hospital for "wake up and breathe." Personally I think it is not being implemented very well. It is supposed to be a nurse and respiratory driven process but we have no...

As far as goals, I kept a private journal in the beginning. I wrote down things that went well that day, things I learned, things I wanted to look up, and of course, goals for the next shift! Our...

RNnur... my orientation was 6 months. We had class and computer time built into our schedule, 1 or 2 days a week. Toward the beginning those days were mostly class/workshops/SIM and toward the end it...

My take on USA-- The tuition is cheap and the application process is highly simplified. Most likely, there are many applicants who are not cut out for graduate study, especially online where you are...

Oh, and my vent for the day.... I work night shift. Why on earth do I fall asleep at 10pm and wake up at 5am on my nights off?!?!

My time management tips: You WILL be slow at first. It's the nature of the beast. Don't feel bad about taking a long time to do things. You should be going slow at first because you need to really...

lol... when I was taught as a student to use an insulin pen, I was told to squirt a little bit out but I thought it was just to make sure it works (hate not being able to see the insulin actually...

Unless someone was in there coughing TB all over the place or something like that, nothing that dryer sucks up and blows out is going to hurt you. It's the fomites that will getcha! Yes, there is...

Wow, vespertinas, where was that hospital so I know never to work there! Sounds like some jr. high drama! I have a vera bradley that I got on super sale and the pattern makes me happy, plus it's easy...

I think all ICU nurses would prefer the most critical assignments, all the time. My unit has a new director and she actually just addressed this issue in an email last week. Apparently nurses were...

I love this thread! Keep the updates coming! I am amazed at how comfortable I actually feel being on my own. I remember around month 3 out of my 6 month orientation, I was feeling like I would...

I work in a general icu and prefer medical cases. We don't get traumas or neuro surgery because they go to their own units. We get a lot of general and CT surgery. I hate getting surgical patients...

(BTW, it is 5 months of days and only one month of nights on orientation... enjoy your days while you can!)

Monkey... just realized from another post that we are in the same network. :) I'm at the other campus, though.

k1569, Have you had your group interview yet? It sounds like you are ahead of the ball, which is good since they fill internship spots on a first-come, first-served basis. At your group interview,...

Wow, that's quite a price difference! Personally, I would go with Jeff. It may not have the national name recognition of Penn, but it is a well-respected school regionally. The only way I would...

Somehow I went into work this week neglecting to realize that it was my first week on my own!! It was actually fine, despite getting an admission on each of my 3 shifts. The first 2 nights, my...

Love, love, love my 12s. I am generally more mentally alert at the end of a 12 hour shift than I am at the beginning of the shift! However, I do get "bodily" tired, and prefer not to work 3 in a row...

It's funny to me that while professions such as nursing are pushing for academic inflation, the medical profession is experimenting with SHORTENING its academic training, from 4 years to 3.

CPR... I have never had to do it on my own patient. All my patients that have passed have been transitioned to comfort care or at least DNR. I've been to other codes on the unit, though... I've even...

WHY have I never thought of this?? Great suggestion, hodgie!

I'm trying to stick to the same sleep schedule for my nights off in hopes that it will turn into a routine. Although, I have always been a "napper" so I go to bed with my husband around midnight and...

Congrats etymed, RN! FlorenceNtheMachine, I felt the same way about days. The one thing I've found, though, is that I get all night to figure out what the patient needs, then discuss it with the...

Sure, an aide could do all those things, but not when there is only 1 aide for 26 patients... that would be intense!