theseriousnurse2b

theseriousnurse2b has 1 years experience and specializes in CCU, CVICU, CVRU, Cardiac Cath Lab, RRT.

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1. New Grad ICU crash course resources?

   theseriousnurse2b replied to coffee&scrubs's topic in Critical

   If you can only get one resource, get Fast Facts for Critical Care (Kathy White Learning Systems). All four of us new grads who started almost a year ago agree it is the most concise resource on what you need. Next, check out the EmCrit Podcast (epi...

2. Carolinas Healthcare System's RN Residency Program 2017

   theseriousnurse2b replied to novistnurse77's topic in North Carolina

   So, I can't give you any numbers regarding applicants vs hired, as I have never been able to locate such data. However, I can tell you that it varies with each application cycle. For the May 2017 cohort of new grads, they hired more than 70 into crit...

3. Carolinas Healthcare System's RN Residency Program 2017

   theseriousnurse2b replied to novistnurse77's topic in North Carolina

   I am a Charlotte native who graduated in May and am half way through the Journey ICU RN Residency Program at CMC. Things are pretty competitive. Big push for BSN (I am ADN, but start RN-BSN in January). It helps if you have healthcare experience, es...

4. NEW RN: Need recommendations

   theseriousnurse2b replied to Emilyyredd's topic in Critical

   Fast Facts for Critical Care by Kathleen M. White is fantastic for a start. The Medscape app is another wonderful resource that is even free!

5. New Nursing Student Must Haves and Advice From Current Nursing Students

   theseriousnurse2b replied to CreativeUsername's topic in General Students

   Congrats on starting nursing school! It is a huge commitment, but you are on the right track by doing a little preparation before hand. Personally looking back on my past two years of nursing school (I graduate this May), I would say the NCLEX RN Ma...

6. Submit a School Review and Qualify to Win $100!

   theseriousnurse2b replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   Please add the following schools (NC public and private institutions): Central Piedmont Community College ADN ECPI Charlotte Campus ADN Carolinas College of Health Sciences ADN Cabarrus College of Health Sciences ADN Stanly Community College ADN Sout...

7. Student Nurse Apprenticeship (SNAP)

   theseriousnurse2b replied to theseriousnurse2b's topic in General Students

   Hey, congrats on having an interview! They ended up emailing me back to say they already had selected their last few candidates. However, this past fall our school was able to have the junior students apply through the official application process (w...

8. Pharmacology book?

   theseriousnurse2b replied to salvatore810's topic in General Students

   Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology 6th edition (Lippincott Illustrated Reviews Series): 9781451191776: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com This is great for learning pharmacology. I never had a pharm class either, so this has b...

9. "Smart watch" vs traditional for taking pulse/resp

   theseriousnurse2b replied to bay area FNP-to-be's topic in General Students

   Garmin Vivosmart HR is great! You simply pronate your wrist and the watch lights up. You can choose which feature you want the watch face to be set too (HR, steps, calories, time, weather, text/alerts, stairs climbed, intensity minutes, etc.). The wa...

10. CLEP for nutrition and Developmental Psych. free resources?

    theseriousnurse2b replied to an11228's topic in General Students

    The REA Clep study guides/tests are great (I got mine on Amazon). The developmental psych test is a little harder than the general psych Clep, but nothing to worry about. I studied for 4 days or so and took it. It is a lot of common sense.

11. Nursing Aide/Unit Secretary?

    theseriousnurse2b replied to GradRN19's topic in General Students

    As a nursing student who works as a tech in the ICU, I would say go for it! Personally, I think that you get to see a lot and once the nurses get to know you and how hard you work, they will delegate more to you and let you assist them with the non-d...

12. Nursing and Personality

    theseriousnurse2b replied to TuesdaysChild's topic in General Students

    INTJ. I struggle with talking all day to coworkers and patients (ICU and OR are the only places that I don't have to talk every minute of the shift). On the other hand, I am always planning for the worst case scenario and privately I problem solve al...

13. Best Flashcard app

    theseriousnurse2b replied to morningland's topic in General Students

    Quizlet.

14. New Laptop!

    theseriousnurse2b replied to mkcarlsonxo's topic in General Students

    I would recommend getting an Apple (either MacBook Air or MacBook Pro) with the student discount. A lot of my classmates have had their MacBook Airs for years and love them because they are so lightweight and small. Personally, I like something large...

15. How does your school use Kaplan?

    theseriousnurse2b replied to Lilacs For Mom's topic in General Students

    My school started using KAPLAN last year (they used to do ATI). My cohort is the first to have it from day one. We can basically go in and take tests that we create, access online ebooks for content review and watch tons of videos. My school uses KAP...