hopemedsurg2picu

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1. transition from adult med surg to picu, did I make the right decision?

   hopemedsurg2picu posted a topic in PICU

   Hi everyone, I've been searching on here for someone with a similar situation but I can't seem to find anything. So a little backstory, I was a nurse for almost 2 years on an adult med surg step down unit and was mostly getting burned out. I didn't e...

2. Just accepted a job in the PICU!!! Any advice??

   hopemedsurg2picu posted a topic in PICU

   Hi everyone!! I'm so so excited to share that I interviewed and shadowed for a very large PICU in teaching Children's Hospital in my city. Well I found out yesterday I got the job!! I have almost 2 years of adult med/surg stepdown experience. I'm sca...

3. Interviewing for the PICU, from experience in Med Surg

   hopemedsurg2picu posted a topic in PICU

   Hi everyone! So a little about me, I've been a nurse for almost 2 years. I started on an Ortho floor (and found out that was totally not for me lol-I was very bored) -and the med surg unit in my hospital was desperate for nurses so I transitioned the...

4. New grad to med surg unit, all experienced nurses leaving

   hopemedsurg2picu posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Hi everyone :) so I was hired onto this medsurg unit in June and soon after about 5 other new grad nurses were also hired within July and August. Now I'm seeing that every other week another experienced nurse is leaving the unit. It has to do I belie...

5. New Nurse, am I doing enough??

   hopemedsurg2picu replied to hopemedsurg2picu's topic in General Nursing

   Okay awesome thanks so much :) I don't really have a question I guess I'm just nervous and praying that whatever I am doing is right. I guess I was just looking to see if my feelings are normal that's all

6. New Nurse, am I doing enough??

   hopemedsurg2picu posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello lovely people! I am a new nurse off orientation for about a month now on a busy post op surgical floor. I guess I am just looking to see if the feelings that I have been having are normal. I have been told by many other nurses and staff that I...

7. New Grad, work calling on days off

   hopemedsurg2picu replied to hopemedsurg2picu's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks so much everyone!! I feel better about saying no now :) our schedule goes out a month and a half in advance and we self schedule. We do rotating days and nights. And are required to do 3 off shifts (nights) and 3 weekend shifts a schedule. And...

8. New Grad, work calling on days off

   hopemedsurg2picu posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey everyone!! Just looking for some advice :) I'm a new grad just off orientation about 2 weeks ago on a post op surgical floor and I've come into sort of a problem. I really love my floor but It doesn't matter if I'm at work or not, I'm CONSTANTLY ...

9. 2 weeks left of orientation and super nervous!!

   hopemedsurg2picu posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone! This is my first post on here so bear with me :) I frequently came here during nursing school and before NCLEX for encouragement so i'm really excited to make my first post! Anyway...so I was so so lucky to land an RN position on a Ortho...