PICUGuy

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1. Do you have a free charge nurse on your unit?

   PICUGuy replied to EllaBella1's topic in General Nursing

   40 bed PICU - 2 charge nurses (one for cardiac side, one for neuro/trauma side) both without assignment. We also have two resource nurses for day shift and one resource nurse for night shift.

2. Help, did I get hired onto a sinking ship?

   PICUGuy replied to skydancer7's topic in General Nursing

   Well, maybe nurses should make that a deciding factor, and then administrators might actually have to show us more respect. I have to say, while it's nothing personal, this sort of thinking really gets to me. As long as nurses berate each other for w...

3. New MSN Degree

   PICUGuy replied to Jodi Dotson's topic in Advanced

   I also have an MSN Ed. I second what Juan stated. Check with your facility to see if they have openings. If they don't, you might consider looking for Nursing Fundamentals clinical instructor positions. Those clinicals often take place in LTC facilit...

4. "My kids"

   PICUGuy replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in PICU

   We always use "My kid" or more commonly "My friend". I think it's nice. :)

5. CON withholding proof of graduation!!!!

   PICUGuy replied to KelERnurse's topic in General Students

   That's exactly what I thought too. And sadly I feel that it says a lot about us as nurses. Just comply, because there's nothing you can do about it... (Perhaps working in hospitals where many of us feel powerless has left us drained of the will to fi...

6. "Prestige" Nursing Schools

   PICUGuy replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Students

   As a Hopkins hospital nurse, I would like to set the record straight: there is no singular technique for wiping. That's amatuer hour. A thorough assessment should take place before even thinking about wiping. Each patient's perennial area is like a f...

7. "Prestige" Nursing Schools

   PICUGuy replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Students

   I guess I just don't see the point necessarily. I went to a no name school for undergrad and ended up getting a job at the Hopkins PICU. So if your end game is to work at one of the top hospitals, a degree from a prestige school isn't necessary. I fi...

8. New grad as a unit manager

   PICUGuy replied to aspiringrn1987's topic in Geriatric

   Some NP programs specifically want bedside experience, some do not. Your choice to move into management instead of building more clinical skill might limit the programs that you can be accepted into; but I don't believe it will completely exclude you...

9. New Graduate in the PICU

   PICUGuy replied to RNthenDoc's topic in PICU

   Just seeing this thread. I'm a guy who landed a job in the PICU (level 1, regional trauma and burn) as a new grad and absolutely love my choice. Is it hard? Yes. Very. It's a lot to ask of a new grad, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. The care w...