Just a Dose

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1. How to get into the NICU?

   Just a Dose replied to EarthhAngel2013's topic in NICU

   NRP for sure. If you can't get into NICU, try New Born nursery. Or other women services. L&D you see the baby coming and will see resuscitation. PALS certification for PICU, which has a lot of the babies that need surgical interventions done...

2. Experienced RN seeking ICU residency. Help/Advice!!!

   Just a Dose replied to amazon050508's topic in Critical

   I had the same trouble going from ICU to NICU... especially when trying to transfer internally. So I had to check all job posting for experience required, some will say clinical or RN experience required, rather than ICU experience specifically. I...

3. Am I crazy, because this seems VERY WRONG...

   Just a Dose replied to Fannie'sMom's topic in General Students

   You are missing a lot if you don't get to experience critical care, trauma, cv, neuro, general icu stuff, ER. Critical care is all about assessment and thinking. You also should see peds, labor and delivery, post postpartum, nursery, cath lab, surg...

4. Educate a dinosaur :D

   Just a Dose replied to xtxrn's topic in General Students

   I took the HESI lots. There was a VERY long entrance exam hesi which tested the usual basics like Math, English, grammer and comprehesion, and then lots of Science. A&P, Micro, Biology and Chemistry. Then our school had a HESI for each clinica...

5. Are we trapped by our nursing degrees? Is nursing worth it?

   Just a Dose replied to Lucky724's topic in General Nursing

   Hmmm, nursing actually affords you a lot of opportunities. You may have to go back for your bachelors, or do extra work like managing projects, or going into management ect like nicuguy said. But anyone who wants to advance or change must seek thes...

6. Is it just nurses or........

   Just a Dose replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

   Considering BS programs differ from AS programs mainly by BASICS unrelated to nursing, I'm not sure what the propaganda is - other than being well rounded? Making BS a required minimum would decrease entry because of cost rather than intellect. RN ...

7. Anti-Intellectualism/Autonomy in nursing

   Just a Dose replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

   There was this patient from PCU transferring to CV ICU. The patient's LOC had changed and there was an order to transfer and to get the lady BIPAP. The patient came to the ICU with a NC and the women skin was turning kinda mottled/greenish purple. ...

8. What a blow to my ego

   Just a Dose replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in General Students

   Short explanation of patient diagnosis and treatment. Patients History and then Simple Assessment in my ICU is like: N: A&0 X3, Follows Commands, Moves All Extremities... or if they are sedated, what the settings on the drip are, and restrain...

9. What a blow to my ego

   Just a Dose replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in General Students

   I've been nursing for less than a year now... I went straight to the ICU in an internship position. The statement nurses eat their young comes directly from this behavior. You've worked all shift and then the next nurse, treats you horribly, so you g...

10. New Grad With Two Jobs

    Just a Dose replied to LVN2010M's topic in New Nurse

    So I'm glad your so excited about your new career. It seems like you are in a huge hurry to get work experience, but your direction seems a little unclear. There are so many facets of nursing, do you know what you really want to do? Figure out yo...

11. Should I make the decision to switch career?

    Just a Dose replied to arkmann's topic in California

    I'm in Houston and I do know of several people that haven't found Nursing jobs... graduating in Dec 09, May 09 and Dec 10. But, nursing is still a much stronger field than others as far as find jobs is concerned. There are a lot of places in Texas ...

12. Should I make the decision to switch career?

    Just a Dose replied to arkmann's topic in California

    Oh, I didnt know you ment the NP program. This is con-traversal.... and I'm jealous. But go for it!

13. Should I make the decision to switch career?

    Just a Dose replied to arkmann's topic in California

    Hmmm, I kinda did what you did, but I used to make software for +5 years and made quite a bit of money. But, IT has a little more instability than your current job. I was recently blessed with an internship in the ICU. All of the New Grads who go...

14. What's the weirdest baby name?

    Just a Dose replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My managers name was Giri, and for those who couldn't pronounce it, said Kumar. What's so hard about Giri?

15. Safe Harbor

    Just a Dose replied to woody62's topic in Texas

    Yeah, it's too bad they don't protect the patients from hospital administration.