Summer Breeze

Summer Breeze specializes in PICU.

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1. Should I quit my ICU job?

   Summer Breeze replied to StellaMarisRN's topic in Critical

   This is a wordy reply... I bolded my main point. Haha! I can definitely relate to your anxiety Stella! During my orientation in the PICU I felt the same way with my preceptor. She kind of let me be on my own, even in the beginning of orientation. She...

2. Appropriate to ask for schedule switch?

   Summer Breeze replied to none the wiser's topic in General Nursing

   I definitely know how brutal a schedule like that can be! I was supposed to work 6 nights in a row (my preceptor worked a super crazy schedule because she liked to travel a lot), but I did bring up my concerns to my educator. She was able to tweak my...

3. NICU, PICU or Children's ER?? Need to choose for final practicum..

   Summer Breeze replied to Shanlee79's topic in General Nursing

   I've been meaning to respond back to this for a while! Definitely fill us in on what happens with the NICU! If PICU is where your heart is set, keep applying for jobs! But I would definitely recommend accepting a NICU position if available. Its easie...

4. Do people actually do safety checks?

   Summer Breeze replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new grad working in the ICU. All of the nurses on our unit are really big on doing safety checks... Its the first thing I do when I walk into my patient's room. I think most of the nurses do them, your patients life could be on the line if you ...

5. One bad egg...

   Summer Breeze replied to OttawaRPN's topic in General Nursing

   Just out of curiosity, were lab coats a part of her school uniform? I know that my nursing school required us to have lab coats. Not everyone wore them all the time, but some of us sometimes did. They clearly identified that we were nursing students ...

6. peds nurses

   Summer Breeze replied to missdixie023's topic in General Nursing

   I definitely agree with everything that ChristineN said! Especially in regards to having a senior practicum in peds, PICU, NICU. A lot of students tend to get hired on the units that they had their practicum on. I would also recommend taking every o...

7. I'm seriously starting to doubt that nursing is right for me!

   Summer Breeze replied to llaura's topic in Pre-Nursing

   You still have time to figure out what you want to do. Good luck! I also wanted to share that I would get really lightheaded at the thought of blood.. thinking of starting IV's and drawing blood really freaked me out. It was weird.. I was in my anato...

8. Questions for New Grads

   Summer Breeze replied to lifelearningrn's topic in New Nurse

   1. when did you graduate? may 2010 2. do you have a bsn or adn? bsn. 3. are you still looking for work? nope!! =) 4. if not, how long did it take you to find a job? three weeks after i found out i passed the nclex i had two interviews (one was for my...

9. How easy is it to get the job of choice right after graduating nursing school?

   Summer Breeze replied to smithjen's topic in New Nurse

   If you're still in nursing school, here is some advice that I can give you: 1. Get to know your clinical instructors and let them know what units you are interested in. They could possibly offer you a shadow day in the ER or OB! I know a lot of schoo...

10. Where is your heart at?

    Summer Breeze replied to Mom23kiddos's topic in New Nurse

    I've always known that I wanted to work with children, even before I started nursing school. My ability to shadow on multiple pediatric units (PICU, peds ER, NICU, Peds OR/PACU), pediatric clinical rotations + pediatric community rotation, and my pra...

11. Starting my first RN job next week...advice

    Summer Breeze replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry about your preceptor! I know it isn't the same, but during my senior preceptorship in nursing school my preceptor had never precepted anyone before! I was her first person and she was SO amazing! I definitely learned a lot from her. I rea...

12. It's all about who you know!

    Summer Breeze replied to lucylu 777's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree that networking and knowing someone is the best way to get the job. I think clinicals were the best way to network... with your clinical instructor or anyone you could have met during clinicals. I think I was extremely lucky with who ...

13. Nursing Career & Relationships, Marriage

    Summer Breeze replied to OnePostAndDone's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school is definitely tough, but I'm sure your girlfriend will be able to find time to hangout. Its usually hardest in the beginning when you have to finally learn how to manage your time, get used to early clinicals, nursing care plans that ...

14. When do I initial the M.A.R.?

    Summer Breeze replied to neophyte's topic in General Nursing

    I take a pencil and just make a small 'dot' on the medications that I have drawn out. That way I double check myself and know 100% that I took out all of the meds I need for that specific time. Once my patients take their meds, I go back and initial....

15. Advice for 1st nursing shift as a new grad?

    Summer Breeze replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck! My biggest advice is to always ask questions, it doesn't matter how dumb your question may sound to you. =) Like my nursing instructors always said "the only dumb question is the one you don't ask." If you don't feel comfortable doing some...