asylum5w2

asylum5w2 has 22 years experience and specializes in icu.

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1. Research Class

   asylum5w2 replied to imbatz's topic in Texas (UTA)

   I don't want to sound like a wimp here, but I am afraid to post the syllabus online because it says this: "No communications for this course are allowed on Facebook or any other social media." I took the course this summer. There were two quizzes ...

2. No.Colorado Economy? Relocating

   asylum5w2 replied to marshalbc77's topic in Colorado

   I believe starting pay (for a new grad RN) is just over $21 an hour at the hospital in Greeley. You can get a decent house there for around 200,000. School district has a pretty bad reputation---my kids went to school there and I would have to agre...

3. Level 1 too much for new grad?

   asylum5w2 replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in MICU

   We were required to have 6 months telemetry experience before moving into ICU, and I wouldn't trade that for the world. There is something to be said about experience. I have seen many new grads excel in our ICU but have also seen them struggle wit...

4. Preparing for CCRN

   asylum5w2 replied to PJMommy's topic in MICU

   I took CCRN two years ago--I used Pass CCRN (bought it at one of her ccrn prep classes) and the Gasparis-Vonfrolio DVDs but my FAVORITE study method was Critical Care Examination Review by Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio. It is all practice tests with answ...

5. Wearing scrubs home??

   asylum5w2 replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

   I am glad to hear I am not the only one who wears my scrubs home. I have run to the grocery store (rarely) and even fallen asleep in them. "Back in the day", as a new grad, I wouldn't have been caught dead in them once I entered the house (kids wer...