Piggles

Piggles

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About Piggles

I am graduating from nursing school May 2013.

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  1. I took an online EKG course through the AHA and that sufficed for my tele position.
  2. I'm a senior nursing student and I just started working as a telemetry technician in the ICU. I did an internship in this department and expressed an interest in working there after I graduate from nursing school. They have a great training program f...
  3. Just finished my first semester. Ask me anything.

    Thanks so much for all of the helpful info. I am graduating from nursing school in a few months and I think I have a good lead on an ICU position after I'm licensed. I plan to start taking physics and chemistry next fall. My question is how much wil...
  4. Wow, what a great read! I plan to read this at least three more times. I am 3 weeks away from my first preceptorship and I want to make the most of it. I have a background in education and I think what preceptors do is so vital to this profession tha...
  5. Nursing Games is taking its toll

    My class of 60 has only lost 2 so far. One due to pregnancy, and she came back the next semester with the class behind us, and another by choice. We are almost 75% done and graduate in May. My school has a great reputation and I am just lucky to be i...
  6. ICU as a new grad

    I am in a similar situation and would appreciate any advice. I am also graduating May '13 with 4.0 and I am doing 2 different preceptorships in the ICU. I have heard that it helps to precept in the ICU if that's where you will be applying. However, I...
  7. Finally Graduation Day!

    Congratulations to you for all of your success. You persevered despite personal tragedies you could not control. Your story sounds a lot like mine. My mother-in-law has been a great support to me too and I look forward to seeing her at my graduation ...
  8. I have a hard time with this too and I am still trying to find ways to deal with it because I assume it will happen from time to time no matter where I go. My strategy so far is to carry myself with an air of confidence even when I am feeling somethi...
  9. Is the first semester the hardest?

    I think that the first semester is the hardest because it feels like culture shock. You probably don't know anyone in the class yet and you aren't sure how to organize or study for your classes either. Nursing school and clinical is such a different ...
  10. Starting Rural ICU Preceptorship

    Thanks for the response guys. In the first year of nursing school clinical was so scary and stressful for me, but now I am learning so much more from them and actually looking forward to it. It could just be that my last rotation had a very student f...
  11. I am graduating from nursing school May of 2013, and I have been lucky enough to secure a preceptorship during the winter break. I elected to work noc shift in the ICU in a rural hospital. I would love to hear from anyone who has experience in this t...
  12. Preceptoring a new grad...

    Thank you for sharing your perspective. I am just about to start my preceptorship in my senior year and I am trying to prepare myself by imagining what concerns and goals my preceptor will have. It sounds to me like you have high standards and you kn...
  13. Misdemeanors in past, finally an RN, can't get a job :(

    Where I live, if you have had a clean record for a number of years you can go down to the courthouse, fill out a one page request form and have it expunged in a matter of a week or two. I think the wording "have you ever been convicted" is confusing....
  14. Hey All Senior Students!!

    I am super excited to start my final year of nursing school because I am finally working in a decent sized hospital with supportive nurses and clinical instructors. Well, my instructors have always been supportive, but now they seem to know that I am...
  15. Thanks, for your comments Mikeicurn. What you say makes a lot of sense!