ICU_UcMe BSN, RN

ICU_UcMe is a BSN, RN and specializes in MH, ED, ICU.

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1. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

   ICU_UcMe replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing school is like daycare, and being a new grad is like college. In nursing school, everyone watches out for you and makes sure you aren't messing anything up. People will answer your questions, and generally expect you not to really know anythi...

2. Being hired into an ICU

   ICU_UcMe replied to BlondieMSNRN's topic in Critical

   I stumbled upon this thread, and just wanted to tell you that I work with a bedside APRN. Like you, she didn't want to practice anymore so she doesn't. The hospital couldn't care less about her being licensed as a NP. She's still a nurse, and that's ...

3. Nursing Student From Hell

   ICU_UcMe replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with you for the most part. However, of the preceptor hasn't first told her what she's doing wrong and attempted to help her correct said behavior then she is also failing Alice herself. She's a student. Students are used to hand holding and...

4. How do you feel about being a nurse?

   ICU_UcMe replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

   I love being a nurse. I do feel overwhelmed sometimes though because I'm a new nurse, and I'm in critical care. I know it takes a bit to get your footing, but it can be a little disheartening when people treat you like you should've had it after only...

5. Going out with your co-workers (Mixing Business with pleasure)

   ICU_UcMe replied to Plumrose15153's topic in Relations

   I work with some of my friends from nursing school. I'm not going to stop hanging out with them simply because we work together now.

6. Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

   ICU_UcMe replied to Emergent's topic in Relations

   Isn't that the overpriced, one-size-fits-all leggings? I have a friend who tried to talk me into trying them. No thanks. My $5 ones from Walmart are just as comfy and have lasted me for years. Lol

7. Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

   ICU_UcMe replied to Emergent's topic in Relations

   Sometimes I donate to GFM accounts, and other times I don't. It depends on the circumstances and on my mood. For instance, I donated to one that someone had made a crappy comment on about how they'd just spent a week at Disney and "should've used tha...

8. New Grad RN going into ICU - prepare?

   ICU_UcMe replied to ZrowGz's topic in Critical

   Thanks for this. Googling and finding this thread just saved me from spending $50 on a book on amazon. I'm having trouble understanding as much as I feel (or it seems I should according to some others) I need to after a few weeks in the ICU under a p...

9. I want to quit first RN job after a few weeks.

   ICU_UcMe replied to newgradrn2016's topic in General Nursing

   At will means neither of you have to give a reason for termination of your employment. That said, if you don't give the proper notification for them to find someone else to fill your position then I'd expect that to get around and bite you in the lon...

10. 15 Minutes in the Life of a Nurse

    ICU_UcMe replied to NurseJulie31's topic in General Nursing

    If you add to this calling pharmacy repeatedly because they refuse to send the proper drips from the list they were faxed by the unit secretary, you have my life. í ½í¸©

11. I got fired while being on orientation at a hospital for just 1 week. Why did this happen?

    ICU_UcMe replied to Strugaaa4eva's topic in General Nursing

    I wish my lunch break ever truly lasted my thirty minutes. I'm lucky if I get 15 mins uninterrupted. Lol

12. I got fired while being on orientation at a hospital for just 1 week. Why did this happen?

    ICU_UcMe replied to Strugaaa4eva's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry this happened to you, OP, but I agree with this. They probably figured that if you have enough personal conflict to keep you from orienting properly then you're going to have too much to keep you from retainment. Further, since you've been...

13. Starting clinicals - Question

    ICU_UcMe replied to Philly85's topic in General Students

    Fact. I got screamed at my first semester of nursing school because I refused to take an order from a doctor. Umm, let's see, I had been in nursing school for a matter of weeks, and I was specifically told it was out of my scope of practice so why wo...

14. UAB MSN tracks

    ICU_UcMe replied to momohime's topic in NP Students

    I'd say go FNP if that many things interest you. I wouldn't limit myself to a specific area if you don't think you want to spend your entire career in it. That's just my opinion though. I'm currently in the ICU and PRN in MH so I clearly can't make u...

15. Can you get the Pearson Vue "good pop up" and still fail?

    ICU_UcMe replied to ICU_UcMe's topic in NCLEX

    I never came back to say that my license was up before my unofficial results were even available. I found out I passed, applied for jobs, and got hired at one all within 24 hours. Woohoo! Now the fun part begins. Lol