Filly

Filly specializes in ICU.

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1. Best Experience to get into an ICU

   Filly replied to John SPN's topic in Critical

   If didn't work ICU, my "next best" choice would definitely be ER. I love ER and pick up overtime shifts there a few times a month. You still get the challenge of a super sick case or code, with more turnover. That is, unless you're assigned the pelvi...

2. Comfortable in ICU

   Filly replied to NurseYe's topic in Critical

   I'm 1.5 years in and I can now say I feel much more confident and am really excited when I get my assignment and hear it's a 1:1 train wreck. I think I'm still appropriately cautious and will always be a question-asker, but I can really see a lot of ...

3. How to prepare on working on ICU?

   Filly replied to chicagoboy's topic in MICU

   I started in ICU as a new grad. If I had the opportunity to start anywhere else, I think tele would have been the most useful.

4. Lunch breaks in ICU.

   Filly replied to IvesRN's topic in MICU

   I work nights in a 30 bed unit and we eat where we can see the nurses station and rooms (like the dictation area), so we can watch our monitors and go do whatever is needed for our patients. My food gets cold a lot, but it's a lot easier this way. Ou...