want to go frm floor to SICU

[hconv]

Curious about Critical Care....

I have been an EMT for 5 years,was an LPN for 4 and now have been an RN for 8 months....I've been on the floor for years and want to know !!!!!! What's it like? Whats the transition like from the floor.....I feel like I could do better in the unit with 2 or 3 than with 10 patients on the floor! Plus I have always been a trauma junkie!

[RN't-I-Cute]

Originally posted by Ruby Vee

Good for you!

I've been an ICU nurse for 25 years -- just quit my job, sold my house and I'm moving to Baltimore. Don't have a job or a place to live linied up -- it will be an adventure! I know I should be worried about this, but I don't seem to be yet . . . we're leaving Seattle December 18 to start driving east with all our worldly goods in a U-Haul!

Ruby

Hey Ruby, good luck! My husband is originally from Bowie, MD --- about 40 minutes south of Baltimore. I hope you like the east :) And as far as jobs, with 25 years of experience, you shouldn't have a hard time finding one. Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County are both very good hospitals located in or around Baltimore. Good luck!

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

Originally posted by RN't-I-Cute

Hey Ruby, good luck! My husband is originally from Bowie, MD --- about 40 minutes south of Baltimore. I hope you like the east :) And as far as jobs, with 25 years of experience, you shouldn't have a hard time finding one. Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County are both very good hospitals located in or around Baltimore. Good luck!

Thanks! Do you happen to know where's the best place to go for CT surgery? I'm looking for the most happening job!

Ruby

[Geeg]

Go for it, unit nurses get more respect. There were docs who totally ignored me on the floor, and suddenly one week later I was in the unit and they were asking my opinion. I felt like saying: "Oh, have we met before?"