New grad starting @ the NEW Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in the PICU!!!

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Hey all!

I am new to this site, and just wanted to say hello to everyone! I graduated this past spring with by Bachelor's of Science in Nursing and passed my boards a little over a month ago! I wanted to see if anyone out there is going to be working at the new Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. I start in the PICU there next month. Is anyone else out there going to be working in their PICU? I haven't even been inside the new hospital yet, but I hear it's absolutely amazing! I hear the PICU is VERY, very nice as well!

ALSO-for any of you experienced PICU nurses out there, is there any advice you would give to a new grad starting out in the PICU? I am very excited but also quite nervous...which I'm assuming is normal. I have grown up working with children all my life, and did my student nurse internship in the NICU at a Pittsburgh hospital and loved it! I am just a little bit nervous about the PICU. Any words of a wisdom from any seasoned nurses out there for a new grad??? Any advice would be much appreciated :nuke: I just can't wait to get started doing what I love...working, loving, comforting, and caring for/with children and their families!!!

Thanks for your time, and I look forward to talking with you all soon!

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Congrats to you as well! That's awesome :yeah:

I am actually not sure about the "residency program"? Or are you talking about orientation or something?

I'm expecting to hear more details from my manager in the next week or so regarding the start of our orientation,etc.

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For brand new graduates, usually it is the mentor program. I believe residencey is reserved for the medical students or grads as some sort of internship? :confused:

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Congrats! you choose the right unit of a hospital PICU. dealing with kids is great....try also working in NICU,so nice to care little ones in a cot too..:wink2:

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