Parkland SICU Residency

U.S.A. Texas

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Parkland SICU Residency opened on April 29, 2014!!!

Good luck to all! SICU is a great unit and I spent many, happy years there!!

Unless they change things up before the july residency, ER and all the ICUs are together for the residency classes, so I'm sure ya'll will see quite a bit of each other!

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Specializes in SICU/ER.

agree, think a lot of classes are together initially but they split some of them off for specific topics related to the specific units as time goes on!

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Hope to see you in July. Would love it. SICU sounds like a good fit for me and lots of room to learn. Marking my calendar for July with fingers crossed and hands in prayer position. HA!

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Specializes in SICU/ER.

JULY 21!! that's the date for general orientation! BE THERE!

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I am currently working in the SICU at Parkland. Best of luck to those who have applied. Any additional questions are welcomed

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I am currently working in the SICU at Parkland. Best of luck to those who have applied. Any additional questions are welcomed

How do you like it? What kind of patient population do you deal with? What kind of illness/trauma? How is the staff and managers?

Thank you for taking your time to talk to us.

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I want to be honest and say that this is a tough unit to work on. Right now, some (not all) would say employee satisfaction is not at its highest. We have gone through and are currently going through a lot of changes. It is fast paced, challenging, and I believe one must have thick skin to endure the things you will encounter. With that being said, I have without a doubt become a better nurse because of it. The population we serve range from the indigent to the privileged. Keep in mind that we hold a room specifically for the president when he happens to be in the metroplex. We are a level 1 trauma center so we see a lot of motor vehicle accidents, gun shot wounds, motorcycle accidents and other traumas. We are also a neuro ICU so we have plenty of traumatic brain injuries, head bleeds, and strokes. We are also the biggest ICU in the hospital with 28-30 beds so we have our fair share of overflow from the other units to include MICU CPICU and Burns. The staff here is really big on working as a team, with that being said though you have to be able to pull your own weight because there are those times where it may seem like it's just you. When it hits the fan and the whole unit is chaos, you have to be able to hold your own. You will never have more than 1-2 patients, believe me that is all you need. I will say this, come with an open mind, come ready to embrace challenges, and know that you will likely leave here a better and much smarter nurse.

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Specializes in SICU/ER.

missRN, BSN, i couldn't have said that any better. I was there in 1981-1983 and 1986-1991 (those 5 years as asst unit manager). Well said and EXACTLY how i remembered it. Sounds like it has not changed. Be safe and say hello to some of those that i still know there, just say hi from Henry.

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MissRN.BSN Thank you very much for all the information. Sounds like exactly what I want. I want to be pushed beyond my limits with challenges. Hopefully one day I'll have the honor to work beside you and pick your brain for some knowledge. My name is Pixin

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missRN.BSN - how well staffed is the support team i.e. techs and unit secretaries? Does the unit have designated RTs and pharmacists on the floor at all times? How many ICU physicians and residents are available? Did you go through the residency program at parkland when you started on SICU?

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I was in the residency about 2 yrs ago. A well staffed shift would consist of 4 techs and 3 secretaries or HUC (health unit coordinator), but a typical shift is 2-3 techs and 1-2 huc's. We have our own SICU RT's (usually 3 per shift). We have a pharmacist in house on the unit only during the day and at night there's a pharmacist on call. As far as the physicians, during the day the residents are always on the unit and round with the attending during rounds. At night, there is a resident on call usually a first or second yr. We follow a chain of command as there is always an upper level on call i.e. A 3rd or 4th yr resident, a fellow and an attending

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That unit sounds so exciting. Thats everything I was hoping to do when I entered nursing school. Makes me want the position even more.

Any suggestions for doing well on the the interviews?

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