Get a head start on on your assigned reading in the textbooks. (There is ALOT!) Sit at the front of the class. Take great notes or record the lecture if allowed. Have a positive attitude. Meet with...
Here's my advice: Start your new job and keep the per diem job just in case. Bills are bills and you never know when you might need those extra $$$. As for crazy charge nurse- here's my advice: be...
Let me just start by saying that Nursing in general is not an easy profession... It is hard mentally, emotionally and physically whether you work ICU or ER. They are two entirely different entities...
In my 28 yrs as an RN, have worked in both areas and here's my opinion: ICU: You will learn a lot about keeping people alive and the process of dying. You learn a lot about how our organ systems work....