Queenofthesouth24

Queenofthesouth24

Member
  • Content

    22
  • Visitors

    1,199
  • Followers

    0
  • Likes

    7

All Content by Queenofthesouth24

  1. UTK CRNA 2024

    Hey, so I didn't get an interview here but got accepted to a program here in MN. My first interview was down south so here are my takeaways: look up the mechanisms of your drugs and devices, find a...
  2. UTK CRNA 2024

    ---------------------------- said that they are
  3. UTK CRNA 2024

    Invitations will go out between
  4. UTK CRNA 2024

    I emailed ------------------- and called and got a response from
  5. UTK CRNA 2024

    Hey y'all. Anybody heard anything? I emailed ---------------------- to see when we should expect emails/calls. Does anybody know when they usually send out invitations for
  6. Question about assignments

    We have an about 1/3 with <1 year, 1/3 with 2-4 years (me), and 1/3 with 5+. I'm just concerned that I'm losing my skills, because if you're not exposed to high acuity for a year at a time, you...
  7. Question about assignments

    Question: do you feel that as an ICU nurse, the most acute patients should always go to the most experienced nurses, or do you feel that acuity should be rotated regularly to maintain homogenous...
  8. new circulator, but want to scrub too

    Hey Guys, I am graduating nursing school, come completion of my clinical capstone (which is in the operating room as a circulator). I have accepted a job at mayo clinic as a circulator, and was a bit...
  9. Positive Peth

    I just gave a PETH test. I started monitoring when I got my license at 1 year sober and haven’t had any issues with positive tests. I’m 2 years sober and Just got a call on Friday that I had...
  10. new circulator, but want to scrub too

    Yeah, I was surprised too. Great facility and loved the managers, but it wasn’t the right time for me to move, and I didn’t feel 100% great about it. I’ll still be in a teaching hospital, though...
  11. new circulator, but want to scrub too

    I ended up turning down the job at the major private sector hospital, and took a federal job because they mainly staff nurses to scrub. Plus, better benefits and job security and I’ve worked there...
  12. VSim

    Is anybody else having to do VSim? I graduate in a week, I’m an excellent student and the president of the student nurses at my school and I cannot pass these Vsims on the first try (85% cutoff)....
  13. VSim

    So I just finished my sims. Make sure you only do what is in the orders. But you can do any and all applicable assessments and Interventions as long as they are independent interventions. Be careful...
  14. Hey y’all - Minnesota graduating Nurse here. My practicuum just got cancelled. Are any of your programs talking about how to graduate students in practicuum on time? I don’t think it would be wise...
  15. Trying to Get along

    Hey man. About to be a new nurse, and I intern at a major VA center. I don’t date women, so have always had close relationships with women as friends so my feedback might be different. A lot of...
  16. Hi, yes. Most clinical sites in the twin cities have pulled students doing practicuum. I’m about to do 60 hours in 5 days to meet minimums, but others can’t. Just spoke to a nurse where I’m an...
  17. new circulator, but want to scrub too

    Thanks you guys - sorry for the delay. I appreciate the feedback. And you never know what facilities will do in 10 years with the everchanging guidelines. I think I do have an idealistic image of...
  18. Student nurse in recovery

    Hi all! I'm a 24 year old student nurse who got sober from alcohol and prescription amphetamines a little over 2 years ago. I started out as a biomedical sciences/research major and then switched to...
  19. Student nurse in recovery

    Thanks friend. No arrests or any criminal history, just was headed towards a bad place, and now I've been sober for nearly 2.5 years, so seem to be doing well for this being my first rodeo. I try to...
  20. Student nurse in recovery

    Thanks y'all. This has been incredibly helpful, and I hope this conversation helps other student nurses that might be in recovery. It's a shame that it can be such a punitive system, but it seems to...