novice-toexpert, what is the CSC and CMC portions of your credentials? What do they stand for? I'm a new ICU nurse, planningon going for the CCRN, but I dont' know about these other.
I vote with Dorie. I work in an inner-city trauma unit, and our doors are locked, but its a little silly because everyone who comes to the door and knocks gets let in by whoever is closest to the...
tutored replied to walk6miles's topic in MICU, SICU
Not to be a poo-poo, but bimbos like that nurse make all us nurses look bad by her, (ahem), "unprofessional behavior", and reinforce some doctors who believe they can treat us like handmaidens because...
I respectfully disagree with ukstudent: our friend's original post said she was hesitant and unsure of herself during clinicals in nursing school. Don't we all remember how it was to be a nursing...
tutored replied to IDoNotGiveOut's topic in MICU, SICU
Congratulations on your new job! I guess I posted a response a little late. Here's my take: I, too, am a fairly new RN, and I've been working a few months in a unit that is combined SICU and MICU....
Hi 2bTrauma, and you're exactly right. To answer your question, what's been going on here is multiple, multiple hospital closings. There's hundreds of experienced nurses out there, so why should...
:nuke::redbeathe:bow::heartbeat:up::yeah::yelclap::balloons::dncgbby::rckn::hpygrp:*wine:nmbrn::rcgtku::rcgtku::rcgtku::urck:...........there aren't enough smileys to say how much I appreciate that...
Thank you, SteveRN, for your advice and ideas. Based on your response, I will apply for my NY license today. I will PM you with some more pointed questions. I'd like to know how your first year in...
I've applied locally. It's horrible where I live - hospitals closing all over the place due to our butt-munch President cutting federal funds for hospitals that take on charity cases. (patients that...