pmaries1816

pmaries1816 specializes in Cardiothoracic Progressive.

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1. UT Southwestern, is this a good hospital?

   pmaries1816 posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Just moved to Dallas, wondering if anyone has any experience working at this hospital? Positive or negative reviews? Also, trying to find a job in cardiac PCU or cardiac ICU on days though and only have seen night shifts posted, curious if th...

2. UT Southwestern Insights

   pmaries1816 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just moved to Dallas, wondering if anyone has any experience working at this hospital? Positive or negative reviews? Also, trying to find a job in cardiac PCU or cardiac ICU on days though and only have seen night shifts posted, curious if th...

3. Help, returning to hospital after 2 years out of bedside

   pmaries1816 posted a topic in Career Support

   Looking for info and advice. Spent about 2 years CPCU/CICU as an RN plus PCT experience. Our CPCU also transformed COVID ICU. Had to leave for several reasons. Doing much better now and excited to return but it's looking extremely challenging. ...

4. Trying to go back CPCU/CICU after 2 years out of hospital

   pmaries1816 posted a topic in Career Support

   Need advice. I was a nurse with about 2 years of nursing experience in CPCU/CICU, worked as PCT in CPCU during school. Unfortunately, our CPCU also turned into COVID ICU, I had some tragic personal things happen and working COVID made things worse. I...

5. PTSD from COVID Deaths - Help getting back

   pmaries1816 posted a topic in Career Support

   Has anyone experienced trauma with patient death? How did you recover? Did you return to your job? Any tips on dealing with patient death? Hoping anyone might be able to relate and can share their journey or have some advice. Short story I had been a...

6. Good hospitals and Bad Hospitals in Denver, any reviews

   pmaries1816 posted a topic in Colorado

   I really wanted to hear from nurses the truth about experiences or any feedback about which hospitals are good hospitals to work at and which ones that absolutely should be avoided. Looking at different jobs at different Centura hospitals in Denver a...

7. UCHealth vs. Centura Health Residency Programs

   pmaries1816 replied to pizzaqween's topic in Colorado

   When I interviewed with UC Health for their new grad program in November I was told that you start out rotating, the 2 year contract being UNIT specific so if you leave the unit before your 2 years is up it is up to $7,500 fine. So if you're wanting ...

8. Centura Health Nurse Residency October/November 2020

   pmaries1816 replied to jvt01's topic in New Nurse

   What units? For people that have gotten interviews, did they say that the first year would be rotating?

9. Centura Health Nurse Residency October/November 2020

   pmaries1816 replied to jvt01's topic in New Nurse

   I got a call from Penrose yesterday for their ICU and have a zoom interview Friday. I didn't realize that orientation is rotating, the first year is all rotating and then second year goes to nights..

10. Centura Health Nurse Residency October/November 2020

    pmaries1816 replied to jvt01's topic in New Nurse

    Has anyone gotten interviews with managers yet?

11. Centura Health Nurse Residency October/November 2020

    pmaries1816 replied to jvt01's topic in New Nurse

    I got an email yesterday asking to provide a list of references for skills survey. Anyone else get that?

12. Centura Health Nurse Residency October/November 2020

    pmaries1816 replied to jvt01's topic in New Nurse

    I applied for ICU as my first and step down as second preffing Porter and Parker. I started work in March/April on cardiothoracic surgery progressive and am from out of state, just curious if anyone else has experience applying for Centura? Or have a...

13. New grad anxiety

    pmaries1816 replied to bt40567's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad and started end of March / beginning of April. One of the biggest things people come across is this, never having inserted and IV or a foley. I certainly have never ever inserted an NG tube and one day someone asked me if I wanted to d...

14. Night shift has changed my life for the worst

    pmaries1816 replied to pmaries1816's topic in General Nursing

    I've thought about doing a clinic, but I'm not sure if I would be happy doing it and just extremely bored. I'm one of those people that likes to constantly be moving and wanted to avoid a desk job. In my population health clinicals we got exposure to...

15. Night shift has changed my life for the worst

    pmaries1816 replied to pmaries1816's topic in General Nursing

    I'm trying to move to Denver Colorado as that is where my mom is and friends and just a support system there besides it being like my home. Right now I'm on night shift. Because of my medications, a few being stimulating, the only way I can function ...