lcb

lcb has 4 years experience.

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1. I am really thinking this is not the right job for me - Am I Crazy?

   lcb replied to Birdsofprey's topic in Emergency

   I work in a similar ER -- a public safety net level 1 trauma with extremely high volume and acuity. I thought our ratios were bad but yours are out of the park. I made it through 2 years...

2. Triage Vital Signs

   lcb replied to DaveenaRN's topic in Emergency

   I work at a big level 1 trauma ER in the heart of downtown of a major city. We're the only public safety net hospital in our city, and we see a huge volume of very high acuity patients. (We're...

3. Senior practicum clinicals - is this normal?

   lcb replied to lcb's topic in General Students

   OK, but you all were given contact info? We’re just being given a name. No contact info and in some cases the unit is unclear. I was assigned two different preceptors who both told me they...

4. Senior practicum clinicals - is this normal?

   lcb posted a topic in General Students

   My cohort has to reach out to our senior practicum preceptors ourselves, with no introduction. We’ve been given a name but no contact info and sometimes there’s uncertainty about the unit, we just...

5. Grady Nurse Externship Summer 2021

   lcb replied to Guest1170236's topic in General Students

   hey, how's everybody doing in your externship? I LOVE the ER so much! I've known since I first started thinking about going to nursing school that I wanted to work in the Grady ER, but it's so much...

6. CVICU Practicum and I'm so nervous!

   lcb posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Hi all you brilliant CVICU nurses out there! I just got my senior practicum assignment in the CVICU and I'm SO excited but also SO nervous. I've been working as an extern in the ER at the same...

7. How long until you were pretty good at IV starts?

   lcb replied to sweetER's topic in Emergency

   I’m brand new in the ER and an extern so I can’t answer this question, but I will say: If you ever have time, watch a good phlebotomist get a hard stick. They are amazing and have so many tricks....

8. How Should I Respond to a Bad Clinical Eval?

   lcb replied to lcb's topic in General Students

   this is a GREAT point and exactly what I was trying to point out in the discussion. I was definitely not rude in the discussion with this instructor, at least not by my standards of politeness — I...

9. Are you happy with your nursing career choice?

   lcb replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

   WOW, @soontoretire2020, it’s WILD to hear how much hospitals have changed. I can’t even imagine the situation you’re describing when you first started — so different from

10. How Should I Respond to a Bad Clinical Eval?

    lcb replied to lcb's topic in General Students

    Ah, thanks for all the support — I wish I’d checked this thread again before my comments were due! After talking with other students who saw me in clinical and a friend who’s a nurse and had a...

11. How Should I Respond to a Bad Clinical Eval?

    lcb posted a topic in General Students

    I am a rising senior and I just got my first poor clinical eval. The problem is, I have no idea why. She did pass me, my overall grade is satisfactory, but she said in the eval that I'm argumentative,...

12. Grady Nurse Externship Summer 2021

    lcb replied to Guest1170236's topic in General Students

    Bianca, did I meet you today? Were you the person who’s going to ICU? I’m the one who asked nonstop questions and is gonna be in the ER. ? I’m so

13. Grady Nurse Externship Summer 2021

    lcb replied to Guest1170236's topic in General Students

    THANK YOU, yes that’s extremely helpful! Gonna email my prof and see if anything can be

14. Grady Nurse Externship Summer 2021

    lcb replied to Guest1170236's topic in General Students

    I emailed to try to find out orientation week schedule cuz I have a clinical day on June 8. ?? Which I can probably get moved if I ask NOW....but I need to know the orientation

15. Grady Nurse Externship Summer 2021

    lcb replied to Guest1170236's topic in General Students

    Have you guys heard anything from HR yet? It’s been over a week and I’m worried they didn’t get my confirmation or something! I’m holding my breath to hear what unit I’m