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  1. ER or ICU?

    Hi! I am a student nurse who is interested in working in critical care. I need to select a site for my senior preceptorship, and was wondering what the best setting for this would be - working in an ICU unit or in the ER. It seems the ER would give a...
  2. Self Study to learn ICU nursing???!?!

    I recently learned of an ICU position that hires nurses without any nursing experience, but the job training is "self study." You wouldn't shadow anyone but a resource nurse would be available if needed. Does anyone know if this is common training fo...
  3. Hi all, I've seen a lot of great info for getting into case management on this site. I am a fairly new nurse who is interested in persuing case management at some point and wanted to know just how much direct nursing experience is needed for this fie...
  4. How did you start in OR?

    As a new RN I am still trying to find my niche, but I have been interested in OR nursing since school clinicals. Did any of you start in the OR right away or did you work elsewhere first? How long is the orientation to OR? It is a whole new kettle of...
  5. Newbie Questions about case management

    Renerian: you are a wealth of information! How much general acute care exp is needed for a good skills base in case mgmt? Do many places offer preceptorship programs? That sounds interesting to me. Did you get your certification? What is involved in ...
  6. Newbie Questions about case management

    Told you I was a newbie...I'm not even sure of all the areas you can work in case mgmt! At this point I think I'd be interested in learning which one would be more likely to hire someone newer to the field ie. without having had years of med/surge ex...
  7. Need advice please

    I recently notified my employer that I'd be leaving my job and they told me that any further employer that would contact them would be informed I was not eligible for rehire. Is this legal? I thought employers could only state your dates of employmen...
  8. Need advice please

    Thank you for all of your replies. I researched the HR policy and discovered that they are only allowed to reveal title and dates worked. I will definitely keep a copy of my eval, but I will also list them on my resume as I gained a lot of experience...
  9. Viral encephalitis in a 13 y/o male

    Sorry to hear about this. A relative of mine had viral encephalitis a few years ago and it was a nightmare. She had sudden onset confusion, then aphasia, seizures and was in a coma for two days. She was in the ICU for a week. We thought we would loos...
  10. Need advice please

    Oh, I forgot to mention that I am in good standing and was always told I did a good job. My employer said this would be stated because I was only there a few months.
  11. Is Kaplan Prep Course Worth The $$$$??

    Having just taken and passed the NCLEX this year after completing the Kaplan course I thought I'd give my two cents. The Kaplan course is not about teaching nursing school content, it teaches students how to understand the NCLEX test itself. Kaplan t...
  12. FTell001, Your new career sounds incredible, and seems like something I would like to get into. How did you find out about? It sounds like an unusual or hard to come by area. Is it civil service, home care or both? How much case management are you le...
  13. I've been working on an UNBELIEVABLY busy med/surge floor for a few months now and it is completely burning me out! Things are so crazy all the time, my last shift I had something going on with just about every patient (one need blood hung, another h...
  14. Help!! Burning out and I've just begun

    Thanks to all of the kind and encouraging replies to my post. It is really touching to see the kind of support and encouragement you are willing to give to a frustrated colleague! To answer some questions, I have been off orientation for a few months...
  15. Help!! Burning out and I've just begun

    Renerian: This is my first job out of school, so I've only been practicing for four months. I know I am still green, but everyone on my floor is also running ragged. Is this the norm for med/surge? What is supposed to happen after reality shock? Nurs...
  16. Woo-who, I got a job in the OR!

    Congrats on your OR position! I'm glad to hear they are hiring people with less than the "mandatory" 1yr med/surge. Do you mind if I ask whereabouts in Central NYS you will be working? Thanks and good luck!!
  17. Where do you draw the line in finishing work that should have/could have been done on the previous shift? I can understand to a point, but when I get put behind several hours finishing up stuff the other shift didn't get to do (ie. tallying I&O's...
  18. Questions on Clinicals...Thank you!

    Christina: In our program we first practiced giving shots to oranges - dozens and dozens of times. Basically you are learning how to hold the syringe and how to "flick" the shot like a dart for IMs. Believe it or not, all this practice really made a ...
  19. ER or ICU?

    Mikemw: Thank you for your thoughtful and encouraging reply! It is so helpful to hear the insights and experiences of someone who is actually "in the trenches." :)
  20. ER or ICU?

    Thanks for everyone's feedback! I figured it was best to go for a preceptorship in the area I'm most interested in. I guess my main concern is I'm not positively sure where I want to work. I'm at that entering-senior-year crossroad, where I want to...
  21. together we can

    Just wanted to clarify my previous post. Nurses do "charge for their services" - what I meant to say was they don't bill directly for their services! Sorry for any confusion!
  22. together we can

    KCSUN3: I TOTALLY agree with you that the reason nurse's don't get professional status is because they don't charge for their services. I learned last semester that a nurse's pay is billed to the insurance companies under the category of "room charge...
  23. Textbooks?

    Textbooks can cost hundreds of dollars a semester! I also looked into Barnes & Noble to get a better price. Since they would take at least six weeks to come in, I didn't end up ordering through them. Once I get my book list I try to head to the s...
  24. Preceptorships/Externships

    This is a topic that was discussed on another posting, but I was wondering where everyone is planning on doing their externship or preceptorship? I need to narrow down my choices between critical care and the ER. In our school the externship is three...
  25. ER elective

    Wow! It sounds like a lot of people are going to do clinicals/externships in the ER. How long are the clinicals that you are all doing? Our externship is in the spring and it is for three weeks. I am very interested in critical care but it seems tha...