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In Pharm now just finished up patho. Starting clincial in Sept, and have the assessment class next. So far i agree the patho was challenging and really made me work. The pharm is very informative.

Both are true. I start my clinicals in Sept. They encourage you to find your own and do it early you have to have the process started 2 sessions before each one so for my Sept session i had to get the ok from the person and my part of the paper work in by the first of May. The contract is done between then and when i start. I myself have already found my next session site for end of Oct thru mid Dec. If I had not found a place by the first of May they would have helped me but they want us to look first. Luckly I have found 2 Dr.s who are welling to take me that have patients in the unit i work on. They do primary care and have primary care clinic.

1. State you work in 2. Years of experience 3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc) 4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary 5. Differentials (if any) 6. Union? 1. IL 2. 6 years 3. ICU Med/Surg/Neuro community hospital (150 bed hospital) 4. 31.15, (just got a market adjustment, previously 29.75). 5. 2.50 (3p-11p), 3.75 (11p-7a), 2.25 weekend. 6. Non- Union. 7. Great Tuition remebersment ($5000 a year) I added this and felt it was a great perk for the job.

When i worked in surgery and had to do enucleation and then they would put the eyeball on the mayo I would have to cover it up or i would faint.

I can feel ya there. When I was a surgical tech many years ago there was a patient who had a pilonidal cyst that had tracked up the to anal vault. It stunk up the whole OR. It was one of the worst smells I have every smelt.

I have heard some of your points from other post. The part about the extra time commitments. As for the other issues of lack of communications and liability concerns is a new one. Another thread someone bought up the issue of preceptors needing to do Skype meetings later in the evening or nights. But the other post after being questioned about student performance and readiness for the clinical part they said they had not experienced lack of understanding or performance issues vs brick and mortar schools just the extra commitment was the issue.

I have already started looking, 2 of the places this school already has agreements with for there other programs have gotten back to me. I have contacted 3 places that have school has agreements with. One said it was two early for sept of next year to get back with them around the first. The second said they are not sure if they have np's that meet the criteria but that i needed to fill out a form. So it is a good start.

The fed loans i have gotten has covered all of my cost so far. As for this program i have no idea about problems later. So far chamberlain has a good name for it self so who knows. In the end with all the changes in health care and the decline of Dr's going in to family practice the job market are only going to get better. In the end if you pass the certification test at then you are at lest certified.

I don't believe that there is a minimal requirements for experience. The web site for the requirements is here Family Nurse Practitioner, MSN-FNP Chamberlain College . It says nothing about requirements about experience.

Well i have to tell you first before you talk and bring my name in to the subject I talk to the head person who is in charger of the practicums. Who I talk today. She was very nice but was up front about this is a new program and that they ADVICE the students to try and get all their practicum at one site. I did bring up my concerns about doing what hey ADVICE. As they put it the need to switch around could cause the student to delayed in finishing the program. She did say it was not a requirement and that it was a choice that would need to be work around. As she put it the first set of students would be starting their practicums in May. I am already in the program and I have one more class before i start the the track specific class. I am currently in the advice research class and the next class is the infromatics class after that is the population class. The program is new and they are working out the kinks. I have looked in to this program and also have talked with them for a while today. She was nice and all but the program is still working it all out. I finished my BSN completion program last september and started the master classes this past Nov. So before you bring my name into the subject you might want to think before you type.

I had taken the NR-504 class it is different with a different focus. So it is a lesson learned. But it is worth it.I was in the informatics track and got a job in informatics and have been in that job for 8 weeks now. I am transitioning back to the bed side due to not being happy and also I have transitioned to the FNP program.

You do have to find your own sites. I have been talking to them they encourage the FNP students to find one site and do all 5 of the practicums at that site. I have some concerns due to lake of getting enough experience and trying to find someone who will make that long of a commitment which would be 10 months total. I am having a phone call with the practicum adviser just to get more information and to start looking now. I have a year before I start my practicum.

I am have switched over to the his program and start the FNP classes in Nov. One more first year class to go. I will keep ya updated.

Just tring to find out if during a code in other faclities do they stop all pressors. I work in a 16 bed ICU community hospital. During codes I was taught to stop all pressors. Some of the older nurses who have not worked in the ICU for very long but use to a long time ago in other facilities have been telling us to stop them. But the experince nurses that have worked in this faclity say do so which is the best answer.

"i agree with you about facilities trying to fill slots but do you think that a new grad will be fully aware of the downside of these jobs? they sound good but then when you are in that situation of having a code plus other unstable pts and phones ringing and families. not to mention that just starting out in a new job is stressful in itself. i think that if the new nurse was aware of the not so nice sides of these areas they would be better prepared. schools do not train nurses for specialty areas you pretty much get the basics and then you are on your own. there are many people who walk away from nursing due to the fact that the real world isn't all rosy and clearcut as in school." this is true with all areas. at least in my program at school we had a class that at least addressed this. it give some understand to the students about the book world and the differences in the real world. also, not all but a big portion of the people going thru nursing school did some type of medical work before. i myself was a surgical tech for 9 years before i graduated from nursing school so i had a very good understanding of how the real world is.

I can see some of what is said. But i was a new grad and went in to a 16 bed ICU. The hospital that i was hired at has a new grad program and depending on where you will be work you have a tailored orentation. I myself spent 6 weeks on a Tele unit before coming to the ICU. Ones in the ICU i was with one preceptor for 6 weeks on days then with my night preceptor for 6 weeks before going on my own. On top of all this i was a surgical tech 9 years during that time i did open heart, spinal fusions and most other large surgeries. I new i wanted to go in to ICU ones i was out of school. This is what i loved and this is where i wanted to go. That all being said i feel that going in to an ICU is not for every new grad. I am the type that always ask questions. Also ways look to learn, i am head strong but will be the first to admit if i am unsure or if i need help to speak up. I am the first to go in to any code to watch help and learn. So i felt that going to a med surg floor was not for me and I would have left wanting more.

Also it might depend on the area you work in. I am a new grad and i am working in the ICU I am staff nurse II becuase i work in more critcal area. At my hostpital ICU, ER, and Tele are level II will rehab, med surg and such are level I.

It is easy. Ok say all 3 are do at 0800. You have one hour before till one hour after to give meds so here is what you do. 0700 give Cetriazone 1gm/50cc 30 min. 0730 give Cefazolin 1 gm/50cc 30 min. 0800 give Cipro 400 mg/200cc 60 min. That way you have given all three with in the window. Also you will need to flush the line in between. Or i would i should say. Just to make sure you have cleaned the tubing and catheter out just in-case there would be any reaction to the different antibiotics. This is of course if you are only using one IV site.

At my place Chicago (Central) IR dose them and for the most part they are put in with in a few days 3 or so days after admission for patients who have no other access and have very bad veins where now one can get them.

Yeah. I can see both sides also. I was a surgical tech for 9 years and have dealt with some of the same problems before. I was a traveler for 4 of those years. I always tried to be friendly and helpful with new techs or nurses i was training when i was a permanent staff member but had to make sure they didn't endanger the patent or hinder the surgery. As a traveler i had to prove myself and show i knew what i was doing. The thing with these 2 girls is neither one has worked in health care before. So being new grads i don't thing they are use to having to prove yourself mentality that health care fosters. To some point I think this is a good thing because you have to make sure you are able to take care of patients with out harming them. But i also thing that a preceptor can help guide them in doing this. Not sure if theirs are doing that seeing as i am hearing only one side of the story.

Not sure where to put this but wanted to post and get some feed back. Ok here is the deal. Two of the girls i graduated with are working at a different hospital in the city then me. They both are working at a 12-18 bed ICU and are having a very hard time in orientation. Mind you neither one are close and i talk to both on separate times and i am hearing the same stories from both. The nurses that are orientating them are unwilling to teach, or to help guide them, they get very little help when it comes to new skills, they have both said that the nurses wont explain anything and act like it is a hassle to have them with them. Both are getting very discouraged and are thinking of looking for somewhere else to work. My advice to both to them was: 1) To go and talk to there manager or educator about the situation that way they could at least let them know they are feeling like things are not going well. 2) Or to talk to the persons who are precepting them and tell them how they feel and maybe ask if they could give them some advice. Maybe they are giving the impression that they are not stepping up to wanting to learn or maybe that is what they are portraying. Both have said that they have not done either of these options and would think about it. I also suggested that they should come together and maybe write down how they feel and go together to the manager or educator that way it would be a better statement to show that both of them are feeling this way. For me i feel bad because both of these girls were my study buddies during school. Both did well and both are go getters when it comes to trying new things or were in school but don't think that would have changed but could have who knows. My experience has been nothing but well, i am on a tele unit for the first 6 weeks of orientation then i go to the ICU where i will end up. Not sure if this has made a difference but i have a had a great orientation. So far the nurses are eager to help me learn. I am a go getter type always wanting to learn, I attempt or watch as much stuff as i can and ask for help when i need it. As an after thought i have heard from them that people they know who are at other hospitals in the same system in other ICU's are not having these same issues. Anyways guess a long post but wanting other ideas. Also if they were to leave they both asked me if on other applications if they should put this place down seeing as they will be leaving during orientations. I told them they should because the best thing is to be honest that is just me i would rather be honest then they find out on their own.

Not sure about PA but if it is anything like IL it is a hard to find. The web site for IL is very outdated and very very hard to find any information. I was helping a friend from another state to find the info and i spent almost 2 hours on google and yahoo trying to find the information. The state boards site for IL had no search or help in the matter. Main thing to look for is "endorsement", that is what finally helped me find the information but even then took forever.

You can do LPN after your first year. You can do the CNA after your first semester. I would ask your nursing department office. That is what most of the people who did this did while i was in school. Also the other thing you might think about is an extern program. You do cna work during the summer between your 1st and 2nd years. I know of a few who did this plus you will get to work in different areas so you can get a feel of what you want to do when you are done. Hope this helps.

I am not sure where you are applying but I graduated this past may and i am working at a hospital here in Chicago. I was offered 2 positions right off the bat. I wanted and got ICU with a few months of experience in the hospital on a tele floor that is their orientation program before i go to the ICU but i liked it and that is why i wanted the job i took. As for most agency they require you to have anywhere from 8 months to one year of experience before you can work with them depending on what area you work in or what your back ground was before you were a Nurse.

I use to work at a hospital that was magnet. I was a tech until this past may when I graduated from Nursing school. i got a job at another hospital best thing i did. I hated the place. the pay was lower then other hospitals in the area and they really didn't give the nurses much for for helping get the status.