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  1. NICU parent as a NICU nurse good or bad?

    jenj1928 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As NICU nurses do you think there is a benefit to a new nurse in the NICU being a former NICU parent? Or do you think there is a downfall of

  2. Do you have a favorite peds critical care magazine?

    jenj1928 posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    as student we get a ton of magazine offers for different nursing topics and interests but I have not seen one geared specifically to pediatric critical care. Is there one you like over another? just a...

  3. Burning Of The Uniforms.....

    jenj1928 replied to RheatherN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well I did an emotional compromise, I had three white uniform tops, one of them was bought at the beginning of senior year and not quite as dingy as the other two, so I donated the nice one and I'm...

  4. I have had it!!

    jenj1928 replied to kessadawn's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    janfrn, you are truely an amazing person. Like you said it is never acceptable but in a scary way understandable in the craziness they live everyday, not that it is ever an excuse I know that but an...

  5. any new grads hired in PICU?

    jenj1928 replied to LyndseyER's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I just accepted my offer this week! Start in May as a new grad in the PICU with a 6mo orientation!! I'm so excited!(and scared) but deffinately

  6. Let's talk about death

    jenj1928 replied to Okiecruffler's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I read this thread and I think two things at once, "this is why I want to be a PICU RN" and "this is why I don't want to be a PICU RN". I did case management for early intervention for 5 years and...

  7. Mlwaukee new grad start pay rates?

    jenj1928 replied to pulipam's topic in General Nursing

    from what I've seen, kenosha hospitals, Aurora Metro mulwaukee area, as well as all saints are all starting new grads around $22, now the differentials are a bit different from place to place as well...

  8. common to have a med nurse?

    jenj1928 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I was suprised to find that the hospital I'm interning at has a specific med nurse. She/he is a LPN/LVN and administers the scheduled meds to all the patients on the floor, the prn meds are done by...

  9. any new grads hired in PICU?

    jenj1928 replied to LyndseyER's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I just interviewed in a very large PICU for a new grad position and they have a 6 month orientation, I'm looking forward to that phone

  10. Do CRNA's do chronic pain management

    jenj1928 posted a topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Other than the obvious pain management during surgical procedures do any of you work in a pain management clinic or is this outside the scope of practice of a CRNA and left more for the...

  11. FNP with specialty in peds or PNP?

    jenj1928 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    One of the schools I'm looking at offers both a PNP and a FNP that offers a "specialty in peds", what are your opinions as to how the FNP would prepare me to work primarily with peds vs the PNP. And...

  12. FNP with specialty in peds or PNP?

    jenj1928 replied to jenj1928's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    thanks for posting! I ended up applying to the FNP program, one of the reasons being the PNP program was at a private school, the FNP a state one. Plus my undergrad is at the same school as the FNP...

  13. Do I go with my heart or my mind?

    jenj1928 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I'm in the last year of my BSN degree and I'm applying for preceptorships and future GN opportunities and I'm trying to decide which way to go. My two favorite career path choices are in totally...

  14. trying to decide CNM or not?

    jenj1928 posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    I'm in the last year of my BSN degree and I'm applying for preceptorships and future GN opportunities and I'm trying to decide which way to go. My two favorite career path choices are in totally...

  15. Which ICU should I do MRICU sufficient?

    jenj1928 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I looked at the schools that I plan to apply to in the future and they dodn't really specify either way about a MRICU? The hospital that I'm looking to transfer to breaks up their icu's into CVICU,...

  16. How many years of applying and how many schools?

    jenj1928 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I was wondering, how many years of appyling did it take you to get accepted into a program? Was it the school you had hoped for or did you take what you could get? Did you have to move? Did you apply...

  17. time as intern and orientation count as ICU experience?

    jenj1928 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Has anyone ever heard of a school accepting your time as an intern or in orientation on the unit counting towards your 1 year minimum of experience? One of the schools I'm looking at appying at has a...

  18. southeast Wisconsin work

    jenj1928 replied to clcstudent22307's topic in General Nursing

    St Catherine's, part of United hospital systems in kenosha has a good nurse intern program once you begin your clinical courses. Plus the St catherine's campus is going to be going through some big...

  19. time as intern and orientation count as ICU experience?

    jenj1928 replied to jenj1928's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I don't think you sounded like a jerk at all, just honest. And honestly I was just wondering when I would meet the bare minimum requirement so I know if I'm throwing away money applying before I would...

  20. time as intern and orientation count as ICU experience?

    jenj1928 replied to jenj1928's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm sorry I didn't make that clear, I'm completing my BSN right now, I will be a GN in May and a RN shortly afterwards I hope! So May of 09 will be my 1yr is the ICU and the program starts Feb 09, I'm...

  21. Crna

    jenj1928 replied to billyehaynes's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Rush University in Chicago has several different programs for reimbursement, some scholarships for employees, and some amounts of tuition reimbursement for currently enrolled employees. I would check...

  22. Any info on the Chicagoland CRNA schools?

    jenj1928 posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm in my Sr. year of my bsn degree right now and I have already secured a tech position in a local ICU, so a RN job in the ICU is pretty much a given for me at this point. But I was wondering, since...

  23. BSN not all its cracked up to be

    jenj1928 replied to JOLLIEHOLLY's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I disagree, I'm in the process of completing my BSN, in my senior year, I have 3 kids, work 2 part time tech jobs at two different hospitals, and go to school full time, oh and I can use a bedpan...