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  1. ICU RN wants to go to L & D...advice please

    Hello ALL! WELL, I AM AN ICU NURSE, AND I JUST APPLIED TO SEVERAL L&D POSITIONS. I AM REALLY BURNT OUT WITH THE PATIENTS AND ATMOSPHERE IN THE ICU & I NEED A CHANGE. I LIKE HIGH ACUITY...
  2. L&D pearls of wisdom

    So I will be transferring to L&D from Icu in January. I was wondering if everyone would be willing to share their "pearls of widom" that they've learned through their L&D experience. Things...
  3. things NOT to say in an L&D interview

    HI! Well I'm an Icu rn right now but I have an interview next week for a L&D position!!!!!!!! So I know the usual interview questions and how to answer questions correctly but I thought I would...
  4. why did you choose L&D.....

    Hi everyone! Just interested in everyones 2 cents as to why they chose L&D? What drew you to this field of nursing and or what do you enjoy about being in it? Or what is difficult about it, what...
  5. things NOT to say in an L&D interview

    well , thank yo everone again for your 2 cents. it helped becasue........... I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yeah:I am so excited to begin this new journey and I look forward to the new world...
  6. things NOT to say in an L&D interview

    thank you everyone for your responses!!!!! I really appreciaTE them. My interview is tomorrow, and I will NOT be bringing up my duaghter/pregnancy. Your advice has really helped and I am hoping to...
  7. things NOT to say in an L&D interview

    thanks so much! i definitely wasnt going to bring up my actual birth experience. its just the whole process- pregnancy and childbirth is what made me decide on LD. i wasnt sure how to answer the...
  8. ICU RN wants to go to L & D...advice please

    I live in VA but can't relocate right now. But the positions I applied for asked for. L&D, ED or critical care experience so I'm hoping my Icu experience can help me. I'm going to also lOok into...
  9. First job where? and Length of orientation?

    1. MICU/SICU 2. 7 weeks on unit with my preceptor with 1-2 classroom days a week during that time 3. normal icu 1:1-2, sometimes 3 if staffing is
  10. Crazy ICU nights...

    HEEEEELLLOO evyerone!!!!!! Well i thought it would be fun to read about some of the crazy, gross, weird, amazing, touching, horrible, ect experiences we all have gone thu in the ICU... I'll start......
  11. How difficult is it to move from med-surg to ICU???

    This topic has been debated before, but I feel as a new grad in the ICU I need to state my opinion. I worked in the same ICU as a tech for 2 years prior to becomeing an RN in that same unit. I don't...
  12. Crazy ICU nights...

    LMAO!! how funny, I can just picture that whole situation...thanks for the
  13. Crazy ICU nights...

    I didn't want to make the post too long, but he had terminal gastric cancer, had had multp. surgeries that were unsuccessful. there was nothing else to be done, he was trached & unresposive ,...
  14. SLED (Sustained Low Efficiency Dialysis)

    So is there a difference between SLED &
  15. Giving Blood products

    Hi everyone! well, I am a new gad ICU nurse only a few weeks off my 7 week orientation:eek: anyway, I was jsut wondering what the *rules* preferences are regarding how fast to infuse blood,...
  16. Giving Blood products

    THANKS FOR THE REPLIES. I APPRECIATE THE ADVICE AS I STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS EVRYTIME I GO TO WORK.
  17. New Grad starting off in ICU

    I am also a new grad in the ICU. I graduated a bsn program in may. Anyway, I am so jelous of these great residency, orientation pograms I am eading about. I got a 7wk orientation that involved 2-3...
  18. Hello everyone. Well, I am a new grad starting in the ICU and I was just hoping all the experienced nurses out there would share little pearls of info about how to succeed in the ICU, tips/strategies...
  19. Information Pearls: How to be a good ICU RN

    thanks so much for that post! I am definitly going in early from now on, at least while on orientaiton, b/c i got a really bad report the other day- had 3 replacemnt bags of KCL, and 2 of Ca gluc. to...
  20. Hello All. Well, I am a new grad in the ICU where I have been a tech for 2 years. I just wonder... How do you know when to worry. I mean, for example- if I walk into a room when I am wokring as a...
  21. ICU experiences: how do you know when to worry...

    thanks to all for the great responses and insight. I am really hoping that i have some nurses on my unit who are open to teaching, and will be open to answering all the questions. thanks
  22. New Grad in the ICU

    :redbeatheHELLOO! well I know this topic has been discussed before but.. I have been a tech in the ICu for 2 years, did a 5 week preceptorship over the summer in that ICU, and a 120 hour preceptorship...
  23. Nursing school Experience

    "Nursing school Experience I just got accepted into nursing school and wanted to know details about your experience. If you are a nurse, how was your nursing school experience? How much of your time...
  24. New Grad in the ICU

    Thanks everyone for your replies. I am graduating in 9 days, so i am starting to get nervous. I appreciate your words of
  25. New Grad in the ICU

    Thanks so much for the great information. I appreciate your opinions and knowledge. I expect that I will meet resistance about starting in the ICU, but I feel like i have done everything I can to...