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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 PATIENTS AND I ENJOY THE DETAIL ORIENTED CARE I THE ICU, ...

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 that you feel like are imperative to know/do to be a...

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 throw it out there... Is there anything not to say?...

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 are things you don't like about it? Ect Thanks for...

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 of L & D! I did not bring up my daughter in t...

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 present myself as an eager, willing, competent, and...

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 "why LD "question without mentioning when my intere...

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 certifications I could get or anyything L&D re...

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 tight

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... SO I work in a 22 bed MICU/SICU. I have worked th...

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 think it's as cut and dry as "yes or no " in regar...

LMAO!! how funny, I can just picture that whole situation...thanks for the post!:chuckle

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 , becoming septic- anyway, the family would not make him...

So is there a difference between SLED & SCUF?

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, platletes, FFP, ect.? And do you all use a different IV tub...

THANKS FOR THE REPLIES. I APPRECIATE THE ADVICE AS I STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS EVRYTIME I GO TO WORK. !

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 shifts a week and then a few classes. I really wish I...

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 to being a good nurse in general... things you hav...

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 hang ( b/c night rn didnt get around to starting t...

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 tech, and see an o2 sat of 83 ( nonvented) , tell her...

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 again.

: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 for school in that same ICU... and now i am about...

"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 did it really take, how much did you study? How man...

Thanks everyone for your replies. I am graduating in 9 days, so i am starting to get nervous. I appreciate your words of wisdom!

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 prepare myself- and i feel like knowing the staff and ...