SandraDeeRN

SandraDeeRN

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  1. Pittsburgh ICU nurses

    SandraDeeRN posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I am interviewing at both Shadyside Neuro ICU and AGH's trauma ICU. I have been working at UPMC for the past three years on a cardiac unit and I am very excited to go to the ICU, I am just not sure...

  2. Pittsburgh ICU jobs...

    SandraDeeRN posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I currently work for a UPMC community hospital and want to do CC but they're not letting me, its a long story, see my post in the PA nurses forum for the whole story but I wanted to post something...

  3. ICU jobs in Pittsburgh...

    SandraDeeRN posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I have been wanting to do CC since I graduated two years ago and seem to have a hard time getting in somewhere. I had the chance to work at Shadyside in their Neuro ICU but I turned it down as a GN...

  4. ICU jobs in Pittsburgh...

    SandraDeeRN replied to SandraDeeRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    jamst...you shouldn't have any trouble getting into an ICU out of school. Whatever you're offered take it. You'll get the experience and will be able to go anywhere else if you decide to. I turned...

  5. ICU jobs in Pittsburgh...

    SandraDeeRN replied to SandraDeeRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Thanks. I work for UPMC though and my contract is up this summer so I can't go to AGH yet if I wanted to. I've heard bad things about that place

  6. RN to BSN in and around Pittsburgh...

    SandraDeeRN posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I got accepted into Pitts RN to MSN program but I have a problem. I didn't have to take chemistry in nursing school b/c my high school credit counted as it. SO....when I got into Pitt they were like...

  7. RN to BSN in and around Pittsburgh...

    SandraDeeRN replied to SandraDeeRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    The North Hills

  8. RN to BSN in and around Pittsburgh...

    SandraDeeRN replied to SandraDeeRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Well I started in the OR last week and their shifts are 7-3, 9-5 or 2-10 and I was going to just tough it out and work 2-10 during the week so I could have the days open for class and when I suggested...

  9. RN to BSN in and around Pittsburgh...

    SandraDeeRN replied to SandraDeeRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    BCCC only offers chem 1 three days a week plus lab during the day which I cannot do since I work full time daylight mostly. CCAC offers it in the summer in the evenings which would be PERFECT BUT...I...

  10. Average starting pay in PA?

    SandraDeeRN replied to mummer43's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Yeah I know. It seems everyone else around the pittsburgh area makes much

  11. Average starting pay in PA?

    SandraDeeRN replied to mummer43's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    When I first started at a pittsburgh hospital it was 18.95 two years ago. It's now up to 19 something for new

  12. Finished first week of orientation....

    SandraDeeRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    So I just finished my first week of OR orientation. I came from a med surge floor looking for a change and I found it. It is totally different and I guess I like it so far. I have mostly been...

  13. Finished first week of orientation....

    SandraDeeRN replied to SandraDeeRN's topic in Operating Room

    Yeah I figured it was too early to make any calls yet. I haven't really done much yet like I said and I was just hoping that what I have seen already isn't how it is everyday. Right now I'm bored...

  14. Is it just me?

    SandraDeeRN replied to Diva Nurse Dani's topic in General Nursing

    You're not alone. I work med surge heart failure stroke and feel the same way. I've been there for two years and I'm transferring to the OR next month to try something different and see what else is...

  15. What's your favorite type of patient?

    SandraDeeRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I like to have either the confused ones who don't ask you a million questions about what you're doing because they don't know any better (they also can say the funniest things some times...) or the...

  16. Should nurses be forced to take charge against their will?

    SandraDeeRN replied to luv2dive's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work you do not get extra orientation to be in charge. If you're in charge you still have a full patient assignment which is about 6 patients and if one of the LPN's are working, you need to...

  17. Should all nurses have their BSN or higher?

    SandraDeeRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work for a hospital in pittsburgh. There are a lot of them and we're called univeristy of pittsburgh medical center (UPMC) for those who aren't familiar. One of the hospitals recently made it...

  18. Should all nurses have their BSN or higher?

    SandraDeeRN replied to SandraDeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes Shadyside is in the UPMC system so I agree, it makes no sense. Only one hospital, UPMC Presby is going to do this so far. UPMC will give you only 2000 in tuition assistance if you go to school...

  19. Should nurses be forced to take charge against their will?

    SandraDeeRN replied to luv2dive's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, the unit director decides on who can be in charge on the off shifts. I have been a nurse for two years and was in charge six months after I started there. There are nurses I work with...

  20. did I do something wrong?

    SandraDeeRN replied to kylpnnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you did anything wrong either. Always go with your gut instinct and next time you need to call a doctor and you really feel strongly the patient needs to be seen, express that to them...

  21. Med-Surg Roll Call

    SandraDeeRN replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on a med surg floor that specializes in heart failure and stroke patients. Some are on telemetry. I have worked there for two years, it is where i started as a Graduate nurse. I am...

  22. What am I doing wrong? Argh...

    SandraDeeRN replied to snwflknurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It will get better!!! You won't feel comfortable on the floor for about a year so don't get discouraged. Organization is the key to getting done on time. There will always be days where you stay...

  23. Working with new circulators

    SandraDeeRN replied to Sammy25's topic in Operating Room

    I will be going to the OR next month and I am nervous about all of the above. My hospital doesn't hire new RN's into the OR you have to have a min of two years on med surg to work there which I have....

  24. New to the site!

    SandraDeeRN replied to SandraDeeRN's topic in Operating Room

    Well I do know most of the surgeons from working on the floor for two years so at least I wont have to learn names and etc. but i will have to learn what they prefer for each case and that really is...

  25. New to the site!

    SandraDeeRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hi Everyone! My name is Sandra and I just joined the site! I have been a nurse for two years in the Pittsburgh area on a med surg floor that specializes in heart failure and stroke patients. I am...