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It's not just about finding what areas have the hours you want. Bc the answer will most likely not be in the acute care setting, it will prob be outpatient clinic or doctors office. The pay won't be as good, and you'll need some amount of experience ...

Well what do you really want to do? Do you want to see a lot of different things, or do you love cardiac or Neuro enough to specialize in it? I went into a cardiac PICU as a new grad via an internship program. Worked out well for me. Neuro and onc we...

Definitely not a myth. I actually like to glance at the arterial line waveform to see if my compressions are generating good perfusion. And I'm 5'1....it's all about technique. I hop on the bed, lol.

Hi... Quick question...If someone is in default of a student loan, does that affect the ability to get licensed? I live in NJ, and I will be graduating in December, and I was reading the application, and there is a question where it asks if you are ...

Has anyone taken either of this courses recently? I'm curious as to what people have to say. I have to take one, and i've heard the Rutgers review was excellent...but those people graduated 3 years ago, and a lot can change. I have a Kaplan center...

this is NYP columbia, right? i dont know what they do at NYP cornell. i did the PCICU internship program there, so i know for a fact that its the only way in as a new grad.

just fyi...i dont know about the NICU, but NYP doesnt hire new grads for their PICUs unless you go through their internship program, which hires once a year (aug) and is pretty competitive. NICU i think does hire new grads...not sure though. a frien...

when i worked in the peds ED, there were some nurses who used lidocaine to lessen the blow. however, it is against our hospital's written policy, so most of the newer staff doesnt do it. i never saw it diluted with saline.

no worries... IMO: in my opinion :)

i think it all depends on your staffing. If you have the ideal number of nurses, then your kids who are intubated and on drips would have a 1:1 ratio. When we do 2 patients to a nurse, they can both be extubated, or one intubated/one stable. We ne...

yep, as has been previously mentioned, anyone with MRSA goes on contact precautions, gloves, mask, gown. what i dont understand is why ANYONE, let alone a nurse that has to go and deal with another patient, would want to even touch someone with MRSA...

It truly comes with practice. occasionally my brain freezes over, especially when dealing with nanograms, LOL. i do the good old: mcg x kg x 60 x volume in mL/concentration in mcgs. So, for example...Milrinone...we use 20 mg in 100 mL. If the ord...

NYP-Columbia hires new grads into the ICU internships only. There is adult ICU and peds ICU. Its a 1 year orientation, you need a BSN, a good GPA, a NYS license, and it starts in August. You have to be brand new grad. If you are interested, call...

So funny you said that...we havent had one in a little while on our floor, and we had 2 within 24 hours. They were chronics, we knew the day would probably come, but...it was just so weird to see the rooms empty.

We do 2 pt soft wrist restraints whenever the kids have anything they can remove...ET tubes, RAs, chest tubes, etc. They require lots of documentation and a 2 RN check. We usually do not use vec drips for this purpose (though it depends on the pati...

i just PMd you, but i wanted to add...there are lots of hospitals that are doing this now, so its worth to look around. some places are finally realizing that its smart to invest in one year of training new grads, shaping them to what THEY need them...

Look into a good program. There are many out there. I am 3/4 of the way done with mine, which was a one year orientation as a new grad. I did 3 months in an outpatient setting (peds ED), i did 3 months in an inpatient setting (cardiology floor), th...

I know this is a bit off topic, but since we are mentioning CHOP... All i have to say is that its too bad they pay their nurses peanuts. i was quite surprised with how little they pay their nurses, considering how specialized these hospitals are, an...

Most kids in our PICU have art lines...so this is usually not an issue. If our kids come up from the ED, i know the nurses there will insert two PIVs, one for infusions the other for draws. in this case, they usually put in a 20g or 22g. Drawing fr...

Jan is awesome. She gave me advice for my interview (WOW, its been that long since i was last here! LOL)...anyhoo, i got hired

I am definitely all for teaching the RNs to know how to run the circuit. However, it is A LOT of work. IMO, I feel safer having the perfusionist at the bed side, making sure that all is running well. The circuit requires many safety checks, and if...

i'm surprised no one has mentioned it yet...how about those chest compressions, eh???? I saw whats-his-face in ER doing compressions, and WOW...he wouldnt resuscitate a cockroach. I work at a teaching hospital...and the medical students/interns do p...

Does anyone know the reason behind NYSNA's attempt to disaffiliate from the UAN? I'm sure that you guys (NYSNA members) have received stuff via email and regular mail. At first I thought that disaffiliation was probably not a good idea, but i'm sta...

thank you for explaining this to me. I realized that all they were doing is taking a poll, not making a definite decision. I am wondering why NYSNA has not made their position more public...because no one at work knew, and this thread sat here for ...

The new CHONY building went up in 2003, i think. it houses all of the peds floors, for the exception of the peds ED (which is still in the old BH). The new building is referred to as the "tower". So, 4T is your med/surg (although everyone gets a l...