DaughteroftheKing

The Neuro ICU forum seems like a ghost town, so I figured I'd post out here :) I am one of the very very blessed and fortunate new grad RNs (with LPN & CNA experience, but new as an RN) who got a job, and not only that in the very hospital & ...

Hey ya'll... I'm a neuro nurse with only one year off orientation in a neuro ICU. I really want to take my CCRN this year so that my unit will pay for me to take my CNRN next year- and I like to get things done sooner than later... and I'm a pretty g...

I guess I am burnt out.. I worked in a SNF as a CNA & LPN through nursing school, and the last, almost 4 years I have worked in a Neuro ICU. I applied for and interviewed for a float RN position at a hospital near home, and didn't get it because...

Yea maybe I just need to find my niche. And @ArtClass, I love my life very much even at my job, I just would highly rather not be THERE, thats the problem.

Sounds awesome!!! A new start to the rest of your life! I got a job as a new grad in the Neuro ICU a year and a half ago & its all been great :) Have fun on this journey & get ready to learn tons!

13 months off orientation & 3 good weeks of studying & I PASSED TODAY!!! yay!!! :) Thanks yall for your replies! :)

I just heard of this last week!! So gross & so stupid!

I guess this is a reverse rant haha... I started at my job a few months ago, and got a sufficient orientation with preceptors who sought out learning experiences for me at all times. I was always able (and still am) to ask a million questions, and "t...

Dream job sounds like a good idea.. Rather have a dream job than one where I have to tough it out lol

Oh so my answer would be neuro icu :) TONS of patho, tons of leanring and even more skills!

I agree with always acting like it's an interview... I also got hired on my dream floor, the neuro icu, right out of school after making a good impression there.

I need to take an ACLS course for my position in the ICU & the facility offers two- one is a two day comprehensive course and the other is a refresher course for those who have been ACLS certified- well, obviously I registered for the first, and ...

I did :) Got the two day class woohoo!

Oooh I just had my last day of orientation this weekend & got to see a organ harvesting surgery- it was so awesome!! Anyways, this topic was brought up by some of the docs- we had the heart team fly in via private jet, and the other teams say the...

Wow 6 months at some places, thats crazy! Im in a neuro ICU on week 9 of 12 & they say I'm doing well & they think I'm ready to come off orientation, but the general consensus from the more experienced nurses is to take all 12 even if I'm "s...

LOL Thanks for the info & for the abbreviation correction haha

I HOPE they send me packing from the renewal course, I WANT every bit of info I can get!! I found the book but the 2011 edition is over $40 Oh well, I'll get it soon & start studying! Thanks everyone...

I know this is a long, old thread, but I have a couple naive, sincere questions- If everyone on here has seen an lemongelo, orangelo, female & la-a, how have I never met one??? Also, arent these all violations of hippa? Or would you have to give ...

22k working part time as an LPN while finishing school.. Ready for that number to start changing now that I got a nice full time RN hospital job :)

You all make me feel much better!! I'm going to try to get my mind off of myself & put 100% to learning!

I was talking to a non-nurse friend today about how my training is going & she teased me saying every converstation we have I say something about how nervous I always am! I'm on week 6/12 for my training in an ICU, and half the time I either feel...

Ah, very nice :) Thank you!

love it!!!

I'm starting a position as a New Grad in my dream job- the Neuro ICU. I have been looking up commonly used meds & many other procedures & such done in the Neuro ICU, and purchased this to study from before & during my preceptorship &am...

Yea I'm nervous!! But it's at a teaching hospital with a great reputation, so I'm confident in them, kinda nervous for me though! & 12 weeks :)