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sweet, i just started neuro icu a few weeks ago. No it is not the most popular, but it is awesome, quite interesting, it has its days, but I am glad I'm in the neuro ICU. It will be a lot of hard work , but you will succeed.

I'm sorry this is so long... So I'm here to vent. I felt like I had the worst day in my life the last day I was at work, and as I had thought it was going to to be the last day that I had worked on the unit for the time being. I started out working in a MICU as a new grad. I didn't have a doubt in my mind that I could not succeed in there as a new grad. My preceptor was impatient from the first day, expecting me to know what line I should push drugs given theres about 5 IV lines to choose from, my first day, impatient, and pretty much made me feel lower then low and it shot my confidence and I wasn't myself at work , I hardly talked to people, I had no confidence, and it just continued, she made me very nervous, and made me feel very stupid. So had a meeting with the manager of the unit, my preceptor, and they were saying that I was doing my job with no pride, and with no emotion and not taking anything seriously, and I admit when I worked I felt like a zombie there because thats just how I ended up feeling from all of the putdowns with no encouragement, no support, no nothing, nothing positive. So I wasn't quite aware how to get out that "zombie" frame of mind, but the meeting helped and my eyes were opened, and the next few weeks at work were a lot better. So my preceptor caught me about to make 2 drug errors in those weeks and I had a hard time remembering things in there, its like my mind when blank, and I couldn't remember easy things it was horrible, I recorded a wrong number my preceptor caught, and then I hung a wrong fluid it was a potassium chloride 20 meqs ina 1000ml bag, it was just a maintenance fluid bag, I never knew of that fluid , i ddin't know they had that as maintenance fluid , I hung potassium d5/ns instead of just ns, not knowing there were different potassium fluids. I knew that was the last draw and that I was going to be transferred. Also I was leaving the unit about an hour late every shift, my time management, was not coming together. So I have a meeting coming up this week and I know I'm going tobe transferred, I'm very dissapointed I worked so hard, and was sure I could tackle the ICU as a new grad, maybe part my preceptors effect on me still lingered affecting my practice and also maybe I just was not ready for the sensory overload of the ICU as a new grad....I'm sorry it was so long, but I had to vent. I'm sure I will be transferring to floor, hopefully a cardiac step down or something if possible.

the med-surg is a med-surg at a level 1 trauma hospital, big teaching, research hospital its 15 beds very sick patients. thank you for all of the info , much appreciated.

Hello all, gotta question, which would be better for me to work at in preparing to go to anestheis school , which would look better on a resume, the trauma icu or working in a med-surg icu, which one is a more challenging place to work at , and which would better prepare me for anesthesia school, all feedback is appreciated, thank you

Hello all, I have question...I want to know something about Trauma vs Med-Surg ICU....is there anybody here that has worked both, or knows a lot about both...which one do you consider a more challenging place to work, I know in trauma, there is not a lot of medecine involved, but which one is a more challenging place to work, any feedback appreciated.

hello there, pm me and I'll be able to give you some info...I know a lot about the germanna program, I went through it

Hello you are in luck today... I'm actually graduating from the traditional ADNS program in May. Now about MediCorp I've been there a few years and I like the hospital a lot. I've been taking care of from flexibility, to tuition reimbursement without owing them any time. I enjoy working there its a good hospital, good people, comfortable environment, they take care of their employees, and others whom I have talked to (travel nurses) who've been to plenty hospitals says that it is one of the nicest hospitals they have worked in. I will work there also when I graduate in May. If i'm correct New Grad pay last year was $24.50. Considering all things thats pretty good, southern VA some areas start at like 18 19. Regarding the commonwealth program. I have some friends in the program. Of course your gonna have to bust tail to take care of business, but other then that, I haven't heard anything bad, you just gotta take care of business, and don't be a slacker. Also, there is not as much assignments and randomness as there is in the traditional program; however, the traditional program was good the nonetheless. Toodles.

Hey, I am also graduating next year and just started a nursing extern position in the ER now, and I will have two other departments I will rotate through, and I love it, it couldn't be better, one I love the ER i've been working there the past 3 years at a nother position. But my skills are finally being put to work, and my assessment skills are so much better, and learning meds, learning how to be a real nurse is what it's doing for me , its great

Just got done with OB clinicals, I saw a few c sections, and one lady partsl delivery, a few ladies didn't want males in for them, I don't want to see another anyways, one was enough. Staff was cool though, didn't have any problems.