KimAydelotte

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1. New Nurses Working in Critical Care

   KimAydelotte replied to gscervan's topic in Critical

   Yes, mentoring is one of the best practices in an ICU. It IS a difficult first start for a new grad. Mostly because you have no feel yet for what is normal is a hospitalized patient. That's what you get on the floor, time to learn organization of c...

2. Is the nursing experience better or worse than when you started?

   KimAydelotte replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

   Ah, ...I do understand the frustration. But in this day and age, with the constant turmoil, unrest politically and personally in peoples lives, the tendency to want out of something that is painful is understandable. I've worked extremely short staf...

3. Is the nursing experience better or worse than when you started?

   KimAydelotte replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

   Well, I guess I'm one you were asking about. I began my career in 1978 in an Labor & Delivery Unit. (In case you are thinking I'm an "old" nurse & visualize an old lady with grey hair, I am not.) I have seen immense changes! I went from ...