PacoUSA

I will either request a chaperone or defer the procedure / exam to a female colleague. I will NEVER proceed on my own with a female patient.

I have absolutely no interest in hunting or fishing, but that is likely because I am the product of a big city and have only known that environment my whole life. I have a friend from college who is into it and posts photos occasionally on Facebook of wild birds and steer that he hunts, and it's not appealing or curious to me at all.

I have been a nurse for 13 years, it is a 2nd career, went back to school in my 40's. Definitely no regrets! I only wish I had entered the profession sooner.

Thanks! This is my 5th NTI but first time in NOLA. I however have not seen an allnurses booth at the Expo since Orlando (2019). Are they ever coming back?

Who is going? My first time in the city so I am excited! ?

So a Mexican-American calling an African-American the N word is not racist? Please. BTW, I am not White.

How are you liking Mayo? That's my dream job but I still cannot see myself living in Rochester MN. And Mayo locations in FL and AZ are honestly not good alternatives. Main campus is where its at!

You probably already took your NCLEX by now, but I was going to recommend getting licensed in WA first and endorse to CA. The reason I say this is in the event that you would want to do travel nursing, you will be required to endorse your original state of licensure to the new state. If this happens to be CA, then it sucks because you would have to complete a paper request, pay $100 and wait months for the request to be sent to the new state. If it is WA, you could just verify online to the new state instantly via NURSYS for $30.

Sharp has PerfectServe for physician paging but from what I understand it is only available at their Grossmont campus (sometimes it is useless because the MD calls back and asks why they are being paged when it is clear they did not read the page ?). UCSD on the other hand does also have a paging system which is a link within their Epic program.

I have not found the cost of living that exorbitant here in southern CA, but I suppose that is because I come from the Northeast which tends to be similar. The salaries however are higher here and that has made all the difference. I am able to save more money. You have to be creative sometimes but you can definitely make it work without much stress provided you do not have the lifestyle needs of a celebrity and lacking the income of one.

I can see the appeal of people from California taking the NCLEX for a different initial state of licensure and then endorsing that license to CA, especially if they are thinking of becoming travel nurses later on. Verifying an initial state of licensure via NURSYS is much easier and cheaper than verifying a CA state as an initial license state!

Has anyone attended or completed this program? I am interested in feedback. Is it mostly online? Thanks!

Did you get hired? I was also hired into the Valley System.

I am also moving from CA to NV and just got a job with one of the hospitals in the Valley Health System. I have been offered a pretty generous relocation reimbursement and a bonus payable in certain time increments (fully paid by the 2 year mark).

Hello, I have been PCCN certified since 3/2020 with 9 years of stepdown and telemetry experience. I am happily transitioning this Summer to the ICU, and as a result I would eventually want to earn my CCRN. I have no interest in renewing my PCCN certification in 2023 and would like to attempt the CCRN at that time (I would be at about 2 years experience in the ICU by then). My questions are: (1) Do I have to worry about completing the 100 hours of CE required for renewing the PCCN? I assume this is a no since the alternative is to retake the test. (2) At this time my credentials are BSN, RN, PCCN. May I drop the "PCCN" once I allow it to lapse and have earned CCRN? I am not interested in carrying both PCCN and CCRN credentials. I would like to move forward in my nursing career dedicated to critical care. I feel like the answers to these questions are obvious so I feel kind of dumb asking, but I wanted to ask anyway. Thanks in advance for your replies!

Try your luck with the Sharp Healthcare system in SD, they seem to be hiring quite a bit of newer nurses lately, especially ones that are switching over from focused specialties (like yours for instance and psych) into PCU and med/surg positions.

Alvarado and Paradise Valley are area hospitals that will take you with an ADN but unfortunately are not top-notch facilities. They are both under the Prime Healthcare umbrella. My advice is to grit your teeth, get your experience there while you work on your BSN and advance to better hospitals in the San Diego area.

Hello, I am trying to find information and feedback about this program, the fellowship for experienced nurses but keep finding threads on here for the residency (new grads). Anyone on here have experience with the FELLOWSHIP arm of Providence's TIP? I am an experienced nurse looking to transition from PCU to ICU, thanks!!

Curious to know which hospital you (the OP) selected. I work per diem at UCLA and have absolutely no complaints, the pay is excellent and I love the units (float between units @ Ronald Reagan and Santa Monica)! I am looking to apply to Cedars-Sinai for a full time job to replace the one I have now.

Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles and Sharp Chula Vista in the San Diego area both had recent listings of transition programs for experienced nurses interested in L&D.

This was in line with what I’ve been thinking, I just needed another person to validate it. Thank you!

Hello, I currently work as a PCU nurse full time (36hr/week) at one facility and also work per diem as PCU float pool at a different facility in another nearby city (4 shifts a month). The two jobs complement each other in terms of scheduling (my per diem job is very flexible around my full time schedule). I am seeking a new full time job in order to switch from PCU to ICU. I intend on keeping my per diem job because not only does it pay well, I enjoy working there and it would also be closer to hospitals that I am looking to work at as an ICU nurse. My real question is whether I should include my current per diem job on my resume along with my current full time job or should I just keep it off my resume? I ask this question because I am not sure if having a per diem job might be a negative thing and whether that creates the perception of a potential conflict with the job that I seek (which I never anticipate happening because I can work the per diem shifts around any full time schedule I get). I recently interviewed for a transition program to ICU for experienced PCU nurses at a different hospital in the same system I currently work full time, so in essence it would have been a transfer. I did not get the position, and for that job I did NOT include my per diem job details because I did not think it was necessary. I do not know the real reasons behind their decisions not to take me into the transition program, and I doubt this was a reason but it made me want to just leave my current health system altogether. BTW, I do not have an interest in pursuing ICU job at my per diem facility only because I dont want to live in the city where it is located. I enjoy just traveling there for per diem shifts despite that it is a good facility! Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to give comprehensive info. Thanks for reading and for all replies!

Oh HELLL NO! ?

Thanks for all the great feedback, I am glad I was able to contribute to you in this way!

Critical Care Fellowship @ Medstar Georgetown Univ Hospital Has anyone here been through this program @ Georgetown? It is designed for experienced nurses in non-ICU specialties to transition to ICU or PACU. Would love to hear feedback, thanks!