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Most likely surgical blood loss and hemodulation. Also, lots of patients develop anemia during a hospital stay. One thing to remember with anemia is that there are only three general causes: loss (or dysfunction) of rbcs, decreased production of new ...

The Tele position would be best in my opinion. I don't believe any school would accept l tach experience.

I had no trouble getting in to the icu straight out of school. They only had two requirements when hiring new grads. You had to have cna/pca/tech experience and have some type of critical care exposure in school. I know that both of the big hospital...

U RN ICU, I'm number one and unfortunately haven't heard anything yet. I'll keep you posted if I do.

I'm waitlisted. How long did they give you guys to accept the spot?

Has anyone heard anything yet? I figured that we would know by now.

I think it depends on how relevant your preceptorship was to the position you're applying for. If you want an ICU job and thats where your preceptorship was, then definitely put it first. That was my situation and I had good success with my resume...

I just got hired into the ICU at St. Francis in Milwaukee. While I was going through the interview process, I was told that they would have more spots opening up (I think some are already listed). I was told that they will consider new grads if the...

Agreed. I'm in an area with a supposedly bad job market and I got one of the first jobs I applied to.

Agreed. I bought the ICUfaqs book and its pretty awesome. Very readable.

LoL, sorry just reread your post. But yes, they are awesome.

Hi Kimberly, In your phone interview, stress the completion of your pre-reqs. They do consider this a factor in your candidacy. Also, whoever told you that UW-O doesn't help with financial aid couldn't be more wrong. The financial aid office has an...

A little primer for the phone interview.... Its focused on what you know about the program to see if you know what you are getting yourself into. They'll ask if you have the financial part squared away, how comfortable you are with technology, if y...

This link describes the vector thing way better. I'm a pretty bad teacher :) http://www.cvphysiology.com/Arrhythmias/A015.htm This is really good also. It explains pretty much everything else. http://www.cvphysiology.com/Arrhythmias/A014.htm

It has to do with the orientation of V1-V4 to the left side of the heart. Look at the pattern of the QRS complexes, V1-V3 are predominantly downward deflections because the sum of the depolarization wave is moving away from the positive lead (becaus...

Actually I was able to dig up my old test and on the back it had the averages and the explanations. This is for TEAS 4. Honestly though, it's really easy and I wouldn't worry about it. Unless you know that you really struggle in an area, you will b...

Sorry, I didn't get back to you sooner. How did the online interview go? You've probably already gotten the email for the next step. We took the TEAS 4.0 during our orientation weekend. They don't look for certain scores, they just want to know if...

I just graduated from this program a week ago. :) If you have any questions, let me know.

Actually, there are quite a few that will accept nicu exp.

Check out Dubin's Rapid Interpretation of EKG's. Its way more than an EKG book. It also an easy read. Very similar writing style to the icufaqs book suggested above. By the time youre done with it, you'll understand cardio meds and be reading 12...

I'm 6'4" and went with Landau scrubs in long (or maybe it was extra long) and had to have them shortened by 4-5" They're called "Landau Unisex Reversible Drawstring Scrub Pants." I couldn't believe how long they were, so maybe they'll work for yo...

Hi tkzv, I don't think there is a preference either way as our cohort had some of both. Actually I'd say more had nursing home experience but thats probably just because there are more nursing home jobs to be had.

I think the CNA experience has been very helpful both in our first clinical and in the theory courses. I also think that from what I have heard that it plays a large role in being accepted. Its not the only thing, but I have a friend who applied wi...