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TNhome - I have 4 years of ICU and 4 years of flight nursing experience. I believe UTC publishes their GRE score requirements on the website so as long as you meet or beat those requirements, you'll be qualified to apply. Some applicants get in with ...

I got in as well. Very excited!

I'm a flight nurse and my company requires all their nurses to be paramedics as well so I attended a bridge program. It was a very fast program, relying heavily on my past experiences as an ICU nurse for pathophysiology and pharmacology. My 8 weeks o...

an interesting potential side effect of Neo is reflex bradycardia so this patient could have had the alpha 1 agonist of neo for Bp support and count on some reflex bradycardia for rate control. I work in the transport world so when we pick up AAAs, t...

I would assume they do since it's required prior to interviewing. As far as how much that score is weighted in the acceptance process, that I don't know.

I'm from Texas but wanting to relocate to Tennesse. You?

I applied. Still waiting for a call back

Such a great book. Gave it to some other flight nurses and even though they've been flying for a few years now, they loved the book too

@ butterfly journey - I'm still at Parkland. It wouldn't hurt to mention you plan on staying at Parkland for the long run; especially when the new hospital opens. You are right in that many of the ICU interns and residents leave after their contract ...

Laura and Barbara have been doing this for more than 20 years. They already have an idea of the type of nurses they want in the internship. This probably sounds cliche, but be yourself. They aren't looking for the person who has a 4.0 GPA and is goin...

You can still be a critical care nurse at Parkland with an ADN. Instead of doing the internship, where you rotate through all the different ICUs, you can do their Residency. The residency is different in that you interview for one of the ICUs (burn, ...

HD is never done on unstable patients in my MICU. We have pts on CRRT and if they can tolerate it, we will increase the fluid removal rate per hour on the CRRT machine to pull more fluid off. HD pulls too much fluid off too quickly. I was taught that...

I was a new grad last year and interviewed for 2 critical care new grad programs. I was accepted to both. Now I'm 1 year out of nursing school with 1 year of medicine and cardiac ICU experience under my belt. It most certainly is possible!

I started looking at hospitals in February of last year and was contacted within 2 months, asking for me to fly out to Dallas and interview (parkland)

I grew up in California, went to college in Oregon, and applied to two ICU residencies (one in Texas and one in Tennessee). I got into both. Also there are 22 residents in my class, 10 of them came from out of state. So it is possible. If you're enth...

haha yea usually levo does fix the issue :)

Hi guys! I'm in a new grad program at a level 1 trauma center for ICU nurses that takes me through the MICU, SICU, BICU, C/PICU, and ER over a 7 month period. After the 7 months (and successful completion of the academic and clinical requirements and...

Being ridiculed for emptying things 30 minutes early is ridiculous. At my hospital, we have a 30 minutes window before and after the designated time for assessments, meds, clearing pumps, and fluid I/O. In the ICU there is no way you can do everythin...

I recently graduated from Portland and am from the bay area so you're in luck! I recommend Kasier Walnut Creek ICU. I've heard they are hiring ICU nurses, but only with experience due to the cost of training new grads in this economy. So, with your p...

Hi highlandlass1592, Thanks for your recommendations. I'll definitely be working a few years ICU and possibly ER too to get the experience I need before I apply to fly. Before nursing school, I flew with a number of air ambulances as a 3rd rider (rid...

Nurses make judgments everyday we work. I work in the ICU and with every medication I give, I need to make sure A) it's the right medication for the patient problem B) the patient is stable enough to get the medication (i.e. holding a beta blocker or...

use the FLACC score

Hello shoecrazynurse. You're in luck because I just moved from the Bay Area to Dallas! I'm a new grad and working at Parkland in the ICU. Parkland is the big teaching hospital in Dallas and it is closely affiliated with the University of Texas, South...

Although it's a little late to post this, always double and triple check your meds. ICU pts have many drugs on pumps. Need to make sure the right pump is going at the right rate

1:2 is pretty standard for me too (Texas).