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Would you recommend it to other new grads if they really enjoyed PICU? Or would you advise them to go back to a normal ward and consolidate their learning etc?

I'm currently doing my last rotation of my new grad year in PICU, and am really enjoying it and look forward to work everyday. I was pretty set on staying in PICU, however I've been advised by a senior nurse on the unit that I shouldn't... And she wa...

Thank you! :) best of luck with your postgrad studies ! I always looked up to my tutors and lecturers at uni - I miss uni!

Going through high school, I was the student who probably had potential, though never really made a huge effort academically. I would always give up before I made an attempt, thinking I couldn't do it anyway. I can be a very indecisive person, howeve...

Hi guys, I am a new grad who has been in PICU for less than a month. I wanted to take this challenge and do my second rotation here, but at the moment, I am feeling really down. At times I really just miss really ward nursing, no matter how much I th...

Hey guys, just have a question about the possibility of the spread of MRSA. This is going to sound so silly to many people... I had a little infant the other day with MRSA (it was found on a routine swab, so found in either the nose or groin). While ...

Thanks for the reply Kara. I am quite sure it did not go in my eyes or mouth, it was just my cheek. Thank you again, and certainly will do next time!

Hey guys, I was just wondering if anyone knows how these are done? I mean, we interviewed at our first preference hospital, but do they only contact our referees if they want us (i.e. if we scored high enough in the interviews)? Or do the hospitals c...

I'm sorry to break it to you both, but you've been put on the waiting list because all 8 facilities you chose on your application do not have any vacancies. As those applicants who were offered positions yesterday have until Oct 16 to accept/decline,...

I'm so sorry to hear that Mopples. I know its hard to take it in, but don't give up, there is still second round offers.

Good luck Mopples! I've started to beat myself up all over my interview again... I'm so scared for this email, but I just want to know.

Thank you Annie07, all the best for tomorrow :)And yes Mopples I really hope so. I was told by a nurse educator who was the new grad coordinator of an area health service last year and he said it all depends on what time that specific AHS decides to ...

Thank you ceridwyn :)

It truly is. I only hope that we get what we want. I was told by a new grad that the emails were sent to applicants at different times.

4 more days...my heart will skip a beat every time my phone tells me I received an email on Friday until I get an email about new grad.

Annie07, the new grad year is not a compulsory year. You can be accepted as a first year RN without doing the program, you will just need to find a facility and unit willing to take you on.

I just checked them out, it says you need at least 1 year post registration experience, and also be employed in the appropriate clinical setting to do a grad cert course and distance education subject.

So what you are saying is that they only contact the referees of those candidates who scored the highest? It makes sense to me that they'd do this, but I didn't know if the public system had a specific process for the recruitment of new grads, where ...

Yeah true, everyone has been saying that...my lecturers have been saying that to us since they mentioned new grad to us. And you're correct, because after all, new grad is just another stepping stone. We'll just have to be patient and hope for the be...

Mopples, I applied and interviewed at SCH as well! I know I shouldn't think like this, but it's the only hospital on my application that I want, and I don't even want to think how I would feel if I didn't get it. Arghh still so many more days till Oc...

Sorry, this was a double post.

Hey rachelgeorgina, not sure if you still go on the forum, but I'm just curious if you got the position, and how you did following the completion of your RNs? My heart lies in paediatrics as well, I'm currently in my 3rd year and can't choose between...

Hey Rach101, sorry I'm bringing this old thread back up, but I was just wondering if you ended up at SCH?

I am aware that there are tips on this forum, as I remember reading some a while ago .. however I cannot find them anymore. I would just like to share my story, and would very much appreciate if anyone can give me any tips I can employ. I recently st...

Thank you Ashley. I did all of that, and as for what came over me when I put that stethoscope on his radial artery...I don't know. I've never seen it done before, not even in adults