Acuity... Well, it's level one trauma, the manager told me we get the sickest patients. I will have several drips, couple titratable, a lot of codes, busy Labs, orders, most patients are ventilated, etc.
It's Level I trauma hospital, I work in MICU, we also have SICU, TICU, CTICU etc. several different ICUs. I was told this floor has the sickest patients. We have about 30-35 beds. The hospital does not offer extensive critical care course. There are ...
I have a year and half of Tele experience, I started in local MICU and was told that I will receive 3 weeks (9 shifts) of on the floor training. I am concerned that it is too short, but the educator stated that it will be enough because I worked on T...
I worked on Tele/Med Surg/Oncology and had 1.5 years of experience (my first job out of nursing school). I started applying seriously in the beginning of January and had a job by the beginning of February. I found that county/community/for profit hos...
Last week I got a job offer to start working in MICU in a level one trauma hospital and I accepted it. I am so excited. Ever since I entered nursing school, it's been my dream to be an ICU nurse. When I first graduated, I had to work on Med Surg/Tel...
@LPNtoRN2013: I ended up finding a job 5 weeks after graduation, so I was lucky, I have to drive an hour to High Desert. The floor I work on is incredibly busy, but most of the nurses are really awesome and really easy to get along with. The downsid...
@LPNtoRN2013: I ended up finding a job 5 weeks after graduation, so I was lucky, I have to drive an hour to High Desert. The floor I work on is incredibly busy, but most of the nurses are really awesome and really easy to get along with. The downsid...
Hi kn_absn, I have my California license now. Couple of things about the process, it took about a month after graduation before I got ATT. Also, they told me they will not look at your application until after you graduated and your degree is posted. ...
I graduated from school in Oregon about a month ago and moved to Southern California yesterday. I had an interview today for a telemetry position which I really like. It is an hour away from where my husband and I are going to live. I have a couple o...
Good luck to you, hope your interview goes well. I wonder if they did not have enough applications for CTICU, it was second on my list, but I could not put both down. I am still wishing and waiting for my phone call. At least we know that they are s...
Someone just posted on Facebook that they received a call for an interview today and another person posted that they got a rejection email. Anyone else heard from them?