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Hello everyone! I'm starting this topic for any new grads or new to the ICU. I think it will be good to come here to compare notes, encourage, vent and support each other. I am extremely nervous and excited at the same time. My orientation will be ...

so these past two weeks have been crazy busy! learning lots and was searching for resources for vasoactives and I found this which covers basic hemodynamics and seems helpful, thought I would share... https://allnurses.com/attachment.php?attachmentid...

1 week of orientation and I'm loving it!!!!! I can't believe how much I've accomplished in just 4 days!

Loving all the activity! I will have tons to contribute at the end of next week!

I start as a new grad in a large medical and surgical ICU and will have a approximately 12 weeks on orientation with a week on Neuro ICU and cardiac ICU. My question is how do you guys preform an efficient head to toe assessment in the ICU? I did a 2...

Yes please!!

I don't start my orientation until a couple of weeks so I think I'm going to start reading the ICU book tomorrow in conjunction with the ICUfaqs. How long has a taken you to read the ICU book?? I'm super excited, yet nervous!

Someone else posted this on another thread, critical care tutorials. I think it may be useful... Welcome to Critical Care Medicine Tutorials

Another resource I just stumbled upon is the Auscultation Assistant website, it has samples of all heart and breath sounds, The Auscultation Assistant - Hear Heart Murmurs, Heart Sounds, and Breath Sounds Feel free to share any other resources you gu...

I forgot to mention there is also an app called Critical Guide, its $10 and well worth the money! very simple formatting but do understand what your saying about not wanting to be on your phone while at work, especially being the new person!

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It would be great if we kept this going throughout our orientations and starting off on our own! Maybe we can also share new things that we've learned that we probably didn't in school. The Kathy white app I believe is roughly $30 and there is a smal...

The nurse that does the podcast also has a blog, seems really helpful! Here is the linkhttp://newnurseblog.com/about/

I really hope I luck out like you and get a great preceptor, I think it will make all the difference! I purchased the books you mentioned above as well as the ICUfaq book on marks website. I also purchased: -Kathy whites critical care app (kind of pr...

Nights is definitely going to be a huge adjustment! 3 days a week of working nights and then 4 off which I feel I would use one of those days off sleeping most of the time, there goes a wasted day off! However, as mentioned, I think there will be a l...

I see from a previous post you graduated! So what have you done to prepare for the ICU? I'm definitely a little scared but I think that's normal.

I am a BSN graduate. By internship do you mean you are still a student?I did my preceptorship in a large cardiac ICU and loved it! However, I am glad I was placed in the MICU/SICU in order to gain a broad knowledge base rather than just limit myself ...

Thanks for taking the time out to answer my questions Brandon! Since you started off as a new grad, what do you think is the most important things to know for my first day of orientation. My main goal is being a safe and competent nurse and I want to...

What did you tell the state when you called them? I want to call them but don't know what to say since I only took it yesterday

I got the good pop up! Hope it's accurate!!!!

I got the good pop up, I'm hoping its accurate!!!!!!!!

Take mine tomorrow and hope I can come back on here with with my experience and with good news!

Congrats!!

https://allnurses.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11215&d=1340919779 Here ya go! :)

What have you done to prepare? I take mine tomorrow and I have just been doing questions everyday and looking up what I'm not familiar with.