tigerRN2013

I graduated earlier this month and am excited to be beginning my job as an ICU nurse next month. I would love to hear any advice fellow allnurse users have in preparing to be a critical care nurse. I feel like I know so little but am eager to learn e...

I work at a 32 bed SICU. There is a charge and float nurse who go around and help people prn on all the different hallways (6 hallways). Each nurse has their own little station with a computer/desk/ and windows to look into their rooms between their ...

I'm so sorry that happened. You were right to be honest though. Dishonesty will always come back to haunt you.

It depends on your institutions- some hospitals will automatically assign just one nurse to a high acuity patient who has lots of equipment to manage....other hospitals (like where I work) will pair most patients even if it is 2 patients who have cvv...

Louisiana hires new grads into ICUs

Depends on the new grad- you can't really generalize all of them into being "beginner experts". I know I was scared to death as a new grad when I started working; another new grad who started 6 months later was cautioned by her preceptor for being a ...

There's a big need for ICU nurses in New Orleans; try there and you'll probably be a shoe in

Due to the Joint Commission's new recommendations, my unit manager wants to open visitation hours 24 hours a day, and it's going to happen despite the entire nursing staff being against the idea. What works on your unit to make open visitation a good...

I find some family members to be wonderful people and am sorry to see them leave at the end of visiting hours, but the reason the nurses are against it is because while some family members are wonderful, we have others who are constantly stimulating ...

I just wanted to thank all the nurses who put forth a lot of effort and time to help the new and clueless nurses like myself get to a place of being able to provide competent nursing care. I graduated this past May and began working in July with an e...

I started in the ICU a little over 4 months ago. The good preceptors know that new grads know little to nothing and just look for people who are eager to learn and proactive to be safe by looking up unfarmiliar meds/disease processes/ect (even on you...

Do you feel like you could have passed the test with just a year of nursing experience? Were there a lot of SATA questions?

"You're killing me......I'm going to shoot you"

You are not alone! I spent my whole orientation making mistake after mistake, but I learned lots and don't make those mistakes anymore. Be patient with yourself; it gets better.

I got hired into an ICU 3 months ago and tons. A few key advice points I wish I had known: Always know your pt's code status Always know which doctor/team of doctors is the primary doctor/team for your patient so you know who to call if something sta...

I'm 21 and graduated 5 months ago

If you are still in school, your preceptor still has responsibility for those patients and should be sticking pretty close to you. If she is not, I would try to express your concerns to her and discuss how the two of you could work together more effe...

How was your preceptorship? I had a 2 month preceptorship in a very high acuity ICU and just have finished my first week on my own. I would have been completely lost if I had not had a really good preceptor. I feel overwhelmed daily, but I pray to do...

Unfortunately, it's okay to be uncultrually competent to white people because they are the majority and so they are considered privileged and therefore, are supposed to be okay with how people from different backgrounds chose to interact with/treat t...

I was 18 when I started nursing school, but my mom became a nurse at 50

I have been working in a MICU for 6 weeks and really love it. With that being said, I'll add that I also feel overwhelmed often, and as a new grad, know that I have tons I still need to learn. My orientation is only supposed to last for 2 more weeks,...

"I don't think that will be enough"

I am an ICU nurse and I have a lot of respect for floor nurses. I would never want to trade places. Each individual nurse has their own gifts and talents that makes them an asset to a particular kind of unit. ICU nurses are very detail oriented and s...

That would be a blast if ya'll could. I worked at the same hospital as my brother, but his manager was unwilling to have family working on the same unit. There wasn't any hospital policy against it, but some managers are difficult about that type of ...

While I think that it is sad that America has gotten to this point, many people are very hostile to the Christian faith and will attack it (and you) whenever possible. If you were muslim, jewish, buddist, or other, people would receive it happily, bu...