ICU_UcMe

ICU_UcMe BSN, RN

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  1. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

    ICU_UcMe replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school is like daycare, and being a new grad is like college. In nursing school, everyone watches out for you and makes sure you aren't messing anything up. People will answer your questions,...

  2. Being hired into an ICU

    ICU_UcMe replied to BlondieMSNRN's topic in Critical Care

    I stumbled upon this thread, and just wanted to tell you that I work with a bedside APRN. Like you, she didn't want to practice anymore so she doesn't. The hospital couldn't care less about her being...

  3. Nursing Student From Hell

    ICU_UcMe replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you for the most part. However, of the preceptor hasn't first told her what she's doing wrong and attempted to help her correct said behavior then she is also failing Alice herself....

  4. How do you feel about being a nurse?

    ICU_UcMe replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    I love being a nurse. I do feel overwhelmed sometimes though because I'm a new nurse, and I'm in critical care. I know it takes a bit to get your footing, but it can be a little disheartening when...

  5. Going out with your co-workers (Mixing Business with pleasure)

    ICU_UcMe replied to Plumrose15153's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work with some of my friends from nursing school. I'm not going to stop hanging out with them simply because we work together

  6. Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

    ICU_UcMe replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Isn't that the overpriced, one-size-fits-all leggings? I have a friend who tried to talk me into trying them. No thanks. My $5 ones from Walmart are just as comfy and have lasted me for years.

  7. Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

    ICU_UcMe replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sometimes I donate to GFM accounts, and other times I don't. It depends on the circumstances and on my mood. For instance, I donated to one that someone had made a crappy comment on about how they'd...

  8. New Grad RN going into ICU - prepare?

    ICU_UcMe replied to ZrowGz's topic in Critical Care

    Thanks for this. Googling and finding this thread just saved me from spending $50 on a book on amazon. I'm having trouble understanding as much as I feel (or it seems I should according to some...

  9. I want to quit first RN job after a few weeks.

    ICU_UcMe replied to newgradrn2016's topic in General Nursing

    At will means neither of you have to give a reason for termination of your employment. That said, if you don't give the proper notification for them to find someone else to fill your position then I'd...

  10. 15 Minutes in the Life of a Nurse

    ICU_UcMe replied to NurseJulie31's topic in General Nursing

    If you add to this calling pharmacy repeatedly because they refuse to send the proper drips from the list they were faxed by the unit secretary, you have my life. í

  11. I got fired while being on orientation at a hospital for just 1 week. Why did this happen?

    ICU_UcMe replied to Strugaaa4eva's topic in General Nursing

    I wish my lunch break ever truly lasted my thirty minutes. I'm lucky if I get 15 mins uninterrupted.

  12. I got fired while being on orientation at a hospital for just 1 week. Why did this happen?

    ICU_UcMe replied to Strugaaa4eva's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry this happened to you, OP, but I agree with this. They probably figured that if you have enough personal conflict to keep you from orienting properly then you're going to have too much to...

  13. Starting clinicals - Question

    ICU_UcMe replied to Philly85's topic in General Students

    Fact. I got screamed at my first semester of nursing school because I refused to take an order from a doctor. Umm, let's see, I had been in nursing school for a matter of weeks, and I was specifically...

  14. UAB MSN tracks

    ICU_UcMe replied to momohime's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'd say go FNP if that many things interest you. I wouldn't limit myself to a specific area if you don't think you want to spend your entire career in it. That's just my opinion though. I'm currently...

  15. Can you get the Pearson Vue "good pop up" and still fail?

    ICU_UcMe replied to ICU_UcMe's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I never came back to say that my license was up before my unofficial results were even available. I found out I passed, applied for jobs, and got hired at one all within 24 hours. Woohoo! Now the fun...

  16. Can you get the Pearson Vue "good pop up" and still fail?

    ICU_UcMe posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    So I took the NCLEX today, and when the test closed out at 75 questions, I was 100% sure that I had failed. I decided to just try the PVT and got what they say is "the good pop up." I know that you...

  17. Can you get the Pearson Vue "good pop up" and still fail?

    ICU_UcMe replied to ICU_UcMe's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This is true. I'm fairly certain that six weeks would've killed me though.

  18. Am I "late"? 22 yrs old starting prereq Jan

    ICU_UcMe replied to Aedyl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh, honey, lol. Nursing wasn't my first career. In fact, I just graduated with my BSN last year, and I'm in my 30s. Trust me, you'll be

  19. Relocated from NYC to Missouri to be denied a license please help

    ICU_UcMe replied to Nazarr77's topic in General Nursing

    I never even knew it was an option until now. I DEFINITELY didn't feel competent enough to be a LPN after two semesters of nursing school. Hell, I still feel lost half of the time now.

  20. Get my adn or lpn? Newbie here

    ICU_UcMe replied to AutumnFutureNurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I got into the nursing school at my university the first time I applied so don't freak out over wait lists unless you aren't a good student. I also had to apply in like April or May to get in for the...

  21. Gun Owning Nurses

    ICU_UcMe replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I am a concealed-carry permit holding, handgun owning, democrat so I'd probably really make your co-worker's head

  22. Passed the NCLEX RN exam in 75 questions (my review materials)

    ICU_UcMe replied to Nurse Lalaine's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    So do you feel like uworld was worth it? I have the Saunders book, and I need to read it again because I haven't looked over it since this summer, but I didn't do many of their resource questions...

  23. Anxious about job market

    ICU_UcMe replied to julesjameson3333's topic in General Nursing

    We graduate in December; I've already had 3 job offers, and two have offered sign-on bonuses. One of the offers is in mental health (which is my current field). I don't know about your area, but it is...

  24. I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    ICU_UcMe replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't insinuating that it was chump change. I just know people who pay less. Granted, we live in a rural area so I am sure there is probably some type of forgiveness going on there. I don't know...

  25. I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    ICU_UcMe replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the type of debt. Personally, they paid my student loans off for me (from a previous