CTICU-RN

I just relocated from Missouri to Florida. Took a job at a small local hospital in the area and am going absolutely bonkers!!! I can NOT stand to be there another day! The way they do things is just so wrong on many levels. I came from a very large h...

Tampa General or All Children's:)

Tampa General is the number one hospital in Florida according to us Newsweek. They are a level one trauma center and magnet as well:) If I lived closer to there, that is where I would want to be. Also All Children's is in St Pete. I did work there fo...

Long story but to make things short, i have been a CTICU nurse for 2 years and worked at the same hospital in the same unit for almost 10 years. Things (life in general) were getting too "routine" for me and I wanted a change so, I decided to make a ...

Not sure how it is now or for LPN's. I was on a wait list for about a year for the ASN program. The LPN bridge merges in with 3rd or 4th semester students and I don't know how that particular wait list works....

Long story but to make things short, i have been a CTICU nurse for 2 years and worked at the same hospital in the same unit for almost 10 years. Things (life in general) were getting too "routine" for me and I wanted a change so, I decided to make a ...

I know this is an "old ish" thread but wanted to reply bc I attended the nursing program at STLCC (Forest Park). The program load gets heavier each semester. First semester isn't bad at all, you have class 2 days a week then clinical one day with no ...

I worked weekend nights or or as it was called "Weekend Option" for 2 years. I was paid my base pay + time and a half + weekend diff + night diff. It's really good money but you get get used to making that, so when you come off of it, your paycheck s...

I'm kinda in the same boat....new job, same area though and HATE the hospital:(( I have no advice, we can cry together!! Mehhhh!!!

In response to the above......The hospital just stated doing open heart surgery yet has no standards or policies in place for numerous things! The unit itself has no standards of practice and on day one when I asked if they had any was told they are ...

I'm sorry but flu shots are mandatory now

I work in a hospital where we implant at least 2-3 lvads a day, so needless to say, we have ALOT of them....just a regular blood pressure cuff is fine....sometimes you will get a blood pressure with a systolic and diastolic but sometimes you will not...

So Mr Black, explain to me where it is you think you are at and what kind of things you are seeing?? Have you taken your haldol yet today??

I understand you have been seeing things that aren't real......How does that make you feel??

Am I dreaming or was there something in the turkey I ate before coming to work tonight??

And this is what you guys deal with on a daily basis?? How do you try and be therapeutic with something like that??!!

Everytime he gets ahold of one of the docs stethoscopes, he thinks he's invisible with that costume on.....welcome to your first day of Psych Clinicals pal!!!

Good luck with that one tonight!!

And THAT'S the pt from room 3, be glad you have him singled out tonight, I think it's gonna be a long one for you:((

That's the new medical student going to insert his first Foley catheter in room 5......

Oh geez.....why do we always get stuck with first semester students right after they finish their universal precautions lecture??!!!

First shift on the floor.....I think she's had a rough night!!

I TOLD you to put an isolation gown on before you went in there!!