WikkedCat

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1. R there any more New grad orientation positions out there in DFW area?

   WikkedCat replied to NOIRLINCOLN's topic in Texas Nursing

   I would agree with gauge14iv...get your app and resume out there to anywhere you want to work. We just had a grad we were going to hire find out at last minute that she still lacked a class. People...

2. Level 1 too much for new grad?

   WikkedCat replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in MICU, SICU

   I would be interested to know what type of facility and orientation you received. Did you have a preceptor and a formal internship program? Just

3. Level 1 too much for new grad?

   WikkedCat replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in MICU, SICU

   Am a supervisor in a Level 1 Trauma/Neuro ICU, and we hire new grads to our unit. I think that if your facility provides a good internship program, you can definitely be successful, which should...

4. Neuro--tell me why you do/don't like it!!

   WikkedCat replied to irishnurse68's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   I am a supervisor in a neuro/truama ICU, and I have done this for 16 years. The challenge of the neuro patient is the unpredictability. You can have 2 patients with the exact type of injury and yet...

5. conscious sedation

   WikkedCat replied to onlyER4me's topic in Emergency

   Usually each facility should have policy in place to define conscious sedation and who can administer what. At ours, any use of diprivan for procedures can only be administered by those certified to...

6. studying for CNRN exam this fall...

   WikkedCat replied to topkat's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   I have started studying and from what others have said, the recommended textbook is what majority of test takers use. Studying all the neuro-anatomy first, and then all the pathology/conditions is...

7. Dallas Nurses

   WikkedCat replied to chad75's topic in Texas Nursing

   I live in Plano, and I work at Baylor in Downtown Dallas, and if I could guide you in any direction I would say North of Dallas is probably where you should think of going. School districts for Plano,...