AesthesiaSeeker

I love the ICU. I did my senior year practicum at a neurotrauma ICU at a Level 1 hospital and I learned SO much. I knew that's what I wanted to do. So right before I graduate nursing school I apply to area hospitals with Critical Care/ICU internships...

@CardiacDork: I've had to take a good, long look at myself and analyze what I can do to raise my self esteem because a lot of it is related to my HFA. Some of it is chemical imbalances but the majority of it is just the crappy inner self-talk. Obviou...

10/11/17 Update: Last week I did something that I should have 100% ABSOLUTELY done months ago. I called the Career Services Director at my old nursing school and asked her for help. (This question has probably been asked many times on this forum; I a...

To make a long story short (short-er to be exact): Got a job on a Neuro PCU Unit Had a combination of being new/not knowing what to do/getting bullied by a charge nurse/not standing up for myself/not really having any sort of preceptorship Manager h...

I have Asperger's/high-functioning autism. The reason I'm replying to this is because I honestly think I NEED xanax. My shrink's (sorry for my slang-don't mean to put down anyone who work's in mental health) got me on 450 mg bupropion which I take in...

@Ddestiny: At this point I am literally applying for any position that moves, whether it be an ambulatory clinic or a floor position or tele or even SNF although the slowness of it kills me more than the actual job itself. The only reason I mentioned...

No I went to West Coast University; it opened in 2010, got accredited in 2011 and by the time 2014 came around they still weren't at capacity and literally accepted everyone with no waiting list and you could start immediately.

I thought the same thing as well regarding mechanism of action-wise which is why it was on the tip of my tongue but I didn't want to say it. I came into the interview and spoke with the night manager who I'd actually be working with. He was very poli...

@Greenclip: I had an interview with an ICU manager and he actually tested my knowledge. He gave a pt's S&S, VS, and a little bit of his medical history. I had to describe what I'd assess, what I would recommend, and what medications the patient w...

You have waaay more experience than I do so some of this you probably already know but this is my understanding of how it works. First of all it really depends on the unit's need; if they need someone immediately they'll communicate that with the rec...

Truth is I'm a millennial. Born to a Dad who graduated with a 2.001 GPA from the University of Florida back in the '70's, who drove a furniture truck until he was 26, who got his first break from Texas Instruments in the late '70's. My Mom followed h...

@Zyprexa, BSN, RN: Thank you for the advice; relocating is something I have already tried and is no longer fiscally an option. @newycRN: If you don't mind, I PM'd you the speech” as I've learned to call it. I've heard multiple things about it from ...

Wow that really makes me sound like an asympathetic @$$hole. I have a bad habit of letting my personal problems getting out of perspective, please forgive me.

Any advice is appreciated. Part of that message was a cry for help, part of it was me truly shouting for some sort of advice. I'm totally confused and any advice would help. In the meantime, I live in Texas and have nothing better to do. I got in con...

Hey y'all, So I'm a nurse currently working at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, TX. I graduated from West Coast University-Dallas Campus in March of 2016. I applied to Baylor's Critical Care Internship for the summer of 2016 and was acc...

HouTx, thank you so much for your reply. I greatly appreciate your well thought-out response. The eligibility criteria for the program is as follows: Full-time positions for both day and night shifts are available in MICU, PICU and Cardiac Required -...

Hi Y'all, So I seriously need help. Long story short, I was accepted into a critical care program with a renowned hospital system in the DFW area. But for a month my recruiter was sending interviews, phone screenings, etc to firstname.lastname@ICLOUD...

MDMBSNRN Thank you very much for your input. You make a lot of very good points. I've had a bit of experience to that, not to the degree of which you're stating, on my unit now when a pt's NIH stroke scale changes and then has to be rapided or if one...

(This is a cross post previously posted in the careers section. Idk if I'm breaking the rules by doing this but I just wanted to post this and apologize ahead of time in case I am). Hi Y'all, So I seriously need help. Long story short, I was accepted...

Hey y'all, So I'm a former nursing student and now I'm working as a BSN on a neurology progressive care unit at an amazing hospital in Central, TX. Though I'm not a nursing student anymore, my younger sister is. She enrolled at a new nursing school t...

Just wanted to include that she is attending an accelerated BSN program, not an LVN/ADN program

Applied, got accepted & am working in neurology 4 N!

Hey y'all, So first off I want to say I hope I'm posting this in the right place - if not, I'm sorry. I've been a member on here for a while but I haven't been very active so I'm still fairly new-ish to this site. I'm in a bit of this awesome predica...

Interviewing for Baylor Irving SICU tomorrow, this'll be my first panel interview. Not sure what to expect but here's hoping for the best!

This. We have our live review AFTER we take the exit exam. Why? I have no f*cking clue XD