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1. blunt force chest trauma with 2 chest tubes placed and an open thoracotomy at bedside after with cardiac paddles and internal cardiac massage (sadly pt. did not make it) 2. open heart surgery with CABG x3 and the patient went into Vfib coming off ...

I was sort of in the same boat. Every time we had a different clinical rotation, I suddenly had "found my niche." Apparently I had a lot of niches. I liked med/surg, I liked psych, I liked OB, I liked ICU. I have settled on emergency as a special...

The hospital where I just accepted a job (I'm a Dec. grad) has had their new grad intern positions for May 2008 grads posted for about a month now. I don't know if they are interviewing yet but they are definitely accepting applications. Some other...

Hi DTCC, I am assuming you are at Durham Tech...I actually was planning on applying there for school. I remember thinking that I could not wait 2 years to start my nursing classes. However, if I remember correctly, everyone that meets the criteria ...

Jam, I'm not down on magnet entirely- like I said, I only have extensive experience with one hospital. But I don't think that it counts as much as it should...I think the a huge of magnet is that nurses have a say in administration and policies. It...

truern- Can you tell me what you think of the benefits package at WakeMed? I have an offer there and am really psyched because I loved the facility. Seemed like a great work environment. I am somewhat nervous though because I have not been to my o...

Jam, I am familiar with New Hanover as I have worked there and have done clinicals there. My experience in other hospitals is limited. I do think there are some staffing issues there...retention rates are skewed. If you live in Wilmington, you hav...

A J tube is smaller in diameter than a G tube (and makes it easier to clog). They look essentially the same though. Also, since the J tube is placed in the jejunum, it bypasses the upper GI tract. I don't think you can check placement of it with a...

I guess it's not too soon. I was worried about applying this early, but I just officially got offered the exact position I wanted in the ED yesterday! I interviewed there on the 16th and was offered the job 10 days later. But a few of the other pl...

I have been working in the ED for over a month now as an ED Tech (I guess the same as PCT/NA/etc.) and am also doing a preceptorship there with an RN for my last semester of nursing school. I also get very nervous under pressure, similar to suddenly...

We are a busy Level 2 (the only one within a 2-hour drive). We have one LPN in our ED but she has been there a long time..."grandfathered" in so to speak.

Hi onmywaytorn, I was searching the archives about Grady and found this thread. I, too, am looking to start in the ED right out of school (I graduate in Dec.) I am looking at the other larger hospitals in Atlanta as well and want to know how Grady ...

I have the same question, but I am having a surgical procedure right after take the NCLEX in Jan. or Feb., so I won't be able to start working until probably the end of March or so. I don't know if I should apply early, do interviews, and just be up...

Hi, I don't know if this is too late, but I am finishing my last semester at UNCW. Most of our clinicals are at New Hanover, but we did do our maternal-infant rotation at Onslow Memorial. I thought the staff there overall were much more friendly. ...

Hi, I am not an RN yet but am finishing my BSN at UNCW this December. I have never set foot in Pender, but it's quite small (I think about 80 beds). It, as well as Cape Fear Hospital in Wilmington which used to be private, are part of the New Hanov...

Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington is also merit-based. They have a great clinical program and good pass rate on the NCLEX. I applied and got in for the following semester, though I ended up choosing to get a BSN. I had considered Durham Te...

Hi, I've been lurking around the forums recently with no real reason to post until now. I'm currently a Biology major at UNC-Chapel Hill. I decided to change majors last spring and hadn't taken a few nursing prereq's yet (physiology, anatomy, micro...

Hi, I'm currently in the nursing program at UNCW. I don't think you can take the test anywhere else, when I had to take it last year I was a student at Chapel Hill and I remember having to make a special day trip to Wilmington to take the NET. Pret...

I don't have to pay full time tuition, it's just that I need to be a full time student to remain on my parents' health insurance plan. It makes me sad, but I am trying to get everything straightened out. I don't know that I have seen this informatio...