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  1. Eight or 12 hour shifts

    iprn replied to LaJollalove's topic in Infectious Disease

    At my previous acute care facility, I was hourly - 8 hours/day, 40 hours, anything over was considered overtime. At my current acute care facility, I'm salaried - the expectation is a 40 hour week, 8...

  2. Certificate Program- worth it?

    iprn replied to Jaysie1's topic in Infectious Disease

    Hey jaysie1! Thanks for the update!! I didn't get a chance to see this post until now so I hope your interview went well. It is awesome you took the initiative to sign up for the UCSD class -...

  3. Certificate Program- worth it?

    iprn replied to Jaysie1's topic in Infectious Disease

    Yup, I totally second JordiesMom's advice! I would have a conversation with the manager/director of the IP department to see how open they are in potentially taking on someone new to infection control...

  4. Certificate Program- worth it?

    iprn replied to Jaysie1's topic in Infectious Disease

    Hi JordiesMom! How are you liking the field so far?? I think if you are taking the APIC fundamentals class (EPI101), you don't need the UCSD Extension class. I only took it because my current...

  5. Certificate Program- worth it?

    iprn replied to Jaysie1's topic in Infectious Disease

    Hi Jaysie1! I currently work as an infection preventionist (a.k.a. infection control nurse). In order to be eligible to sit for the CIC exam, you have to currently work in the infection prevention...

  6. Cic

    iprn replied to jallen326's topic in Infectious Disease

    Hi! Long shot but this comment is for "JordiesMomRN". I got your PM about the CIC exam but was unable to send you a PM because I haven't hit the minimum posts requirement to send a PM. I took the CIC...

  7. Infection Prevention RN inteveiw!!!!

    iprn replied to EarlineCox's topic in Infectious Disease

    Hi! I currently work as an Infection Preventionist (IP) at an acute care hospital and can help answer some of your questions. The world of Infection Prevention is diverse and ever-changing. 3 things...

  8. Cic

    iprn replied to jallen326's topic in Infectious Disease

    Thanks for the info, Career#24me! Similar to all the NCLEX help threads, if it is alright, I was wondering if you could share what are the "must-knows" for the test. I don't really know anyone who has...

  9. Cic

    iprn replied to jallen326's topic in Infectious Disease

    Hi Career#24me, Congrats on passing! I'm planning to take the CIC exam in the next 2 months and was wondering if you felt that the practice questions from the APIC Competency Review Guide were...

  10. How to land an infection preventionist position

    iprn replied to tronix304's topic in Infectious Disease

    No problem. This site has been great for me and I'm happy to help. As for getting hired as an IP at my facility, my situation was definitely the exception, not the rule. While studying for the NCLEX,...

  11. How to land an infection preventionist position

    iprn replied to tronix304's topic in Infectious Disease

    Long time lurker, created an account to see if I can provide some insight. Not sure how I can help in terms of landing the job because I got really lucky as a new grad. I've been working in my current...