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Thank you very much for the replies! I appreciate everyone's input! PS-Thank you also for those nice comments. I always try to put 110% into my job every day!
I am currently an adult cardiac progressive care nurse with 3 years of experience and my PCCN. We do 1:4 but we have very high patient turnover between transfers in and out of MICU, people going to...
I just took the PCCN last week and passed. I second that Nicole Kupchik's "You Can Do it! Ace the PCCN Practice Review Questions" is an amazing resource. There are 3 practice exams and she gives good...
Yes I understand but exactly what causes that ototoxicity? I keep reading that in the drug books but I don't understand the cause based on slow vs. rapid
My unit is Cardiac PCU and we receive most of our patients directly from the cath lab, ER, and transfers out of the MICU. We prep and recover patients with cardiac caths, ablations, (including pulling...
Thank you everybody for your comments! It gives me a much better perspective on how things work across the country! I am indeed lucky to work in such a place, especially as my first job. It makes me...
At my hospital we have discharge nurses to do our discharges, IV team to put in all of our IVs, and the lab comes and draws our labs for us. While all of this is great and it frees me up to a lot of...
I also have an interview for Centralized Staffing for next week. Let us know how it goes and how the position works! Do you think if we got called for this position then the Med-Surg positions won't...
Hello! I was wondering if anyone knows when you can start applying for the March residency. Also if it is necessary to be there in person for the panel interview. I am suppose to be abroad for parts...