Best of luck to everyone! I interviewed yesterday, and I'm assuming the other half of candidates will be interviewed today. Definitely a new experience doing it all through
etienhh replied to AlmostThere19's topic in Critical Care
It's doable! Setting healthy boundaries and expectations with patients and their family is a good place to start. It also helps that your fellow ICU nurses have experience with the same thing. Not...
etienhh replied to mph53953's topic in Critical Care
That's rough! Give me multiple GSW patient, cursing me out and threatening me because I won't give him a mouth swab any day, but when you get the snide little comments from patient family members that...
etienhh replied to Telenurse1990's topic in Critical Care
Hello there! Chicago RN here. Major hospitals to look into, in no particular order: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)University of ChicagoIllinois Masonic Medical CenterNorthwestern Memorial...
etienhh replied to basic_b_pancakes's topic in Critical Care
The ICU is a stressful environment! And like JBMmom said, there is a HUGE learning curve, and yes, lots of moving parts! It can take about a year on average before you start feeling like you've got a...
etienhh replied to coffee&scrubs's topic in Critical Care
I've been a preceptor for several new grads and internal transfers now, and I have to agree with all the above! Here are some of my tips: Allow them to just take it all in the first 1-2 shifts....
Hey HR1989! Apologies for not getting back to your PM in a timely fashion. I had just attempted to send you a response, but apparently I haven't been active enough on the forums to be allowed to send...
Hey Fitch! Congrats on graduating! I am currently due to graduate in late August myself, and so I can't offer you too much in the ways of advice as an experienced RN. I did, however, do my undergrad...
Sorry for the delay in response HR1989! I can't really give you a solid answer for where to apply for financial aid. I go through my campus connect account, which is all set up and assigned to prior...
Hey HR1989, 1) To my knowledge there are scholarships (at least for minorities), but I never looked into it and am not a minority I think I know a few people in my cohort who have some form of...
Congrats to everyone! Pugluv, I had originally applied for the Fall 2012 Cohort but got waitlisted and guaranteed a spot in Winter 2013. I currently have two quarters left :) If anyone has any...