hellostar11

Thank you for responding. I'm sorry, and I'm wishing you better luck ?

Congratulations! I haven't heard anything. I'm hoping they're staggering acceptances. I'm curious to know who else has heard...positive or negative?

Hey, so this is a little late for this thread. I made the transition from ED (1 year of experience) to an ICU at a level one trauma center. It's very high acuity and I take care of TICU, NICU, MICU, SICU, and sometimes CVICU patients. You can do it! I sold them with my critical care skills from the ED and told the hiring managers I was interested in doing prolonged critical care and focusing on continuity of care. Managers were interested in my critical care skills. What I lacked was long-term care. I wasn't used to tube feeds, oral care, q2 turns, continuously dealing with A-lines, CRRT, vents for my entire shift, rectal tubes, and some meds like precedex, phenylephrine, and bumex. I also wasn't used to dealing with pressors other than levo. Titrating multiple pressors is also something I'm getting used to (I'm 3 months in to the ICU). The hardest part for me was getting used to the charting. ICU nurses chart so much OMG. You'll get it though, honestly, I'm better at dealing with certain things such as Afib w/ RVR, Rapid sequence intubations, TPA'ing my patient, getting IV's, and etc. There are just some things we do more in the ED and those skills come in handy in the ICU! Good luck on your interview, and your journey into ICU nursing! It's so different from the ED, but it's a new challenge and I hope you find it as invigorating as I do!

I got my master's in science in health informatics just this May! However, in March I moved to a new city and decided to switch specialties from ER to ICU. I was trained and am 3 months into being an ICU nurse. I had initially planned on applying to informatics jobs and then asking to go part-time or per-diem at the bedside once I have a job. I heard from my coworkers that it is extremely difficult to go per-diem or part-time at my current facility. I was considering applying to a health informatics position at my current facility, however, I'm not sure if this is responsible anymore. I don't want to burn bridges and upset people by changing things so quickly. Especially if they'd rather lose me than have me go per-diem. I don't want to quit bedside, but I also love informatics and want to utilize my degree. Should I wait before applying? Or just apply elsewhere and risk losing my current job?

Thank you so much!!!!

Hello, I recently received my dream RN job in Ohio. I am a California RN, and I am scrambling to get my Ohio license. I have filled out the online application at https://elicense.ohio.gov/. However, I know that I need to send an endorsement application to the California BRN, but I can't find this application! Can someone please help me and direct me to the application? At this point, I'm so frustrated, I feel like it would be easier for me to just retake the NCLEX in Ohio so I can have my license faster. Please help a frustrated new nurse.