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  1. Intermediate Trauma to TICU?

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in Critical Care

    I'm sorry. Yes, a general ICU. I am still in school. My practicum is on an Intermediate Trauma Unit next year. I didn't get the ICU position I wanted for practicum. So I'm wondering about transfering...

  2. Intermediate Trauma to TICU?

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in Critical Care

    It is an Intermediate Trauma Unit. So it is not ICU. The worry is in the difficulty in getting into the ICU. I am assuming, a Trauma ICU as I will have 8 months on a Trauma Step Down for my IP...

  3. Capstone in IMC. Want ICU

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in Critical Care

    Such a helpful and informative comment. Thank you very much for that! It really helps to start seeing this as a great opportunity. And the few days of pity party is exactly what ive been doing...

  4. Capstone in IMC. Want ICU

    baleen posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hi, I've wanted to go to ICU for my capstone since the first quarter of nursing school. I worked very hard and did everything I could. My faculty liked me and I got all A's. But when it came to...

  5. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    You know...I go up and down. There are many levels I think about this on. And some of them have to do with different aspects of my personality. I want a job that really leads/participates in my...

  6. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    I hope so. I do find myself to be a different sort of person from the nurses and nursing students. I am not family oriented. I spend all my time just reading about history, politics, philosophy, and...

  7. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    Thank you AnewNur. The pre reqs while in nursing school seems like a good plan. I still need two years of chemistry anyway. Itd be nice to have a good job by that

  8. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    This is similar to how I feel. Knowing that the job of a nurse will not fulfill me, but there may be enough in it to at least feel like a good fall back. As a person with no family or outside help, it...

  9. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    Fixed

  10. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    I am not an LPN. I have worked as a CNA for a few months recently. I just didn't know what nursing was until then and admittedly...I can't say I know what it is yet, but I have a much better idea. I...

  11. Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    baleen replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical Care

    I am sorry you feel put down. It is my frustration writ small (on here). I have never found a nurse to be interested in the types of things I am interested in. It was judgmental and not related to the...

  12. Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    baleen replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical Care

    Sorry. I think it was this quote and another that I cannot find about nurses getting pressure from all sides. People telling you what to do all over. Patients, Doctors, Family, etc etc. The hospital...

  13. Is nursing school REALLY that hard?

    baleen replied to Courtney M's topic in General Students

    Absolutely serious. Unfortunately. If nursing school is hard, I don't know what hard is. It's not a prideful boast. I am in it too. So it's actually just frustrating and

  14. Is nursing school REALLY that hard?

    baleen replied to Courtney M's topic in General Students

    Completely ridiculous. I spent the whole time wishing nursing school was

  15. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    Interesting that people cannot help but think it is a reflection of them. "Beneath you". That implies very much about the poster. I knew it would be the case that that kind of response would come up,...

  16. Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    baleen replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical Care

    great post. the ego involved in these debates has me asking questions. Why are these nurses so ready to defend their egos? Is there an ego issue in nursing...ie: do people that go into nursing have...

  17. Nursing in Russia?

    baleen replied to Parakeet's topic in International Nursing

    Russia is more "backward" in more ways than I think most Americans can imagine. Moral backwardness. A society of morals was disrupted throughout the communist period but the "gangster capitalism" of...

  18. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    Someone mentioned to me that much of nursing is "cognitive stacking". I looked it up and I see that that is what I don't like about being a CNA, or a waiter for that matter. The nurses seem to be (on...

  19. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    An update, to whom it may concern. It seems, after being a CNA during this summer, that I may not be the "nursing type". I hate the job. I am a hard worker. That is not it. It is being pulled in many...

  20. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    I feel I should update this now....for the record. I had a lot of passionate intensity at the beginning of nursing school and I think that would have been served in an Accelerated program. However,...

  21. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    Both. I appreciate the heads up btw. As for me, I will try to remember to update in 2 years. I was serious about my radical shift. Perhaps that says more about my internal vicissitudes than any of my...

  22. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    It is early days in my program. It is getting better and so is my attitude. I think I may be dissatisfied anywhere. That may be my nature. But I am happy to be here today. I just want to make an...

  23. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    It is impossible to really say what I mean about the superficiality of Nursing classes without offending many people who think that they are difficult or in depth. It's my opinion. Period. I look...

  24. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    Some very kind and thoughtful responses to my post. I am very grateful to you all for that. It definitely makes me feel much more positive about working with people that can conduct themselves with...

  25. I hate nursing school (and it is not because it is hard)

    baleen replied to baleen's topic in General Students

    Well that