MgoBlue BSN

MgoBlue has 9 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Surgical Trauma ICU.

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1. Got The Vaccine! Share Your Experience

   MgoBlue replied to Nurse SMS's topic in COVID

   Received my Pfizer dose #1 about 24 hours ago and I feel good. Some muscle pain, but no worse than any other vaccine. Arm just feels like I had a decent workout yesterday. Also, I am on Remicade for an autoimmune disease and had COVID19 a few months ...

2. Covid Vaccine

   MgoBlue replied to Nurseybl06's topic in COVID

   What bothers me is when people say they won't get the vaccine because they don't know the "long-term effects" yet. Fine, that's agreeable when the world is not in a devastating pandemic and the only way to go back to some ~normalcy~ will be to vaccin...

3. Career Advice: which job should I take?

   MgoBlue replied to tserofw's topic in Career Support

   I 100% agree with FloatRN19. I'm currently working in the float pool and I started there as a new grad last August. I love it. It has been an incredible learning experience. Of course it's not always easy but getting to know people on every unit is k...

4. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

   MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois

   Yeah! I've worked on that unit quite a bit actually... I really like it. It's a great unit for learning- you'll see a little bit of everything, plus the trauma cases are interesting too. The staff on the unit are all very helpful and nice.

5. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

   MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois

   Manwer1- I was told in my offer which unit I would be on (medsurg/tele float). I imagine they will tell you before your start date, or else I would ask them because there are several medsurg units. Good luck studying for the nclex!

6. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

   MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois

   Congrats on accepting a position! I really like working at Masonic and the residency program is great. The long orientation really helps you feel prepared for when you're on your own. Always ask questions, everyone is super helpful. Which unit will ...

7. **POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

   MgoBlue replied to Bell13's topic in New Nurse

   Chicago, IL New grad in Residency program $27.17 + shift diffs ($2.50 nights, $3.50 weekends) Med-surg/telemetry float pool in level 1 trauma center

8. Alcohol consumption (in nursing school)

   MgoBlue replied to Joe_Dignasio's topic in General Students

   You're going to need to consume some alcohol to get through nursing school...

9. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

   MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois

   Yes they definitely asked why you chose the selected units as your top choices. I believe there might have been a scenario question or two, but I don't recall a prioritization question. The cohort I'm in is bigger than they usually are- we have 17 n...

10. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

    MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois

    Hi! Congrats on getting an interview! I know it's a pretty competitive program. I am currently in the residency program and I started back in August... I love it so far. Interview wise, there was 2 parts- one with a panel of 3 managers on various un...

11. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

    MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois

    Got an offer! So excited!

12. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

    MgoBlue posted a topic in Illinois

    Has anyone who interviewed for the 2015 summer cohort RN Residency at Illinois Masonic heard back yet?? So anxious over here... The wait has been forever.