MgoBlue BSN

MgoBlue has 10 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 Disaster Preparation

   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...

2. Covid Vaccine

   MgoBlue replied to Nurseybl06's topic in Disaster Preparation

   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...

3. Career Advice: which job should I take?

   MgoBlue replied to tserofw's topic in Nursing Career

   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...

4. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

   MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois Nursing

   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...

5. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

   MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois Nursing

   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....

6. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

   MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois Nursing

   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...

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

   MgoBlue replied to Bell13's topic in First Year After Licensure

   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

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

9. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

   MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois Nursing

   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...

10. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

    MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois Nursing

    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...

11. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

    MgoBlue replied to MgoBlue's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Got an offer! So

12. Illinois Masonic RN Residency

    MgoBlue posted a topic in Illinois Nursing

    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