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Orientation would be 2 months with a preceptor on one of the units and then one month on my own on the same unit. After that month on my own I move on to the next ICU and do the same process until I complete all four. It would be about a year before I am fully oriented on all of them.

I have been lucky enough to be offered two amazing new grad positions and am having trouble deciding which would be a better fit for me. Option 1: ED position at a children's hospital (level 1) Option 2: Critical Care Float position an adult hospital (also a level 1) - would float between Neuro ICU, Cardiac ICU, CV ICU, and Surgical/Trauma ICU Both of these are amazing offers, which is why I am having trouble deciding between the two. I have always been interested in critical care, pediatrics, and gong back to school. One of the options I am considering is CRNA school, which is why the float position interests me. However, I've heard that it's difficult to be in a floating position as a new grad. On the other hand, I have worked in pediatrics as a nurse tech throughout nursing school and absolutely fell in love with peds. The ED would still give me the critical care aspect I'm looking for, but it's not a prerequisite for CRNA school if I decide that's what I want to do down the road. I keep going in circles in my head about what the better choice is. Someone please help me!

I'm graduating nursing school soon and got an interview in a PICU, but was just notified that this interview will be a group interview (4 applicants to 1 interviewer). In order to apply, everyone had to complete an initial video interview for the managers to review. Based on the video interview, the managers notified the applicants they wanted to meet with in person, so this group interview is the final step in the process. The time slot for this interview is only 45 minutes, so I am nervous about how to make myself stand out in that amount of time. Since I already answered all of the general interview questions in my video, what kinds of questions should I expect to be asked? Are there any situational questions I should be studying for? Does anyone have any tips for standing out in group interviews? Or PICU interviews in general? I really want to do my best because this is my dream job, the whole group interview thing just threw me for a loop!

I have recently gotten a job as a CNA at a children's hospital, and I'm extremely excited but nervous about starting. I have finished my first semester of nursing school and I start clinicals next year. I'm mostly nervous because this will be my first job in healthcare and I have no experience working with patients in a hospital since I haven't completed clinicals. Some of the things I am expected to be doing are placing NG tubes and foley catheters, and I've only ever done those things on mannequins. I will be having a two month training period with another CNA before I will be doing these things on my own, but I'm scared that not having done these things on a real person before will be a big setback. During orientation, we were taught the importance of establishing a trusting relationship with the patients and how to get them to feel more comfortable in the hospital based on their age. I've worked with kids before, but not necessarily sick kids. What if I can't establish these relationships with my patients? Do you have any advice/tips on how I can help my patients feel more comfortable in the hospital? I know I wouldn't have gotten this job if I wasn't capable of doing it, but I want to make sure I'm doing the best job possible. Please let me know if you have any advice or tips, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!(: