AlhendyRN

Hi all! a little background here: been a nurse for almost 3 years now. Started out in a level 1 trauma peds ICU. Found the overall stress, combined with short staffing and unsafe patient ratios to be far to overwhelming as a new nurse. Stayed there a...

Hi all, I have been an RN for almost 2 years now and I feel like I could use some advice. I worked in the pediatric ICU for about a year and a half. I was getting mandated for 16hr shifts at least every other week, and the management was pretty awful...

I am a new grad (graduated in May 2015) and always dreamed of working in the PICU all through school. Got a PICU job offer before graduation and thought it was going to be everything I dreamed of and more, however that is most definitely not the case...

Thanks everyone for the input! I'm thinking maybe I'm just not cut out for kids.... Also, our management is pretty awful. Im also considering switching over to the adult world. I have a friend that was also a new grad who works in a cardiac TCU and l...