Topics About 'Senior Practicum'.

Hello All! :) I am starting my senior practicum Monday in a Pediatric Emergency Department of a large teaching hospital and I am SO excited. I have done all of my prior clinical rotations at the hospital so I am fairly clued in to their systems and ...

Hello. I am in my last year of my nursing program. This year my school has decided to do a random select system to choose students into their senior practicum. I was not able to get employed at a hospital anywhere as a nurse tech or cna's (I am work...

I am graduating nursing school in 5 months and all that I have left is to complete my senior practicum and an online Community Health class. It's a very exciting & nerve-wracking time! I was recently approved to complete my senior practicum ...

Hi everyone, I am in my senior year almost going into my last semester in the fall and I need to decide where I want to go for my practicum. We get to decide where we'd like to work and follow a preceptor for 7 weeks full time. It's intense and by th...

I got placed in medical oncology unit for my senior practicum. I really wanted to go into Med-surg unit because I thought I could practice on a lot of nursing skills. Now, I'm worry because I'm not sure what hands-on care experience I can have as a n...

Hi everyone!I've been working as a HCA since before starting nursing, and always knew I loved acute care settings. I had my heart set on emerg for senior. I did a job shadow in NICU an ER at a nearby hospital to get an idea of some options I could se...

I am currently working as a Nurse Intern in the Level III NICU in my area. I know that I want to be a NICU nurse, but my school won't allow to do my senior practicum in the NICU because I work there. My Senior practicum is basically where I get 240...

Hello. I am in my last year of my nursing program. This year my school has decided to do a random select system to choose students into their senior practicum. I was not able to get employed at a hospital anywhere as a nurse tech or cna's (I am worki...

I was placed in postpartum for my senior practicum, even though I have no interest in OB as a new graduate nurse. I was hoping for something not as specialized, like med-surg, or what I eventually want to do, which is ICU. I was wondering if, because...

Where should a student be by the end of an 11 shifts in 8 weeks (130 hours) senior capstone internship? Is it expected that they are able to fully take & give report independently? Be able to assess a patient and know the next steps that need to ...