There are certain ones we use in my hospitals PICU that I wasn't familiar with so I would spend a little extra time at home looking at them and brushing up a tiny bit. Since I'm like a Hermione Granger, I like to know about all the meds I'm giving. I impressed my preceptors with my knowledge, so it may or may not help to brush up a bit on those things to help you! Since I began 2 months after nursing school ended, all the information I remembered about blood gases, important meds, certain diseases were clear in my memory. Don't be afraid to speak up, or ask for clarifying questions if you're having trouble understanding something. You need to be licensed in order to actually start your program and qualify for your position!Īs for when the residency begins, just be open to learning anything and everything. I agree with the other commenters, just focus on passing your NCLEX right now. I am currently in a new grad nurse residency program in a pediatric intensive care unit. So, uh, any tips? Anyone been in a similar situation? With 3.5 weeks to graduation, where do I need to focus? I haven't taken NCLEX or graduated, and this was literally the first and only job I'd applied for. ICU residency starts 9.18.17 in a new hospital across the country from my school. I’m extremely grateful to have a stepwise training system in place, though I’m not sure it will help me feel less dangerous or terrified. From my understanding, between 18-24 mos, I’ll be “done” with my ICU training and capable of working all ICU cases independently. After the first year, I have to pass the CCRN exam, at which point I get trained on open heart cases. I rotate through various medical and surgical cases, increase my independence, and participate in CCRN coursework. The "fellowship" portion is the following 36 weeks. Per my recruiter, the "residency" portion is 16 weeks and includes coursework, ACLS/PALS, and supervised work in the ICU. It's been a good experience - I've had a few codes, floated to ED for some traumas, lots of vents, a couple patients with concurrent gtt's of Levo, dopamine, dobutamine, propofol. I'm a good student and I made it into ICU for my internship. My program awards internships based on GPA and ATI scores - ICU and ED being the toughest. When I started my ABSN last August, I was told ICU is one of the toughest units to get for internship, so I made it my goal.
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