The Life Of A Nurse.
Trident Medical Center Charleston, South Carolina
Nurse to Patient Ratio: 1:6/Charting System: Meditech/Amount of Beds: 33
Telemetry (Cardiac)
I began HCA Healthcare’s StaRN Program On February 29, 2019, at Trident Medical Center, Charleston, SC on the Telemetry Unit (Cardiac). StaRN (Special Training Apprenticeship for Registered Nurses) provides new graduate nurses the opportunity to obtain acute care nursing experience through an intensive 12-17 week (phase I) paid internship that includes both clinical and precepting learning experiences.
Completing the StaRN Program starts the beginning of HCA Healthcare's Nurse Residency Program (phase II). I began this phase on May 26, 2019. HCA Healthcare’s Nurse Residency Program involves attending various seminars and meetings all while working as an independent nurse and completing an evidence-based project. It was a smooth transition from nursing school to life as a new graduate nurse. I completed both HCA Healthcare’s StaRN Program & Nurse Residency Program a few weeks early on February 18, 2020.
No matter the company or healthcare facility, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND COMPLETING A YEAR LONG NURSE RESIDENCY PROGRAM IF YOU ARE A NEW GRADUATE NURSE!
HCA Healthcare StaRN Program
The StaRN program allows new graduates to obtain specific experience through its intensive residency program and then transition to staff nurse roles within .
Medical University of South Carolina Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital Charleston, South Carolina
Acute Care Pediatrics
Nurse to Patient Ratio: 1:3-5/Charting System: Epic/Amount of Beds: 26
I began orienting at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital on April 13, 2020.
As an acute care pediatric nurse, I cared for medical and surgical patients ranging from birth to 18 years of age. Typical patients, I cared for had diagnoses that included trauma/fractures, idiopathic scoliosis, seizures, and other neurological disorders and developmental delays, suicide ideation, asthma, diabetes, failure to thrive, sickle cell disease, chron’s disease, ulcerative colitis, cystic fibrosis, nephrotic syndrome, neurologic bladder, and other kidney diseases, ovarian cysts, and COVID-19,
I cared for a host of pre-op and post-op patients that underwent spinal fusions, Malone and Mitroffanoff placements, g-tube insertions, and craniotomies.
The COVID-19 pandemic gave me the opportunity to float to units such as the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), and Pediatric Oncology a lot more than I normally would. Such an opportunity gave me the hands-on experience to expand, mature, and grow my nursing practice!
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Travel Nursing
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center Huntersville, Nouth Carolina (Travel Assignment)
Medical Surgical/Telemetry
Nurse to Patient Ratio:1:6/Charting System: Epic/Amount of Beds: 45
I began my first travel nurse assignment at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center on January 23, 2021.
Wake Forest Baptist Health Winston Salem, Nouth Carolina (Travel Assignment)
Medical-Surgical/Telemetry (Renal)
Nurse to Patient Ratio:1:6/Charting System: Epic/Amount of Beds: 30
I began my second travel nurse assignment at Winston Salem Baptist Medical Center on June 1, 2021.
Tristar Summit Medical Center Nashville, RN (Travel Assignment)
Medical-Surgical/Telemetry (Oncology)
Nurse to Patient Ratio:1:7/Charting System: Meditech/Amount of Beds: 36
I began my third travel nursing assignment at Tristar Summit Medical Center on September 27, 2021.
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center Cheyenne, Wyoming (Travel Assignment)
Pediatrics (Medical-Surgical)/Mother-Baby
Nurse to Patient Ratio:1:4/Charting System: Epic/Amount of Beds:
I began my fourth travel nursing assignment at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center on November 10, 2021.
“As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves. They may not remember your name but they will never forget the way you made them feel.”
-Maya Angelou