And to add to her story...this nurse here definitely pays it forward. Kendra is how I got my first job as a neurology nurse coming out of nursing school. Likewise, I'm forever indebted to you Kendra. I love you like a fat kid loves cake!!! 😘😘😘
Wow. I’m a relatively new nurse. I only have 5 months of experience in the ICU. I had to leave so I applied to another hospital for the ICU and thought the interview went great. The recruiter calls me back and says they thought I would be “overwhelmed” so they thought it would be better if I started in the stepdown ICU. I told her I didn’t understand the reason because I wouldn’t applied if I didn’t feel ready. I’m not sure if it was something behind it but I took the position because I know I don’t have much experience and I would apply to the regular ICU once I had more experience
I am not interested in being in the medical field but your story is so inspiring, and so juicy! My husband asked me why am I listening to a video about nursing when I have no interest in it, I said because I like this girl and her channel! Thanks for being transparent and resilient! I definitely learned a lot😊
5:28 being honest paved way to get what you initially applied for 👏👏. I also think they just wanted you to settle instead of giving you what you deserved. That ICU job was reserved for "their person".
I commend you for speaking out about how how much discrimination black RN's deal with when applying for positions that qualify for and challenges black RN endured on the job as a result of management not supporting us and saving the position for non qualified or new grad RN that is white . Love your honesty and do not fear but stand up for your right ....go for positions you qualify for despite discriminatory actions of the interviewer WHY is it that reverse discrimination involving black RN not yet resolved in nursing!!! So sad when their is such a huge shortage of experienced hard working RN's all over America. ##GoatTravelRNStong
Yes! I’ve witnessed it first hand. I spoke about my experience in my ICU gatekeeping 3 part story. I think things have improved a bit, due to the pandemic and nurses leaving the profession. Thank you for your comment❤️
I'm a chronic Hemodialysis RN for 9 years & I just recently resigned from the organization because of micro management. Right now, I'm working in a outpatient Urgent Care Unit and I'm very happy with the position I have now.
Hi, i am so happy I ran across this video. I kid you not I am in the same situation right now. I have a good reputation, charge nurse experience, & 2 years experience as telemetry & I applied for a Cardiac ICU position and the lady said “The manager was very impressed by your resume she wants to start you off as icu step down and in 6 months we can move you up to ICU based off work performance” like whattttttttt lol that’s not what I applied for. Thank you for this video!!! I have been praying and this was my confirmation that I know my worth and I’m going to keep trying until I become an ICU nurse!
I knew all too well that this happens to too many of us. We are forever being redirected and it’s a form of gatekeeping. The get to the highest level of advanced practice, CRNA, ICU experienced is required. 🤔🤔🤔🤔 Keep applying sis, you will get an ICU position. ❤️
Kendra, I just LOVE your channel! I started my nursing career as an LPN for 8 years, and an RN for about 10 years. Unfortunately, I was born with 2 genetic syndromes that disabled me at 38. I honestly mourned the loss of working as a nurse for many years afterwards. Listening to your stories makes me feel like I’m somehow connected to nursing again. I thank you so much for sharing with all of us! 😄❤️
Your story is so inspiring. I am a newgrad ICU nurse of 6 months now. I was always grateful to start off in ICU, but even more so with your story! I still can't believe I landed this position straight out of nursing school and thankfully it's been a positive, and healthy newgrad experience. I'm glad the ER manager helped get you to where you wanted :)
I went straight from post-partum/pediatics to an ICU that did 4-5 open hearts a day. Sometimes, it just depends on the situation at these hospitals. We were shooting CVPs with ice water injections into the swan ganz catheter. I am not sure that any type of step down unit is equivalent to a SICU, MICU, or any type of other ICU.
I love this story and your perseverance is admirable. I am graduating nursing school in March 2023 and my dream is to be an ICU nurse. I currently work as a tech at a hospital as well. Started off as a med surg tech to now I work all over the facility. I am very afraid of not being hired as a new grad ICU nurse and then having to wait for years in order to gain experience in HOPES of being allowed to transfer to ICU in the long run. I am just praying for favor and I pray at the end of the day God opens up doors for me to end up where I belong. Thank you for sharing!
Hi there! Things have changed, the poor staffing and lack of nurses wanting to stay at the bedside has opened doors for new nurses wanting to work in ICU. I was a tech too, it’s a good start because you’ll know how to perform certain tasks, as well as be comfortable with patients.
@@KendraRN Thank you for your response! That for sure make me feel better. At the hospital I work, I have had some managers mention to me about working on their units after I graduate or certain charge nurses say how they want to recommend me. The only thing is I haven't had the ICU manager to offer anything to me. Plus a nurse I worked with pre-pandemic(black woman) in the IMCU night shift used to tell me how she had repeatedly tried to transfer to ICU but was not able too. So I am hoping this isn't still a THING where I work anymore post-pandemic.
Hey all. Kendra, I'm glad I came across your video because I'm also a tech in the ICU and have been for years (over 10 years), now a new grad RN applying for ICU positions and everyone is telling me go to ED. Absolutely not!!! Today again, I applied and interviewed for ICU and was offered step-down instead. I too know what goes on in those units. Should I continue to apply for ICU or take the step-down?? I really want ICU. I have recommendations as well from head officers. @thehotpinkrd we will get it girl. Our time is coming.
man I feel this very much right now. I am in minnesota at a large hospital and I am a intellectual person that always wants to learn more. I want to work in the ICU but life keeps throwing curve balls at me. It happened when I just wanted to work in the hospital and no hospital in mn would take me as a new grad so I had to suffer in a TCU to the point of wanting to walk out multiple times due to poor management and being overworked. I did my one year and got into the hospital as a mental health RN and I did like it was a welcome change and it helped me grow as a person and as a nurse. 4 years later I wanted to learn more and get 12 hour shifts so I went to med surg telle. I did love reading the strips. I loved my co workers we worked as a team. However I wasnt learning much and I knew eventually I wanted to do travel nursing so I can make good money for my 3 kids. I also just want some damn formal training on placing an IV that my hospital loves to keep from all nurses who arent icu er or labor and delivery. I will feel like I am a failure if I dont ever get that IV training. So I applied to micu and the manager offered me progressive care or step down and I took it cus I was pregnant and at least it was forward momentum. However, I have 7 years experience as a nurse why couldnt the manager just give me the icu job she hired others into the position but I get shafted. The manager called it a steping stone. To this day the manager is asking me if I can handle the more detail orientated assessments and honestly most of the pts I had so far are not that complex at all. I even had one icu nurse that I told my story to say that I should have been hired right into micu with 7 years experience. So I am thinking once I am on my maternity leave I will apply to other hospitals for icu cus I feel like I deserve it. I feel unfairly treated, tricked and I am even be bullied by one of the progressive nurses.
I admire your tenacity you had shown trying to get into ICU. You stuck to what you wanted and the Lord blessed you you did get what you wanted. I am about to start my first ICU position. I too was told that I would get to move up from med-surg tele to ICU and when I gave notice my manager told me that she was about to put me in there but I left anyway to go to an outpatient position which is just not for me so I was checking with my old manager about getting into ICU and she wanted me to go back to ms tele to quote-unquote get my foot back in the door and I was like no I don't think so because I had a feeling that there would be no hurry in fulfilling my request. So I applied with two large nearby hospitals in both offered me and ICU position I accepted one. So here we go let's see if I can cut the mustard
Great story! Every once in a while we are fortunate to encounter someone who thinks enough of us to push us to the next level. This happened for me when I was a telemetry nurse and I will always be grateful to her.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 in one of your videos you said ICU is the highest of acuity taking care of patients.....no ma'am we trauma nurses are. There is no compassion to receiving a multiple gsw, roll over MVC with multiple fx and lacerations, Acute MI and SOB....that's my assignment tonight in the ER right now 🤣🤣
Hello Kendra! You asked me how was I liking the ICU on a previous video but I didn’t respond, I didn’t respond because I was asked to transition to the stepdown unit for some time. Thank you for transparency and sharing your experiences. At least I know I’m not alone. 🙏🏾
Hi there! It is okay! I’m actually planning on doing a video for new grad nurses and ICU. ICU will always be there, do not be discouraged okay! Thanks for following up.
God showed favored towards you and He answered your prayers. Glory be to God. I am late to post on your vlog. Your story is a testimony and thank you for sharing it.
Your story is inspiring and touched me..Pertically your nursing is toxic about what happened to the young lady that you were orienting and her preceptor was a 2 year nurse and didnt want that young lady to succeed in her craft, So she sabotaged and bullied her intil it broke her which really saddened me to my core..Thank God you were her angel in the specific situation..Thank you my sister for treating her with dignity and respect, and just encouraging her to keep pushing because you saw the potential in her to be one the good nurses in our world..Thank you for your serve and keep on fighting the good fight..God bless you, love you all❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹
Hey do not give up.on ER nursing. Its worth it. However as a fellow medical professional learn new skills even if you move on and away from the beside. There is a great life outside of toxic hospital nursing.
I like this story time and the other day (at my RX job) I saw the med team rounding in ICU…and because of one your videos I knew what they were doing. It did look intimidating. I’ve seen that so many times and wondered what was going on.
@@KendraRN Nice. I do have interest in the RN profession, so I'm taking in information to get the full picture about the niches of care that appeal to me the most.
This is so interesting. Im not a nurse or in the medical field at all but my mom was very very ill last year. I noticed the icu was full of young white men and women, a few older white men. The step down unit was full of black women, I didn't see any men and maybe one or two white women. Interesting to hear your story.
Hi, thank you for your comment. You’re very wise, you pay attention to your surroundings. What you saw is exactly what I spoke about in the video. Happy New Year ✨🍾🎊
i thought was me alone Kendra...i know yourreferring to a higher level but its also with the lower levels aswell ( i think)..they always say " oh , it will always be there, omce you get back into the swing of things no matter how long it will come back"
I just recently graduated from Coppin and I’m having this issue trying find new grad icu positions they keep trying to redirect me to a different unit I’m not applying to! It’s annoying.
Which hospital was this? I miss ER but I'm stuck needing to do ICU for CRNA school... I love the constant flow of hands on tasks and the repetition with different kinds of patients
I appreciate this video. I want 2 do ICU, but don't want 2 b on full-time staff. I'm considering doing it 4 @ least a yr, then maybe traveling with it.
That sounds like a good plan. Some will say one year of ICU isn’t sufficient but I disagree if you already have a nursing background and knowledge. Go for it!
And to add to her story...this nurse here definitely pays it forward. Kendra is how I got my first job as a neurology nurse coming out of nursing school. Likewise, I'm forever indebted to you Kendra. I love you like a fat kid loves cake!!! 😘😘😘
Sammie, you know I had to look out. Love you my friend ❤️
Wow. I’m a relatively new nurse. I only have 5 months of experience in the ICU. I had to leave so I applied to another hospital for the ICU and thought the interview went great. The recruiter calls me back and says they thought I would be “overwhelmed” so they thought it would be better if I started in the stepdown ICU. I told her I didn’t understand the reason because I wouldn’t applied if I didn’t feel ready. I’m not sure if it was something behind it but I took the position because I know I don’t have much experience and I would apply to the regular ICU once I had more experience
I am not interested in being in the medical field but your story is so inspiring, and so juicy! My husband asked me why am I listening to a video about nursing when I have no interest in it, I said because I like this girl and her channel! Thanks for being transparent and resilient! I definitely learned a lot😊
Same. I am in a whole other industry and watched a video out of curiosity. Kendra has me hooked, lol.
Same!
Look at God! What He declares will always prevail!! I love this story so much
Amen! All of these encounters and testimonies are reminders that God is great! I take zero credit because it’s all HIM! Amen
The ER part had me rolling 😂😂😂. Your content is so good.
I could not do it. I was so lost!
5:28 being honest paved way to get what you initially applied for 👏👏. I also think they just wanted you to settle instead of giving you what you deserved. That ICU job was reserved for "their person".
I commend you for speaking out about how how much discrimination black RN's deal with when applying for positions that qualify for and challenges black RN endured on the job as a result of
management not supporting us and saving the position for non qualified or new grad RN that is white . Love your honesty and do not fear but stand up for your right ....go for positions you qualify for despite discriminatory actions of the interviewer WHY is it that reverse discrimination involving black RN not yet resolved in nursing!!! So sad when their is such a huge shortage of experienced hard working RN's all over America.
##GoatTravelRNStong
Yes! I’ve witnessed it first hand. I spoke about my experience in my ICU gatekeeping 3 part story. I think things have improved a bit, due to the pandemic and nurses leaving the profession. Thank you for your comment❤️
Keep sharing ur story nurses are color experiences hiring discrimination all the time. I am glad more nurses are talking about this
Yes, we are talking about this more. TikTok has so many nurses speaking out on this.
I'm a chronic Hemodialysis RN for 9 years & I just recently resigned from the organization because of micro management. Right now, I'm working in a outpatient Urgent Care Unit and I'm very happy with the position I have now.
Hi, i am so happy I ran across this video. I kid you not I am in the same situation right now. I have a good reputation, charge nurse experience, & 2 years experience as telemetry & I applied for a Cardiac ICU position and the lady said “The manager was very impressed by your resume she wants to start you off as icu step down and in 6 months we can move you up to ICU based off work performance” like whattttttttt lol that’s not what I applied for. Thank you for this video!!! I have been praying and this was my confirmation that I know my worth and I’m going to keep trying until I become an ICU nurse!
I knew all too well that this happens to too many of us. We are forever being redirected and it’s a form of gatekeeping. The get to the highest level of advanced practice, CRNA, ICU experienced is required. 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Keep applying sis, you will get an ICU position. ❤️
Kendra, I just LOVE your channel! I started my nursing career as an LPN for 8 years, and an RN for about 10 years. Unfortunately, I was born with 2 genetic syndromes that disabled me at 38. I honestly mourned the loss of working as a nurse for many years afterwards. Listening to your stories makes me feel like I’m somehow connected to nursing again. I thank you so much for sharing with all of us! 😄❤️
Your story is so inspiring. I am a newgrad ICU nurse of 6 months now. I was always grateful to start off in ICU, but even more so with your story! I still can't believe I landed this position straight out of nursing school and thankfully it's been a positive, and healthy newgrad experience. I'm glad the ER manager helped get you to where you wanted :)
I went straight from post-partum/pediatics to an ICU that did 4-5 open hearts a day. Sometimes, it just depends on the situation at these hospitals. We were shooting CVPs with ice water injections into the swan ganz catheter. I am not sure that any type of step down unit is equivalent to a SICU, MICU, or any type of other ICU.
I love this story and your perseverance is admirable. I am graduating nursing school in March 2023 and my dream is to be an ICU nurse. I currently work as a tech at a hospital as well. Started off as a med surg tech to now I work all over the facility. I am very afraid of not being hired as a new grad ICU nurse and then having to wait for years in order to gain experience in HOPES of being allowed to transfer to ICU in the long run. I am just praying for favor and I pray at the end of the day God opens up doors for me to end up where I belong. Thank you for sharing!
Hi there! Things have changed, the poor staffing and lack of nurses wanting to stay at the bedside has opened doors for new nurses wanting to work in ICU.
I was a tech too, it’s a good start because you’ll know how to perform certain tasks, as well as be comfortable with patients.
@@KendraRN Thank you for your response! That for sure make me feel better. At the hospital I work, I have had some managers mention to me about working on their units after I graduate or certain charge nurses say how they want to recommend me. The only thing is I haven't had the ICU manager to offer anything to me. Plus a nurse I worked with pre-pandemic(black woman) in the IMCU night shift used to tell me how she had repeatedly tried to transfer to ICU but was not able too. So I am hoping this isn't still a THING where I work anymore post-pandemic.
Shit, come to California. The only places they **aren’t** putting new grad nurses is NICU and PICU.
Hey all. Kendra, I'm glad I came across your video because I'm also a tech in the ICU and have been for years (over 10 years), now a new grad RN applying for ICU positions and everyone is telling me go to ED. Absolutely not!!! Today again, I applied and interviewed for ICU and was offered step-down instead. I too know what goes on in those units. Should I continue to apply for ICU or take the step-down?? I really want ICU. I have recommendations as well from head officers.
@thehotpinkrd we will get it girl. Our time is coming.
man I feel this very much right now. I am in minnesota at a large hospital and I am a intellectual person that always wants to learn more. I want to work in the ICU but life keeps throwing curve balls at me. It happened when I just wanted to work in the hospital and no hospital in mn would take me as a new grad so I had to suffer in a TCU to the point of wanting to walk out multiple times due to poor management and being overworked. I did my one year and got into the hospital as a mental health RN and I did like it was a welcome change and it helped me grow as a person and as a nurse. 4 years later I wanted to learn more and get 12 hour shifts so I went to med surg telle. I did love reading the strips. I loved my co workers we worked as a team. However I wasnt learning much and I knew eventually I wanted to do travel nursing so I can make good money for my 3 kids. I also just want some damn formal training on placing an IV that my hospital loves to keep from all nurses who arent icu er or labor and delivery. I will feel like I am a failure if I dont ever get that IV training. So I applied to micu and the manager offered me progressive care or step down and I took it cus I was pregnant and at least it was forward momentum. However, I have 7 years experience as a nurse why couldnt the manager just give me the icu job she hired others into the position but I get shafted. The manager called it a steping stone. To this day the manager is asking me if I can handle the more detail orientated assessments and honestly most of the pts I had so far are not that complex at all. I even had one icu nurse that I told my story to say that I should have been hired right into micu with 7 years experience. So I am thinking once I am on my maternity leave I will apply to other hospitals for icu cus I feel like I deserve it. I feel unfairly treated, tricked and I am even be bullied by one of the progressive nurses.
I admire your tenacity you had shown trying to get into ICU. You stuck to what you wanted and the Lord blessed you you did get what you wanted. I am about to start my first ICU position. I too was told that I would get to move up from med-surg tele to ICU and when I gave notice my manager told me that she was about to put me in there but I left anyway to go to an outpatient position which is just not for me so I was checking with my old manager about getting into ICU and she wanted me to go back to ms tele to quote-unquote get my foot back in the door and I was like no I don't think so because I had a feeling that there would be no hurry in fulfilling my request. So I applied with two large nearby hospitals in both offered me and ICU position I accepted one. So here we go let's see if I can cut the mustard
Perseverance!
Contemplating ICU for the experience and knowledge I would gain to help advance my career goals as a nurse educator.
Do it! Don’t be deterred. ICU nursing is wonderful once you have good support.
Great storyteller! I wanted hear some more. Can’t wait for part 3. By the way brand new nurse here roughly 2 weeks.
Thank you for watching and commenting. I really do appreciate it. I’m sharing my experiences so that they can hopefully be a resource.
Your videos were recommended to me... I am not a nurse. Don't know how I got here (😅) but I am enjoying your stories.
Glad to have you and thank you for watching! Part 3 will be up in a few days❤️
Importance of integrity ❤😊
Big time
Great story! Every once in a while we are fortunate to encounter someone who thinks enough of us to push us to the next level. This happened for me when I was a telemetry nurse and I will always be grateful to her.
Yes! It gives me hope and you’re right, there are decent people out there. God’s plan🙏🏾
Your confidence is beautiful!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 in one of your videos you said ICU is the highest of acuity taking care of patients.....no ma'am we trauma nurses are. There is no compassion to receiving a multiple gsw, roll over MVC with multiple fx and lacerations, Acute MI and SOB....that's my assignment tonight in the ER right now 🤣🤣
Girl, you spoke the truth about ER😂🤣😂🤣
Great story! Persist and persevere! Glad to hear your story.
Thank you for listening!
Wow what a great story! I feel like God works in mysterious ways and you were in the right place at the right time...
Thank you for sharing your story as a nurse. It's very helpful to others for their future choices.
God bless you. I love your story I know in my heart I would have been a great nurse if I had those brains. But Nurse assistant I am
Hello Kendra! You asked me how was I liking the ICU on a previous video but I didn’t respond, I didn’t respond because I was asked to transition to the stepdown unit for some time. Thank you for transparency and sharing your experiences. At least I know I’m not alone. 🙏🏾
Hi there! It is okay! I’m actually planning on doing a video for new grad nurses and ICU. ICU will always be there, do not be discouraged okay! Thanks for following up.
@@KendraRN you’re absolutely right! I Am believer that God timing is better than my “wants” 💕
I love love love your channel❤❤❤❤❤
I love that you don’t back down. Literally so inspiring. Can’t wait to start my nursing journey 🤩🤩
It’s worth it!
God showed favored towards you and He answered your prayers. Glory be to God. I am late to post on your vlog. Your story is a testimony and thank you for sharing it.
It sure is. Thank you for saying that. He always show up at the right moment.
Thanks for the part 2. Can't wait for part 3. You're a good storyteller
Thank you for watching. I appreciate your kind words!
This is so true, young new white nurse got a position in ICU and I was denied an interview.
Still happening. Where are you working now?
Your story is inspiring and touched me..Pertically your nursing is toxic about what happened to the young lady that you were orienting and her preceptor was a 2 year nurse and didnt want that young lady to succeed in her craft, So she sabotaged and bullied her intil it broke her which really saddened me to my core..Thank God you were her angel in the specific situation..Thank you my sister for treating her with dignity and respect, and just encouraging her to keep pushing because you saw the potential in her to be one the good nurses in our world..Thank you for your serve and keep on fighting the good fight..God bless you, love you all❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹
I absolutely love you ,I'm going to school for LPN now !!
Hey do not give up.on ER nursing. Its worth it. However as a fellow medical professional learn new skills even if you move on and away from the beside. There is a great life outside of toxic hospital nursing.
this is the best Netflix substitute...im all in..popcorn and Diet Coke...lets go!!
Thank you for watching!
Your experience so resinates with my own. Aint it a shame. But i loved the ICU. Now retired.
That a blessing.
Amen and I thank God! 🙏🏾
Love your self-esteem! You go girl!❤
I like this story time and the other day (at my RX job) I saw the med team rounding in ICU…and because of one your videos I knew what they were doing. It did look intimidating. I’ve seen that so many times and wondered what was going on.
Yes, we discuss the patients’ progression, current issues and plan.
@@KendraRN Nice. I do have interest in the RN profession, so I'm taking in information to get the full picture about the niches of care that appeal to me the most.
This is so interesting. Im not a nurse or in the medical field at all but my mom was very very ill last year. I noticed the icu was full of young white men and women, a few older white men. The step down unit was full of black women, I didn't see any men and maybe one or two white women. Interesting to hear your story.
Hi, thank you for your comment. You’re very wise, you pay attention to your surroundings. What you saw is exactly what I spoke about in the video. Happy New Year ✨🍾🎊
i thought was me alone Kendra...i know yourreferring to a higher level but its also with the lower levels aswell ( i think)..they always say " oh , it will always be there, omce you get back into the swing of things no matter how long it will come back"
I lived this life in multiples, but this here is better than t.v.!!!!
I just recently graduated from Coppin and I’m having this issue trying find new grad icu positions they keep trying to redirect me to a different unit I’m not applying to! It’s annoying.
Really?!? Send me an email with your resume kengenrn@gmail.com
Which hospital was this? I miss ER but I'm stuck needing to do ICU for CRNA school... I love the constant flow of hands on tasks and the repetition with different kinds of patients
I’m not a nurse, I’m a PA, but I love your videos. Can you make a video about island nursing Vs the states?
I am strongly thinking if to go ICU or ED nursing only at night and Not a rotating schedule either which mess with your sleep pattern.
Yes I can't wait for part 3!!!
Coming soon!
Thats excellent❤
God is so good❤
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I appreciate this video. I want 2 do ICU, but don't want 2 b on full-time staff. I'm considering doing it 4 @ least a yr, then maybe traveling with it.
That sounds like a good plan. Some will say one year of ICU isn’t sufficient but I disagree if you already have a nursing background and knowledge. Go for it!
@@KendraRN I've worked on HICU @ Levindale, which was savage. It would definitely b a gr8 learning experience bc of my high energy. I love learning.
Was it the PICU that you are working in or was it the adult unit?
Adult!
How do u feel about caring for monkey pox patient this one nurse stated she would quit if she ever had to deal with a monkey pox patient..
I don’t discriminate! If ever it gets to where I’m afraid to care for my patients, I won’t nurse.
@@KendraRN thank you for answering ❤️
i would have taken it as an insult aswell smh
Oh wow 🤩 look at God!
All the time!
Hearing that freaking wind makes this a nightmare to watch!
Do better........
I will Michael! Sorry