shoecrazynurse

shoecrazynurse has 3 years experience and specializes in ER, GI.

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1. BSN needed to work in Texas?

   shoecrazynurse replied to shoecrazynurse's topic in Texas

   lmao!!! yes, haven't you heard? it is a goal to get rid of all male nurses here in california by 2012! lol..... point taken! okay guys, make yourselves useful and tell me.... what are the best places to work in dallas that are not hospitals. well, ...

2. BSN needed to work in Texas?

   shoecrazynurse replied to shoecrazynurse's topic in Texas

   Okay good!!! .... thank you so much ladies! I thought it sunded like bull! lol..... I've been an RN for about 3 yrs and do want to eventually get my BSN. However, I live in California, and as you guys may know, this is a horrible state to live in ri...

3. BSN needed to work in Texas?

   shoecrazynurse posted a topic in Texas

   So I've heard this God awfull rumor that you absolutelly NEED, and HAVE to have your BSN to work in the state of Texas. I'd never heard of this before, and frankly sounds kinda silly, but hey, it might be true. So I'm asking any Texas RN's ... is th...

4. 2 year ACE program and wedding conflicts

   shoecrazynurse replied to cknorr's topic in Career Support

   Here's what you should do..... but you're not going to like it....You don't need a big elaborate wedding, after all, its just a party to feed people, all you have in the end of value are your pictures! Worry more about your MARRIAGE than your wedding...

5. npo after cetacaine spray?

   shoecrazynurse replied to brownbook's topic in Gastroenterology

   Ohe hour!..... That's excessive! we do what your first clinic does, that's what makes sense! There's times I've even given them juice right when I get them in post op cuz i forget... or they REALLY want something and they are fine. So i have a quest...

6. is this a california thing? gi tech can't take biopsies!

   shoecrazynurse replied to brownbook's topic in Gastroenterology

   First of all, Are you in California? I work in GI lab in So Cal and the techs who are certified MA's (medical assistants) to begin with, are the ones who do ALL the biopsies ALL the time, snares, lifts, everything. The RN is there to sedate and cont...

7. Pay for 2.5 yr RN in Dallas

   shoecrazynurse replied to shoecrazynurse's topic in Texas

   well, that's good to hear..... do you know anything about nursing pay though? That's the part I'm having trouble finding out. Do you work in Dallas?

8. Pay for 2.5 yr RN in Dallas

   shoecrazynurse replied to shoecrazynurse's topic in Texas

   Really Dan, why? I used to do ER but left and went to GI Lab because we were so understaffed ALL the time. California is in such a bad financial state that all ERs were inundated with pt's.... we had 5150's all the time, people depressed that they lo...

9. Pay for 2.5 yr RN in Dallas

   shoecrazynurse replied to shoecrazynurse's topic in Texas

   RedhairedNurse, I used to make $34 in ER cuz i worked nights, but took a cut (that was well worth it!) to work a regular M-F job in GI, so if the pay is in the high $20's i think i can live with that. I knew the pay would of course be lower in Dall...

10. Pay for 2.5 yr RN in Dallas

    shoecrazynurse replied to shoecrazynurse's topic in Texas

    You know Dan.... I thought the same when we visited last month.... We loved it there so much that we really are seriously thinking about moving there which is why now I'm on this mission of finding out about RN jobs in Dallas. Unfortunatelly, I'm no ...

11. Nurses, do you immediately take bath after duty?

    shoecrazynurse replied to ms.pebbles's topic in General Nursing

    LOL..... i'm laughing at all the other posts, that outside shower is awesome! well, When i first got my RN i was in LnD and was exposed to a lot of fluids, so yes.... pretty much always took a shower. Then I worked ER. So, with all the bugs like C-...

12. Pay for 2.5 yr RN in Dallas

    shoecrazynurse posted a topic in Texas

    Ok, my husband and I have been contemplating the idea of relatocating to Dallas. We currently live in So. California, and i've been an RN for about 2.5 yrs now. As of Feb this year I started to work GI lab, but most of my acute experience before was ...

13. Is it possible?????????????

    shoecrazynurse replied to islandti_patty's topic in LPN-RN

    Super Duper hard. at least 4 me it would be. What kinds student r u? i see what u mean about another year, but if u end up not doing well in the classes then what is the point right?

14. CA LVN to RN difficulties

    shoecrazynurse replied to SanDiegoLVNdude's topic in LPN-RN

    i just graduated in Aug. and just took an advanced placement exam to get into Nursing (3rd semester.) i am in the Inland Empire, this is at Riverside Community College. if u get in u have 2 more semesters to get ur RN but no BSN. i don't really know ...

15. LPN Starting Salary

    shoecrazynurse replied to pat8585's topic in LPN/LVN

    First of all- i suggest not getting in debt over LVN school, if u can,- go 2 a comm. college, i did and have $0 debt, and actually got my classes pain for. As far as sallary, i don't know where u r but here in the Inland Empire in So. Cali, i just g...