jspacegirl

jspacegirl specializes in SICU.

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1. TWU Fast Track Summer '09

   jspacegirl replied to goopsy's topic in Texas

   For those of you who didn't get an acceptance letter to the fast-track program; don't lose hope! There was at least one person in my class who got called the day before classes started saying that they had a spot for her! Also, don't forget that thos...

2. How much lifting does an ICU nurse do?

   jspacegirl replied to newyorkgrrrrrrrrrrrl's topic in MICU

   To answer the OP's post in two words: A LOT! Sometimes I feel like 75% of my job is lifting! And more and more patients are obsese, which is especially tough. We must turn Q2, and then when you account for your 1-2 patients, plus helping other nurses...

3. Moving to Texas...need help! :)

   jspacegirl replied to hellooonurse28's topic in Texas

   If you are single, I would not recommend moving to any of the above cities (with the exception of Fort Worth), because they are all suburbs. Like the Commuter said, look at Addison, as well as areas of Dallas such as Uptown, lower Greenville, Lakewo...

4. Parkland Residency

   jspacegirl replied to chivon101's topic in Texas

   Don't expect any sort of consistency in your schedule for the 4 mo nths of the residency. You will know what your class days will be upfront, but your clinical time will be scheduled on a month by month basis and will be done so you have around 80 ho...

5. Relocating To Dallas

   jspacegirl replied to xdriggs's topic in Texas

   I can't say I know much about Methodist in particular, but the area in which it is located is in a very good part of Oak Cliff. It is beautiful and near the Bishop Arts District and Kessler Park. Lots of unique shops and restaurants, and nice houses.

6. Texas Women's University

   jspacegirl replied to Mnstn's topic in Texas

   Reps from Elsevier will try to sell you a package and mislead you into thinking it contains all the books you need for your entire nursing school career. In actuality, it only contained books for the first semester of nursing school, and access to Ev...

7. Texas Women's University

   jspacegirl replied to Mnstn's topic in Texas

   Believe it or not, I pretty much got all the way through nursing school without ever having wiped a butt! I didn't purposely avoid it, it just sort of worked out that way. However, now that I am working in an ICU, well, let's say I do more than my fa...

8. Want to do ICU nursing.....I think

   jspacegirl replied to heaverboo's topic in MICU

   SICU, at least where I work, is very physically demanding! We do total care for our patients (very few techs to help us out), and all of that turning, bathing, etc., really takes a toll. Especially when you have heavier patients!! As far as how the d...

9. TCU or TWU BSN Program

   jspacegirl replied to modelmama07's topic in Texas

   I got my first degree from TCU, and then went to TWU for my accelerated BSN. I really loved my time at TCU, but when I decided to go get my nursing degree, I chose TWU because it has a good reputation and is ridiculously cheap compared to TCU. TWU's ...

10. Please Help me decide what job to take!!!!!!

    jspacegirl replied to smiles&prayers's topic in Texas

    Actually, after you complete your critical care residency at Parkland, you can go work in another area of the hospital as long as you work in the unit you were originally hired into for at least 6 (or something like that) months, without breaking you...

11. Please Help me decide what job to take!!!!!!

    jspacegirl replied to smiles&prayers's topic in Texas

    I would say go with Parkland; their NNICU is HUGE, plus it is right by their labor and delivery department, so you would get exposure to that, and kind of see how everything relates to each other. You would get to deal with the post-partum moms and ...

12. RN salary/pay in Dallas area

    jspacegirl replied to retrvrman's topic in Texas

    That is really good to hear! I hope my former classmates were able to get that raise...

13. RN salary/pay in Dallas area

    jspacegirl replied to retrvrman's topic in Texas

    Btw, the last I heard, UTSW (St. Paul & Zale) pays their new grads $23/hr, not including diffs. Benefits their are pretty good, since it is a government-owned (or something like that) hospital. They pay your health insurance premiums, and the ret...

14. RN salary/pay in Dallas area

    jspacegirl replied to retrvrman's topic in Texas

    Oooooh, no, Children's does NOT pay very well at all!! I can't remember the exact rate, but I have a few classmates that went to work there, and I think they are only making around $20/hr, which is by far the lowest I had heard of for a major hospita...

15. Dallas area hospitals

    jspacegirl replied to JaxiaKiley's topic in Texas

    I agree with the above poster; it is important to look at the graduate nurse programs. After all, the first place you choose to work is going to lay an important foundation for the rest of your nursing career, so you should try to go somewhere that ...