SouthTXRN

SouthTXRN has 14 years experience and specializes in Pediatrics, Med/Surg.

Latest Activity

1. Medical Uniforms

   SouthTXRN replied to twoheartbeats's topic in General Nursing

   I have seven sets with each set costing about $35.00 to $40.00 but I only replace them every two years or so when they look a little faded. I also own one lab coat which I've had for about five years or so that I wear during community events. One thi...

2. To Quit or Not to Quit

   SouthTXRN replied to DustBunnies's topic in General Nursing

   Anything new can be pretty scary. Take things one day at a time and see how you feel. It's pretty routine for you to have to know all your meds, labs, x-rays, health history, nursing dx's and such but not from the top of your head. Carry your cheat s...

3. Updates on McAllen and Brownsville

   SouthTXRN replied to rn4lyfe08's topic in Texas

   Thanks alliancemed and ICU26. I live in Laredo and I hate all the bad press we're getting in the news. Yes there is a drug problem but up to now it's in Mexico. I have yet (knock on wood) see any type of violence here in town. There's always the poss...

4. Where are there jobs in Texas?

   SouthTXRN replied to newgrad82's topic in Texas

   Well if you don't mind the heat, we always need nurses in Laredo.

5. scrubs and ironing

   SouthTXRN replied to CT Pixie's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Thanks, Suesquatch, I'll give the starch a try on a lower setting. I really like the way starched clothes look. I've tried the cloth thing also but it's easier to just iron inside out. My scrubs didn't look shiny though, they actually became a few sh...

6. scrubs and ironing

   SouthTXRN replied to CT Pixie's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I ALWAYS iron my scrubs. The one thing I've started doing is ironing them inside out. One day I was looking at myself in the mirror and I noticed the front of my scrubs were a lighter color than the back. I looked through the rest of them, and they w...

7. Hospital Closing maybe Selling????

   SouthTXRN replied to TX RN's topic in General Nursing

   No I'm WAY further south than that.

8. The worst part of nursing?

   SouthTXRN replied to SeattleKid09's topic in General Nursing

   Have to agree. Nothing takes my appetite away quicker than suctioning a trach on a phlegmy patient. The ET tubes aren't as bad, but for some reason trachs are my kryptonite. But you know what's really gross? All the mounds of documentation you need t...

9. Hospital Closing maybe Selling????

   SouthTXRN replied to TX RN's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I know where you're coming from. Several years ago, the hospital I work for was bought out by a large health corp. We didn't find out about it until we were called into meetings and basically told, "Guess what, you now have new owners and a new ...