dphrn

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1. To become RN in Texas

   dphrn replied to vermountindia's topic in Texas

   http://www.ncsbn.org or do a search here on allnurses. I am surprised you haven't heard of it. The act was passed in 2000.

2. To become RN in Texas

   dphrn replied to vermountindia's topic in Texas

   With the compact act, the first question is do you want to live in TX? If Vermont is a compact state and you only want to work in TX, not become a resident, you can work off of your Vermont license. You have to be a resident of Vermont and not Tex...

3. Private Outpatient Surgery Center

   dphrn replied to bjm's topic in Ambulatory

   Thanks for letting me know what you decided bjm. I have a feeling you made the right choice for yourself. Part of the reason I took my position was also to learn something new in the nursing field. The worst that can happen is that you do not like...

4. Private Outpatient Surgery Center

   dphrn replied to bjm's topic in Ambulatory

   I work at a privately owned outpatient ambulatory surgery center. We have five operating rooms, pacu and pre-op. It sounds a lot like the one you are considering. They do any type of surgery that the patient can go home the same day. It would tak...

5. Private Outpatient Surgery Center

   dphrn replied to bjm's topic in Ambulatory

   I have been a nurse for seven years. My experience is 2 years med/surg, 3 years telemetry, 2 years oncology. I had no pre op or pacu experience when I interviewed for this position. I knew I didn't want to go back to the floor, and when I saw this...

6. Private Outpatient Surgery Center

   dphrn replied to bjm's topic in Ambulatory

   I just moved to San Antonio and accepted a position at an out patient surgery center 6 weeks ago. I have oncology and telemetry experience, no surgery experience. I am now in pre op and will soon train for pacu. I will not be trained to be in the ...

7. Our Own Misconceptions

   dphrn replied to kmchugh's topic in General Nursing

   I am happy you and your family could all be there with her. Thank you for sharing your moving story with us here at allnurses. I am sorry for your loss Kevin.

8. Negativity at Nurse's Station is GETTING ON MY NERVES!

   dphrn replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

   It is amazing how negativity can spread like wild fire. I found myself getting very negative about a year ago at work. I then made a conscious effort to become positive again. Believe it or not, it took about a month and then we all became positiv...

9. Tech job offer dilemma

   dphrn replied to maolin's topic in Career Support

   You listed many more cons than pros in your post. If you do not have to work, take advantage of it while you can. You will have a lot of time to get your needed experience once you graduate. When in doubt....don't!

10. Nurse managers and Recruiters critique my resume.

    dphrn replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in Career Support

    If you want to use a professional objective, I think the use of facility and institution is redundant. They both more or less mean the same thing. I would use facility alone. As mentioned, I would elaborate on your experience as a student nurse....

11. Question for Military wives who are RNs

    dphrn replied to sackingscraze's topic in General Nursing

    cheerfuldoer, this is VERY exciting news for me. If I don't have to go through yet another endorsement, I will be a happy camper. I am in talks with someone at Wilford Hall right now. She knows I am a military wife, but she did not mention this. ...

12. What's the StraightDope on recapping needles?

    dphrn replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    We were shown that when we do scoop, we then turn the syringe with the partially capped needle towards the hard surface we are working on and push the cap on the rest of the way by pushing it on the surface...not with our other hand.

13. Question for Military wives who are RNs

    dphrn replied to sackingscraze's topic in General Nursing

    I am getting ready to move to TX. Even though Virginia is a compact state (where I live now) as is TX, I still have to go through the endorsement process to get a TX license. The reason is that you MUST carry a license for your "home state" with th...

14. Question for Military wives who are RNs

    dphrn replied to sackingscraze's topic in General Nursing

    That makes sense. If you are overseas, there is not a license to get, so you can use a stateside license. If I am in TX at Wilford Hall, I am practicing in that state, so I would imagine I would have to have a TX license. I thought it sounded too ...

15. PRN pay in YOUR area?

    dphrn replied to leisa22's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently in Virginia. I work at an outpatient chemotherapy clinic two days a week prn. We are not open on weekends or holidays. I make $32.50/hr, which is good for a clinic and daytime hours.