Texan_Gal

Texan_Gal has 21 years experience and specializes in Consulting, Nursing Informatics.

Latest Activity

1. Do you work under the fear of being fired due to age?

   Texan_Gal replied to JerseyBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Hi JerseyBSN, Wow, you have certainly painted quite an interesting picture of the issues currently plaguing your facility. From your description, it sounds like there are some serious political challenges at play which are obviously affecting everyon...

2. How should I tell my boss I am quitting?

   Texan_Gal replied to SirWilliam's topic in Professionalism

   sir william, i commend you for caring such a great deal about leaving your nursing position. i have worked with nurses that never return to work, let alone give notice, so trust me, you are one caring person. as for giving notice at work, i'd say...

3. Looking for a new career direction

   Texan_Gal replied to DeborahK's topic in Career Support

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4. Looking for a new career direction

   Texan_Gal replied to DeborahK's topic in Career Support

   Hey Juliette, The wellness educator position I held was part of an Employee Wellness program that the hospital system I worked for had developed.It was a new program geared towards helping hospital employees stay healthy, and because I was already em...

5. Looking for a new career direction

   Texan_Gal replied to DeborahK's topic in Career Support

   Well you know, I was a Wellness Educator while living in North Carolina & that job was by far the best one I've ever had in nursing. My job was to counsel hospital employees on health & wellness topics. I covered 6 hospitals within a hospital...

6. Trying to decide on MSN specialty....any suggestions???

   Texan_Gal replied to surgeryangel's topic in Career Support

   Interesting dilemna you have as I was in the same boat a few years ago as you are now. I've been a BSN-prepared RN for nearly 2 decades & wasn't really clear on what direction I wanted to go. I knew I wanted a master's degree but I too wasn't sur...

7. experienced nurse with anxiety on the job

   Texan_Gal replied to SFDRN's topic in General Nursing

   This is an interesting topic of discussion because I too faced similar challenges while I was practicing in the clinical setting. I've been an RN for over 20 yrs & decided that although I was good at my job, I had skills that reached well beyong ...

8. My Best Nursing Job Ever

   Texan_Gal replied to Chico David's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, this is a great discussion, one that solidifies the fact that nursing is a fabulous profession! My best nursing position I ever had was when I resided near the North Carolina coast. One of my colleagues, who was a case manager working for an emp...

9. Separating Gynecology from OB nursing: Is it time?

   Texan_Gal posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Do you think that gynecological nursing should become its own specialty in nursing? These two specialities have always been linked but in my experience, there is an enormous difference between OB nursing & GYN nursing. For one thing, the demogra...

10. DNP over all others?

    Texan_Gal posted a topic in Doctoral

    Ok so considering nursing is rapidly moving towards a DNP as the basic standard to practice in the future, would it be prudent to apply for a MSN to DNP program even if I want to be a nurse practitioner? I've already earned an MS degree in another he...