TheMrsRN

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1. A reson why nursing is a bad career choice...

   TheMrsRN replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

   You are right that we have a responsibility to the patient. It is our job to advocate for them. It is not your job to tell a patient what the MD or any other health professional taking care of them should or shouldn't do. Those are things that you ad...

2. Pregnant ER nurse

   TheMrsRN replied to Nrsstudent09's topic in Emergency

   "Handle it well?" What exactly do you mean by this? Did I use pregnancy as an excuse to be lazy? No! But I was nauseated 24/7, vomited a few times a day, had pregnancy induced hypertension starting at 7 weeks, low progesterone and had to supplement, ...

3. Balancing safety and time management for a new nurse

   TheMrsRN replied to Fiveten's topic in General Nursing

   Time management is tough, but practice makes perfect. After I first started out as a RN I would get to work 30 minutes early. I would go over my patients' charts and their meds. I would do this before even taking report. It helped alot.

4. Work non-nursing related job while in school?

   TheMrsRN replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

   I would look for a tech position working with other types of patients if you are burnt out with your current patient population. If you are already in the mindset that you need a break before your "whole life becomes nursing," you may want to rethink...

5. MI new grad to Texas

   TheMrsRN replied to 2sedate's topic in Texas

   This exactly! If you live close enough to commute to a "big city," you are not in a small city and will still have difficulty finding a job at local hospitals. As far as the cities listed above, those are all still considered the DFW metroplex and ne...

6. Whose fault is it?

   TheMrsRN replied to perfectpractice's topic in General Nursing

   Who were you supposed to pass meds with? Your preceptor on the unit or your instructor? In all of my clinicals I would pass meds with the preceptor, but I would have one specific day that the instructor would observe me pass meds to check me off. If ...

7. Too sensitive to be a nurse?

   TheMrsRN replied to StephPR's topic in General Nursing

   If death in general really bothers you, then don't work in a specialty where death is prevalent. No ERs, no ICU, no H/O. Try something like community health, school nursing, etc. In any field of nursing, you may experience death, but most facilities ...

8. TEMPORARY PERMIT help needed????

   TheMrsRN replied to nepalusarn's topic in Texas

   You need to contact the Board of Nursing of the state where you are interested in getting your license. Why can't you just take the refresher course?

9. Teacher dismissed for soiled underwear incident

   TheMrsRN replied to LOLLYGAGGER's topic in School

   I worked as a school nurse at an elementary school for one year. 100% of the students were poverty level and all of the students lived in 1 of 2 section 8 apartment complexes next to the school. I dealt with students who soiled themselves on a daily ...

10. Frustrated Newer RN in Houston with a little experience looking for a job..

    TheMrsRN replied to Liss RN's topic in Texas

    Applying online is not enough. They probably receive hundreds of applications per day. You need to make phone calls to nurse recruiters and you could even hand deliver a resume to HR. Go to career fairs at hospitals and local schools. Join the Texas ...

11. What do you do when you are the friend/family member and not the nurse?

    TheMrsRN replied to starsgirl78's topic in General Nursing

    You don't have to play the "nurse card." Even a non-nurse knows that your friend was receiving terrible patient care. Maybe the floor is understaffed and the nurses are too busy to provide appropriate care. If that is the case, the nurses can't do an...

12. Children's Hospital

    TheMrsRN replied to twnurse_2010's topic in Texas

    Children's Medical Center usually only hires new grads if they worked as techs there while in school. They cut their internships back in 2009 and have very limited spaces for new grads now. You can always call nurse recruitment, but if no GN jobs are...

13. Ft. Worth new grad...internships?

    TheMrsRN replied to my3kiddos's topic in Texas

    Yes, new grads must go through an internship to work at local hospitals here. The majority of internships are filled for the May grads by March. It is late to apply, so if you don't see any job listings for internships or GN jobs on the hospital's we...

14. New grad moving to Ft. Worth

    TheMrsRN replied to my3kiddos's topic in Texas

    https://www.cookchildrens.org/SpecialtyServices/Nursing/Pages/NurseResidencyProgram.aspx#1 Here is info on the residency program. The deadline has already passed to even apply if you were elligible. A little research goes a long way. Before moving to...

15. New grad moving to Ft. Worth

    TheMrsRN replied to my3kiddos's topic in Texas

    Cook Children's hires new grads into their nurse residency program. To be elligible, you need a BSN. It is very competitive and they prefer to hire nurses who worked as a care partner or extern while in school at Cook.