cass1320

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1. Pts doing illegal stuff while in hospital

   cass1320 replied to Emergent's topic in Relations

   When I was doing my ICU rotation in nursing school, I had a pt admitted for endocarditis s/t IV heroin use. He had already had two valve replacements and and was back in after a PE from reinfection of one of the new valves. He had previously been sen...

2. Hospital Units with Longest patient stays

   cass1320 replied to TarheelGirlx3's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a heart transplant floor at a research hospital. A lot of our patients stay 30 days or more pre and post transplant and they're all frequent fliers. We also do LVAD patient's and because were one of the few hospitals that deals with LVADs w...

3. UT Southwestern Fall 2013 Internship

   cass1320 replied to kevsgirl1's topic in Texas

   I passed! I'm going to email/call HR as soon as I get my license number to ask them who I need to give it to. Hopefully I'll get an update then. I'm also emailing my hiring manager to let her know I've passed and to ask for recommendations for prepar...

4. Disrespectful

   cass1320 replied to martymoose's topic in Relations

   @noyesno This may be my favorite comment ever.

5. UT Southwestern Fall 2013 Internship

   cass1320 replied to kevsgirl1's topic in Texas

   Kevsgirl, congrats on passing your NCLEX! I'm taking mine tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have my RN license soonish. Have you been in contact with UTSW since you got your license number? I'm getting nervous that the only thing I've heard from them was t...

6. UT Southwestern Fall 2013 Internship

   cass1320 replied to kevsgirl1's topic in Texas

   @Kza321, are you on the cardiac step-down unit (I think the floor is 5 North/South right next to the CVICU)?

7. Dallas, TX High school grad, Seriously considering Nursing, need some advice

   cass1320 replied to ak94's topic in Pre-Nursing

   If you're willing to go as far as Denton, are you considering all DFW schools? If you've already been accepted to or are set on UTD, you might consider UT Arlington's BSN program. They have an excellent reputation and a "fast track" program that coul...

8. Anxiety about dissection.

   cass1320 replied to megkat's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I think you'll be surprised how quickly you acclimate to it. It is intimidating at first, but don't be afraid to really dig in, as long as you stay respectful. When I did my cadaver lab, we started with the muscles of the back. The cadaver's head, ha...

9. What did/do you dissect in A&P lab?

   cass1320 replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I did a cadaver also. I was in a group of 5 and we had one cadaver to ourselves. We dissected the entire body, and got to use the bone saw, etc. for the hemi-sections. We had two 4 hour labs a week to do the dissections and open lab every day from 4-...

10. UT Southwestern Fall 2013 Internship

    cass1320 replied to kevsgirl1's topic in Texas

    @kevsgirl, I'm starting the UTSW internship in October too! I got hired on the Cardiac Step-down unit. Where are you going to be?

11. Accelerated Programs Vs 4 year programs

    cass1320 replied to Lewist1016's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I'm interested to know why the people you spoke with think that ABSNs programs are inferior to traditional BSNs. I have my first degree in History from a 4 year university and after finishing my first bachelors, I decided I wanted to go into nursing....

12. Texas Jurisprudence Exam

    cass1320 replied to jottmers1's topic in Texas

    Make sure that you have submitted your application for licensure with the Texas BON. When you click on the link for the exam, make sure you enter your name exactly as you entered it on your application and choose the option "LVN graduate". If you sti...

13. Interviews, offers, decision...Oh My!!

    cass1320 replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in Career Support

    I literally just experienced the same situation. I had two interviews in the same week, one on Monday and one on Thursday. The first was for a cardiac step-down unit, the second for a cardiac ICU. I love critical care and I was really excited about t...

14. Awful textbook?

    cass1320 replied to heartflutter's topic in General Students

    I really haven't liked anything that Pearson publishes. Our peds/OB book (the thing was freaking huge!) was from Pearson. It was cumbersome and didn't make a lot of sense. It was our programs first year to use it and my whole class hated it. The teac...

15. Cook Children's Pediatric Nurse Residency 2013

    cass1320 replied to dr_nurse's topic in Texas

    The girl who gave me the tour was from NYC. I had no idea so many people from out of state knew about CCMC or it's residency program! Also, I've got to say thank you to everybody on this thread. No matter how this whole thing turns out, I'm so glad ...