I have a Texas license I need to renew by June 30 and getting CNE ducks in a row. Does Texas BON accept CNEs that are approved by other states? I read on the website they do, but they do not specify which states. Is California or Florida accepted? Ev...
Sometimes I actually curse my decision to ever become a nurse. Does it ever get better? I work in a crazy-busy telemetry unit with old, sick, obese, demented, indigent patients and I am so tired of taking care of people who don't take responsibility ...
kwaziness replied to SailorMoonRN's topic in General Nursing
I hate it too, and so do my coworkers. Our managers (who seem to have forgotten their bedside days) think it's a wonderful idea. We just implemented it and I have found that it drags out report, delays my morning routine, and makes me leave late when...
kwaziness replied to Disneygirl23's topic in LPN/LVN
Whoa, now I feel guilty for feeling I am underpaid! $26.50 per hour with benefits and I'm at a small hospital in Houston, telemetry unit, 1 year experience. But trust me, this job is SO stressful that I earned every stinkin' penny!
I work on a Telemetry floor (only 1 year of nursing experience) and I recently had a patient post Burr hole surgery for a subdural hematoma. She didn't recover well and was basically in a vegetative state, although she was awake. She could barely tal...
I recently had a MG patient who was hospitalized for breathing difficulties. He ultimately had to have an IGG drip, which I think is the only thing that was going to help him. You should also tell your patient to avoid beta blockers and calcium chann...
I'm a new grad RN working on the floor of a Telemetry unit of a small hospital, and going through a residency program with a preceptor as well. A few days ago, the primary doctor of one of my patients offered me a position at his office location. Th...
I think I may have given you some wrong information! I talked to one of my professors and regarding the contract that you must sign, it is only in the case if they give you a sign on bonus or some other financial incentive to work there. Not merely b...
kwaziness replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Students
Female opinion here... I'm a nursing student, and at my school we have nursing students, med students, pharmacy students, etc. who all share the same building together, so there's a lot of mingling of the groups. I met and dated a medical student for...
You're welcome! I have no idea when each of those individual places open up because I did not apply there, but I have classmates who did and I can tell you it was definitely not before December!!! We all pretty much used the Christmas break to fine t...
In terms of the retention question... many places that offer internships do require the new grad to sign a contract. The whole purpose of the internship is an investment to attract and retain qualified nurses. It costs the hospital money to have thes...
Looks like you posted this a few months ago, but I thought I'd answer anyway. If you graduate in May, you really should start this whole process in the December before you graduate. Do NOT wait until you graduate!!!!! The ideal scenario, no matter wh...
Thanks a lot, stash!!! I don't know when the program starts this summer, I think I have it written down somewhere in my mess of notes. As far as I remember the application for the summer internship was open from March 1-28. I don't definitively know ...
I was also asked to choose my top 3 choices for med surg. What happened, I think, was rather an odd situation. I had an internship at a hospital in Europe prior to nursing school that was very applicable to what the interviewer/clinical manager does ...