PolishGirlRN

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1. Pay in Austin, TX (1 yr experience RN)

   PolishGirlRN replied to madRN10's topic in Texas

   Update: Just accepted a job with St David's in a clinic and they offered me $29.40/hr. For the St David's night shift med surg jobs I was offered about $27/hr with a small shift diff (like $2-$3) plus sign on bonus of $3,500. Austin is growing so fas...

2. Got my ADN & still jobless

   PolishGirlRN replied to phannyRN's topic in Texas

   Oh man I hear you. It took me 4 months to get my first job after my RN with an ADN and I had to move 4 hours north. That said, after two years of experience I have moved to a new place and am job hunting again and my phone won't stop ringing! I've as...

3. St David's vs Seton (Austin) - Update

   PolishGirlRN posted a topic in Texas

   Hi I saw that there was an old closed thread from 2008 on this topic but I would like to see if there was anybody with more recent experience who could help me decide between two job offers (yay!). I've been offered a full time Med Surg nights positi...

4. First Travel Assignment in Texas?

   PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in Travel

   **UPDATE** I've been in Austin for five days and have 3 interviews already. Guess there was no reason to worry! So excited to get back to work.

5. Pay in Austin, TX (1 yr experience RN)

   PolishGirlRN replied to madRN10's topic in Texas

   Hi I just moved to Austin with two years experience Med/Surg (heavy on the Surg) and an Associate's degree in Nursing (with a non nursing BA) and I started applying for jobs 4 days ago and already have 3 interviews! Looks like everyone is looking to ...

6. First Travel Assignment in Texas?

   PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in Travel

   Thanks for your input. I will definitely be getting rid of my apartment in Albany and be sort of itinerant from August to October, bouncing between friends, family and travel accommodations before moving to Austin. I am also wondering how early I sho...

7. First Travel Assignment in Texas?

   PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in Travel

   Thanks for the detailed info! I don't know much about the whole tax situation and this has given me some other things to think about. As for health insurance, I plan to get my state's ACA coverage while I'm not working (plus I will be traveling abroa...

8. First Travel Assignment in Texas?

   PolishGirlRN posted a topic in Travel

   Hi all! I'm an RN with two years MedSurg experience in a small hospital in Albany, NY and what I really want to do is move to Austin, TX. My current workplace requires 4 weeks notice upon resignation. For a variety of personal reasons, I'd also like...

9. Relocating to Austin

   PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in Texas

   Thanks! That sounds a lot like where I work now. We have one tech if we're lucky and I'm used to doing a lot of bed changes, cleaning, helping to the bathroom etc. I'm sort of a control freak that way so I love knowing all the details you can sometim...

10. What does TID PRN really mean?

    PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    It was 1mg of Ativan IVP and the pt was anxious again after about 4 hours. The pt was NPO and had a history of anxiety and, if I recall correctly, took something like Xanax at home. She was a new admit from the ER and I don't remember her specific di...

11. What does TID PRN really mean?

    PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    It was 1mg Ativan IVP. Usually we get that as q4h or q6h PRN. This was the first time I had encountered TID PRN for a med and I enquired about it with my coworkers (RNs with 30-40 years experience) and they were puzzled as well but came to the conclu...

12. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    PolishGirlRN replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    They told us the same thing when I was in nursing school. Like the exact same trick question. Nursing school was a lot of scaremongering.

13. What does TID PRN really mean?

    PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I rarely see TID PRN. When meds are ordered TID they're scheduled by pharmacy like you said Muno, morning, afternoon and night. I think he was exaggerating about the every 5 minutes part but who knows. He's the overnight hospitalist so it's not ...

14. How to deal with loneliness as a VERY young RN student...any help or advice?

    PolishGirlRN replied to createddaisy's topic in General Students

    THIS! OP, I get it. You sound a lot like me when I was your age (I feel so old writing this). I was prudish and socially awkward and had big dreams of going overseas, you know, somewhere in the global south where all the poor people are to 'help' th...

15. What does TID PRN really mean?

    PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok thank you for the clarification. I always like to check if I'm not sure. Whenever we have dressing change orders that are TID they are done every 8 hours so this is what I had in mind.