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1. Im a Deputy Nurse in Endoscopy LONDON

   tinkagain replied to paladin69's topic in Gastroenterology

   Depends on which part of the US you live in. When I lived in Houston, TX, nurses in the outpatient surgical setting were paid about $25 per hour. Housing there was cheap and I bought a 4 bedroom beautiful home for $120,000. That was two years ago and...

2. How much do you make?

   tinkagain replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I've been doing some serious job hunting. Here's what I've found. Tampa, Florida pays approx. $30/hour for nurses plus. Houston, TX pays the same. Hattiesburg, MS pays $19.20 per hour with 7 years experience (I'm quoting here). California pays from $...

3. Clairol advertisement disrespects RNs?

   tinkagain replied to JNJ's topic in General Nursing

   Really dumb marketing move. Nursing has more employees than any other profession in the U.S. You think I'm gonna buy that shampoo? Not a chance. LOL I remember when Northern "quilted" toilet paper had a commercial showing ladies knitting the toilet p...

4. Weird pt complaints

   tinkagain replied to at your cervix's topic in General Nursing

   :roll

5. How much do you make?

   tinkagain replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   How funny, when I graduated from UT Houston school of nursing in 1994, there were NO nursing jobs available for new grads. Nursing shortages seem to run in cycles. Now they're paying top dollar. I'm so happy for you. TX Children's is a wonderful hosp...

6. Thinking of moving to tennessee

   tinkagain replied to shellrn97's topic in General Nursing

   One of the most beautiful states in the nation, in my opinion. Very nice people there, too. Highly recommend it.

7. Employee management

   tinkagain replied to fab4fan's topic in Humor

   I just lost my job as an administrator because the employees complained about me. That's the excuse the big boss used. Actually, the census was low and I'm the fourth admin. in four years. In any case, I wish I'd known about this. Would have been the...

8. Management question

   tinkagain replied to blondie's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like elder abuse to me.

9. Weird pt complaints

   tinkagain replied to at your cervix's topic in General Nursing

   My friend was fresh out of nursing school and working in M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She worked in the lung clinic. She answered the phone one day and a little old man asked her iin a very Texas accent if she could ask "Dr. Waranga for so...

10. 29 year old husband has brain tumor

    tinkagain replied to jaystrupp's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry. I do believe it is much harder being a nurse and knowing too much. My prayers are with you.

11. If you could invent a pill to fix people, what kind would it be?

    tinkagain replied to Sleepyeyes's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely zoloft..in the water supply.

12. Here's another one...

    tinkagain replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in my twenties, I felt tired and ached all over all the time. My eyes were dry, my mouth was dry, my vagina was dry! Went to doctors for five years with these complaints. Every single one said "You're a young mom with two small kids, go ho...

13. Here's another one...

    tinkagain replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    My friend was a marathon runner. She began having intense abd pain. She went to the ER and the MD did his exam, then had her jump up and down on one foot which she did very well. Said she wasn't sick and sent her home. Her appendix had burst, which ...

14. Is it useful?

    tinkagain replied to huggietoes's topic in General Nursing

    Find a job where they pay for your training. :-)

15. Management question

    tinkagain replied to blondie's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and another thing. Here's what I have found that works in terms of the disciplinary process. Follow through! First, your team members need to know exactly what the rules are even to the finest details, i.e. no tongue studs, no talking on cell pho...