medpro32

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1. How do you incorporate faith into your daily nursing tasks?

   medpro32 replied to orangepink's topic in Spirituality

   Who cares? this isn't church. Do you think CPA's or any other proffesion would be concerned on how they "incorporate their faith" in their daily job? Just because you work somewhere named "Saint Whatever" doesn't mean you are one. Take the preaching ...

2. Can a nurse come to work after taking a benzodiazepine?

   medpro32 replied to Smackdown's topic in General Nursing

   That attitude belittles individuals who have legitimate anxiety related issues. I doubt the O.P. was "so anxious" about their job that they had to "self-medicate" (another derogatory term, unless someone else is injecting it into you, almost all medi...

3. Can a nurse come to work after taking a benzodiazepine?

   medpro32 replied to Smackdown's topic in General Nursing

   ADA, Title VII, EEOC violations etc, are all federal law and state law may not contradict them. You don't really need to be too concerned about variations from state to state. You are either protected by a just cause employment contract of a union or...

4. Can a nurse come to work after taking a benzodiazepine?

   medpro32 replied to Smackdown's topic in General Nursing

   Anxiety is covered by the ADA if it meets the criteria of a disabilty. Situational anxiety may not fit, but PTSD, panic attacks, agoraphobia and others do, if the level of impairment is great enough.

5. How much MONEY do you make? (questionaire)

   medpro32 replied to jaredsgirl's topic in General Nursing

   16 years RN ER nurse $36/hr base in Houston Texas

6. Are you insulted????

   medpro32 replied to CNABESS's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with them. Why do all the grunt work of nursing for a fraction of the pay. LVN programs take as little a nine months to complete, RN as little a two years. At a community college they are dirt cheap tuition. For what appears to be such a sma...

7. Male nurses hired faster?

   medpro32 replied to Chemistry Sux's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, male nurses have an easier time getting into school, getting a job and moving up (into management) for the same reason they do in every other field. Simple social superiority. Females will "try" to give you a hard time on the floor. Just brush ...

8. Can a nurse come to work after taking a benzodiazepine?

   medpro32 replied to Smackdown's topic in General Nursing

   You should wait until the test results are back to reveal this info. Not all employers run a "full panel" drug test. Some do a five panel that looks for street drugs only. Also, depending on the dosage and how often you use a legal drug, you may not ...

9. can they say I was terminated?

   medpro32 replied to NamasteNurse's topic in General Nursing

   They old employer can tell anything that is accurate to a new employer. Most HR departments only give out start and end dates, wages and positions held. Rarely will they get to talk to your actual manager. You might want to find a job while you still...

10. Acceptable Mens Hair Styles

    medpro32 replied to stayhappy's topic in General Nursing

    In general, yes. You are correct about hair policies needing to be gender and race neutral (in reference to a case where a white cop with cornrows was fired, but black officers where allowed to have that style.) This should carry over to any hair iss...

11. Can a nurse come to work after taking a benzodiazepine?

    medpro32 replied to Smackdown's topic in General Nursing

    It does not, and should not EVER be disclosed to your employer. For your employer to even ask about medication/medical condition in a pre/post employment setting is illegal. Why give an employer a reason to not hire you or scrutinize you if some med ...

12. salary of rn vs bsn in TX?

    medpro32 replied to bubbasmom's topic in Texas

    No pay difference in Houston. I have heard Methodist (medcenter) pays more to BSN's in a roundabout way. The have a clinical ladder that affects pay and if you don't have a BSN you hit a ceiling, effectively limiting your maximum pay. I know of no fa...

13. Which is the best hospital to work for in Houston?

    medpro32 replied to wannabeanRN90's topic in Texas

    Cypress-Fairbanks Hospital. You will have the most voice and control of your career/work environment out of any hospital in Houston because you are backed by a new but strong nursing union.

14. BSN needed to work in Texas?

    medpro32 replied to shoecrazynurse's topic in Texas

    Half the RN's in Texas have an Associates per the TBON. This is a continuation of a pipe dream that started in 1964 with certain aspects of Texas nursing politics trying to "phase out" ADN's. For god's sakes we still have LVN's at major Houston hospi...

15. Group One background checks in Texas

    medpro32 replied to edgreen's topic in Texas

    From their site: "All terminations are reported to GroupOne when they occur, and are added to our database. When an applicant applies for a job at one of our member hospitals, their employment history is already in the database, ready to be accessed....