kwaziness

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1. Texas License Renewal CNE

   kwaziness posted a topic in General Nursing

   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...

2. I can't do this anymore

   kwaziness posted a topic in General Nursing

   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 ...

3. Bedside Reporting- your thoughts

   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...

4. How much do you make? Feeling under paid :(

   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!

5. Feeling Guilty

   kwaziness posted a topic in Stress 101

   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...

6. Mysthenia gravis patient education

   kwaziness replied to smily11's topic in Education

   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...

7. What Kind of Positions Are Available for a New Grad in a Doctor's Office?

   kwaziness posted a topic in General Nursing

   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...

8. Graduate Nurse Internships

   kwaziness replied to stash11's topic in Texas

   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...

9. A "dating female students in your class" post

   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...

10. Graduate Nurse Internships

    kwaziness replied to stash11's topic in Texas

    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...

11. Harris County Hospital District nurse intern position is up

    kwaziness replied to Plover1's topic in Texas

    Thanks soxie! And it was for Ben Taub only.

12. Graduate Nurse Internships

    kwaziness replied to stash11's topic in Texas

    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...

13. Graduate Nurse Internships

    kwaziness replied to stash11's topic in Texas

    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...

14. Harris County Hospital District nurse intern position is up

    kwaziness replied to Plover1's topic in Texas

    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 ...

15. Harris County Hospital District nurse intern position is up

    kwaziness replied to Plover1's topic in Texas

    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 ...