kristin9903

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1. Parkland Residency

   kristin9903 replied to chivon101's topic in Texas

   I'm a Nurse intern at Parkland (slightly different from the residency)... Mostly, the ER shifts are 7-7. Your schedule will be a mixture of class days and days on the floor. I'm not sure exactly how that works in the residency, but in the internshi...

2. RN salary/pay in Dallas area

   kristin9903 replied to retrvrman's topic in Texas

   It shouldn't be including differentials. Diffs are $2.75 evening, $3.50 night, and $6.00 for weekends. The diffs stack, too. Parkland also just gave a market adjustment to the nurses that are already on staff, which I think is really nice! I've on...

3. Current new grad pay in Dallas?

   kristin9903 replied to jla623's topic in Texas

   Parkland: $23.88/hr plus $2.75 evening, $3.50 night, and $6.00 weekend diffs. Doesn't matter what unit you're on, the pay is the same. I think Baylor was around $21-22. I don't remember differentials, etc.

4. Do you carry liability insurance?

   kristin9903 replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm using Bill Beatty insurance, who insured my nursing school. They have a discount for new grads, so I'm paying $151/year for $200,000/$600,000. It would be $218/yr if I wasn't a new grad. The OB specialties are much, much more than that. It also...

5. Internship/residency search for new grad

   kristin9903 replied to jogimada's topic in Texas

   I don't know when you're available to work, but there are a few hospital systems that have September internships. Baylor e-mailed the people in my May '08 class saying that they still have openings. JPS and Harris downtown Fort Worth have them as w...

6. Associate's VS. BSN? Does it matter?

   kristin9903 replied to BlueberryGirl's topic in Texas

   In total agreement with the above posters!! I have a PhD in an unrelated field and just got my BSN. I really think that my PhD may have hurt me with certain hospitals/managers. There were some places that wouldn't even grant me an interview. No o...

7. Question-UTHSC-Houston versus UTA

   kristin9903 replied to Aggiegrl07's topic in Texas

   I'm graduating from UTA in 2 days and I think it's pretty wonderful. I don't think it's a "ranked" program, at least not at the undergraduate level. But, the faculty are fantastic and very supportive. UTA has a good reputation in DFW, at least, w...

8. ICU Critical Care! Is this a normal BSN class? Texas?

   kristin9903 replied to tracey350z's topic in General Students

   I'm in TX and will be done with my BSN in a few weeks (hopefully). We have a class that is exactly what you describe. We covered a lot of dysrhythmias (not junctional escape, but definitely SVT). We also covered hemodynamic monitoring in a good am...

9. Girl, Interrupted

   kristin9903 replied to medira's topic in General Students

   How about risk for violence: self directed r/t depression aeb prior suicidal ideation/attempt?

10. Any parkland interns???

    kristin9903 replied to labcat01's topic in Texas

    I think we applied for the same internship.... I just talked to the Nurse Education office a couple of days ago and they said they were sorting through the applications to select who they wanted to come in for an interview and that they would contact...

11. UT Arlington and Community College??

    kristin9903 replied to alotascruggs's topic in Texas

    I think it all depends. If you think that you can make good grades in the science courses at UTA, I wouldn't think there would be a problem with you taking your other prereqs at a community college. UTA has a few GPA's that they look at: UTA GPA, ...

12. Anyone done TCU's accelerated BSN?

    kristin9903 replied to lady_db_programmer's topic in Texas

    A BSN is a BSN. I don't think what university you come from will make a difference in pay. I have a BS and opted to go back for the BSN, as opposed to the ADN. If you already have a bachelor's degree, the ADN and BSN take the same amount of time....

13. Uta Bound

    kristin9903 replied to drea3751's topic in Texas

    I'm at UTA finishing my pre-reqs and I love it so far! Pharm and Patho start for me this week, so I'll let you know what I think about those classes. I'm hoping to start next spring. Everyone that I've met on faculty so far has been really nice and...

14. Weeding out of nursing students

    kristin9903 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    When I took my nursing concepts class, my instructor talked about this. You need to know the science part...not to the point that you can regurgitate it all on demand, but to the point that you can look things up quickly when you need it. You need t...

15. Weeding out of nursing students

    kristin9903 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Geez. Sorry that that happened to you. Some instructors are tough to crack, usually because they've been there a while and have heard scores of students complain about them. Heck, I've only been teaching one semester and I had some students on the...