CrunchyEvenInMilk

Sorry! I guess I misunderstood what you were asking for information on. Well, the BON was closed for a week in June (I believe the 8th-12th) in order to change their system over to this new nurse portal thing. A lot of my cohort got their ATT on 6/28, but some are just now getting them. The BON is blaming the closure in June for being so backed up right now. At least that's what they tell my classmates who were calling about ATTs. In my GN group for residency, the ones who took NCLEX in May are just now getting their licenses posted, so they were in a similar boat as you. I'm sorry this is taking so long for you. Hope your permanent license posts soon!

Go to https://www.BON.texas.gov/ and click the link in the middle of the page for the Texas Nurse Portal. It will allow you to setup an account. My cohort graduated right after the BON finished switching over to this new system, so we were pretty lucky. It only took 2 weeks from graduation to get my ATT, and I took NCLEX on 7/7 and my license posted on 7/8 before my quick results were even available.

Maybe it’s the link to the onboarding stuff? Like the drug screen info, background check, employment history check (and they do check and the dates and everything have to match), tax stuff. I haven’t received anything, but when I started here as a PCT, that’s what I got after my reference form was all filled out. How long did it take for your ATT? I’m just curious because for some reason our instructor thinks the BON is closed right now, but their site says otherwise.

I’m so glad you got on somewhere else! Try not to take the lack of rejection letter/email personally. This pandemic thing is keeping the hospital pretty crazy. We’ve only had a couple of cases at CMCD, but HR is super busy with employees being quarantined, coordinating time off, getting travelers in and out, all of that stuff. Even though the pediatric population hasn’t really been affected, for some reason, the whole place is insane. I promise they’re just busy. Where did you end up getting on?! I feel like I’ve seen you post a couple of other places (you don’t have to tell if you don’t want, I was just curious). Best of luck to you wherever you end up!! Is anyone worried that they won’t get to take NCLEX in time? I’ve been hearing that there was a bit of a backlog from when they initially cancelled it.

I did interview with her and one of the charge nurses. OCH is an amazing place, and a lot of the people who work there have been there since it was part of Baylor. That includes the techs. They struggle with retaining good people because a lot of people want to get into the organization and transfer to CMC. So they try to make sure in the interview that you actually want to be at OCH and stay there. I hope it works out for you! It really is a special place! My heart is elsewhere, but if my first choice hadn't made me an offer, I’d have gone back to OCH in a minute. Again, best of luck to you!!

Ooh! I love it there! I used to work there PRN, and I had a couple of clinical shifts there. I interviewed there on Feb 26th. They were my second choice! Good luck to you!

IDK what the excuse was before, but now everything is kind of crazy with this COVID-19 thing. Updates from HR are usually slow, but now they’re gonna be even slower. They’re too busy sending out emails about quarantines and stuff, and they probably have to work from home. It’s a mess. Try and hang tight, y’all.

God I hate care plans. But there’s this: your nursing diagnoses should be based on your assessment. IDK how your teacher does it, but ours has us prioritize them. Deficient knowledge is great, but if the kid’s BGL was 400, or their potassium was out of whack, is them not knowing how to manage their diabetes really the priority? Also, is unstable glucose really a risk here? It’s kind of already a thing, right? So I’m not sure about the risk diagnosis. Think about all of the complications that come from diabetes when you’re trying to formulate a risk diagnosis. This kid is 10. I think it’s fair to start teaching them how/when to check their blood sugar, what hyper/hypoglycemia feel like and all that other diabetes education stuff. Definitely include their parents since, if it’s a new diagnosis, this is a new world for everyone. Don’t let the fact that it’s a kid confuse you. Pediatrics is just med surg for kids. A lot of things are still the same.

They use an electronic reference form. You fill out the form with the email addresses of the people you want to give you a reference, and it sends them an email survey to take. It’s pretty easy. I can’t remember if it was 3 or 5 email addresses that I needed. But I’m also a tech, so I don’t know if the number will be different for nurses.

I was told I didn’t have to do it since I’m an internal applicant, but my advice is to do it as soon as possible. I love Children’s, but HR isn’t the fastest, so whatever you can get done in a timely manner on your part will only help you. Congrats everyone!

I think so. He made it seem like he had a lot of calls to get through. Good luck everyone!

I just got an offer for PICU!

OMG I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IT WAS OPEN! How do you apply?! I’ve looked everywhere!

I have a question: when does this open? Or has this already opened?

C9 is Gen Peds/Endocrine. D9 is pulmonary. D8 is GI, C8 is inpatient Cardiac, and C5 is Gen Peds/Renal (for those who had those questions).