mysterious_one

Right there with you . Starting last semester this January .

Thanks everyone for their replies

The University of Texas Medical Branch offers a nurse educator certificate for BSN educated RN's and so does Kaplan. How likely is it to be able to get a job in the nurse education field ( at a Nursing school or in hospital)? I'm not sure that I want to go the Masters route. This would be much faster, I still have to get my BSN and the certificate is only 5 extra courses.

another big hospital group I forgot to mention is Baylor.

As of April 16th. , I saw three intern positions posted. Click on Methodist Charlton Dallas and nursing in the search options. https://www.healthcaresource.com/methodist/index.cfm?submitbutton=Search&cjobattr1=All&ijobrowstart=1&ideptid=&fuseaction=search%2EjobList&ifacilityid=100068&template=dsp%5Fjob%5Flist%2Ecfm&ijobcatid=104&&CFID=921642&CFTOKEN=85556c16911b1684-BE5CA5F9-5056-9E55-C45031C18DD719E1&jsessionid=c8303bf3f59d79535ea4 This is another hospital group in Dallas area, here you need to click on RN in search area and look for the term: Residency ( all hospitals term their GN programs differently). http://www.texashealth.org/body_secure.cfm?id=2570 I don't see the shortage that is talked about in other areas, here in the Dallas, Tx area. But it is now April, with most intern programs starting in June. I know that many positions have already been filled. The next one would be for Dec., for which you would have to start aplying at least 3 months ahead. I graduated in May 08 and had my internship position for June in April before I even graduated, so did most of my classmates. Other hospitals to try in Dallas area are: Parkland Memorial, Medical City, Arlington memorial, just to name a few.

In order for me to become a US citizen I would have to give up my German citizen ship. I have a brother living in Germany that is mentally challenged, who is now looked after by my aging parents, there may be a need for me to go back to take care of him. Also as a green card holder, I am paying taxes and contributing to the American economy just like any other American.

Hi, I am a German native, living in the US since 91. I am not a US citizen, but I have a green card. I have a nursing degree in Germany, but did not work for a long time due to motherhood and frequent traveling. I decided, after being out of the job for over 15 years, to go back to school here in the US and get my ADN. I am now a RN and work on a busy telemetry floor. I am surprised to see that the majority who have voted, believe that foreign trained nurses take jobs that belong to American nurses. During nursing school and now on the job, I have worked with many foreign nurses, and as others stated, there are good and not so good ones. My question is this: There is a nursing shortage. So if a American nurse wants to work, I am sure she/he has no problem finding a job. Unfortunately, many just don't want to do bedside nursing or med/surg nursing. So the empty jobs have to be filled somehow, right? I believe no foreign nurse is taking away jobs from American nurses, because there are plenty of openings in many hospitals around the country. If one wants to work, one can find a job. Just my opinion.

HI, I graduated El Centro's program May 2008. When we finished we were told, that all theory classes would be taught on line in the future, (we still had to come in for class, both theory and skills), but I don't know if that really has started. Clinicals can be different every semester. Usually at the end of the semester you can put down your wishes in numerical order, but you're not guaranteed you will get it. All choice sheets will then be put in envelopes and then it will be the luck of the draw where you will end up. They will try to go by your wishes, but if the class is full, you're out of luck. Yes, you could ask someone to switch with you, but since most have put down their wishes and are happy if they got what they wanted, it will probably hard to find someone to switch with you. Some Clinicals are two half days a week, some are one full day a week. For most you have to come in around 6 or 6:30 am, but there are some that are late or evening clinicals. It will be very hard for you to continue to work full time. The program is very demanding, you will have to do a lot of studying and researching on your own to keep up. Also there will be schedule changes for skills, clinicals or mandatory meetings you will have to attend. The first thing they told us : El Centro will own you for 2 years., be willing to give your all. I wish you guys the best of luck, If you want it, you can do it

Try Baylor, Methodist or Parkland in Dallas. All have intern position listed. Try using intern, GN or resident nurse in the search function.

Thanks classicdame, for your reply. I did not give him any coverage, because the patient did refuse, but I was curious. It's also a dilemma, once you go of your shift, you really can't control what the nurses will do in terms of double checking on the next shift.

I know this is a somewhat older thread, but I have a question pertaining this topic. I am a new RN and I had a patient who was on 70/30 plus sliding scale regular. His BS was between a 100 and 110 all day, so I gave him his 70/30 in the morning but held his sliding scale regular. He ate all his meals. Then at dinner time he had just received one unit of PRBC, his BS was 72 and he was due for his 70/30 again. Naturally I didn't give him any sliding scale regular insulin, and pt. stated he never takes his 70/30 when his BS is that low. Now my question, should I have given him the 70/30 for the night, since the nph should cover him for the night?

Hi all, I haven't posted in a while, I am so glad everyone is doing well, I am very proud of you guys, . I can't believe how fast time flies. One thing I am sure of, I am glad I am not in school anymore,lol. Working as an RN is tough, but at least when you of work, you will have a break and don't have to sit and study,. Pecked2Dth, it is a great thing to do an extern ship at Methodist. You will learn so much. I did one in Charlton Methodist in L&D. I did first stay on there as an intern, but switched after 2 months internally to telemetry/med/surg, because it just wasn't the right fit for me. I am much happier there, even though the work is insane . I wish you all good luck for the finals, you guys will do well, .

I was on 150 mg a day and tapered myself down to 100 mg. The reason: I have problem with the memory and speech (finding words) quiet often. My migraines did get better on the meds, and I wish I could keep taking it, but the side effects are very strong for me, and unfortunately I do need all my "marbles" in nursing. For my migrain attacks I take Zomeg (spelling?), which helps great and does not effect me in any way.

Hi, I am sorry you getting treated like this at your workplace. You deserve respect, just like anyone else and you may need to talk to this person directly about this situation. If they do not want to treat you with respect, go to your manager. Now to your second point in your thread: When a nurse calls you and needs you for a patient right away and you are in the middle of giving a bath, tell the nurse that. Ask her if she can wait a few minutes for you to finish or if she needs you immediately. It sometimes depends on the acuity of the situation with the other patient that the nurse is needing you for. You may just need to cover your patient, raise the side rails, and come back to him later. It all depends. You are helping all patients, not just the "nurse". It really depends on the acuity of the patients sometimes. I hope with some more communication some of your issues will resolve. I wish you best of luck in your continuous education.

You mentioned that for prereqs classes, you don't think you can handle more than one class at a time. Because of this, I don't think you are ready for nursing school, time wise. Nursing school is very time consuming. I believe you should be able to handle at least the workload of 3 prereq classes at one time, comparable. I am not saying this is what you have to do. I also would suggest to go for your RN when you are ready. Simply because there are more options available once you are done. ( By the way, an ADN program at a community college should cost you less than 10000, and it took me 3 years altogether with prerqs) As someone mentioned, if you are in need of money now and you enjoy patient care, you could go for PCT and work on you prereqs. After a view years, your children will be a little older and you will possible be more able to handle nursing school.