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1. Baylor Healthcare System TDA program

   AcceptableRisk replied to hubbyofnurse2b's topic in Texas

   Base pay is only $21 per hour? Is this for an RN? Parkland start new RNs out at $25 an hour! The Baylor plan has always been 24hrs work for 36 hours pay. It's now called the TDA plan (Two day alternative).

2. random question.. how do you deal with the cold?

   AcceptableRisk replied to vikichck's topic in SRNA

   The good thing is that you can always dress for cold temps...just dress in layers...If it's hot (like it is in my ICU...always about 75-78 degrees) there's not much you can do...so hot natured people (like me) just have to suffer. I sweat like I'm i...

3. Pay Scale

   AcceptableRisk replied to Trauma's topic in CCU

   Dallas-Fort Worth area ICUs: New grads (in training) = $21-22/hr. Once you complete ICU training = $24-25/hr. From there, $25 to $38 per hour or more, depending on experience level. This doesn't include differential pay. Add $6 per hour for w...

4. RN starting salary in OKC

   AcceptableRisk replied to marilynmom's topic in Oklahoma

   I have lived in Oklahoma most of my life (i.e. 31 years. And, I've been in Wisconsin for the past year and in Texas for 5 years prior to that.) I just earned my BSN and was hoping to move back closer to my family and friends in Oklahoma, but with s...

5. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

   AcceptableRisk replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

   I am a new grad and I live in central Wisconsin, too. I have not been able to get anything but a med-surg job...and there aren't that many of them available up here, either. I wanted an ICU job and have read quite a few articles about how easy it i...

6. Rush University Accelerated BSN programs

   AcceptableRisk replied to krzysiu's topic in SRNA

   RE: My point was not that being in an accelerated BSN program would make you a shoo-in to CRNA school...everyone knows that it is the total package (gpa, gre, application, application letter, interview, personality, etc.) that gets you in. My poin...

7. Rush University Accelerated BSN programs

   AcceptableRisk replied to krzysiu's topic in SRNA

   I'm sure accelerated programs vary, like any type of program (e.g. compare Harvard Medical School to a medical school in the Caribbean islands), and your background before going into the program could have had a huge impact in how difficult the progr...

8. Competative nature of CRNA programs

   AcceptableRisk replied to krzysiu's topic in SRNA

   That's pretty funny! But, I agree with your point. And, if there did exist a listing that ranked the easiest schools to get into, the easiest schools would obviously very quickly become the most difficult schools to get into, due to the dramatic in...

9. Competative nature of CRNA programs

   AcceptableRisk replied to krzysiu's topic in SRNA

   Similarly, I am interested in finding a listing or database of all CRNA schools that lists the number of positions available, number of applicants, avg GPA of applicants, avg GPA of matriculants, avg GRE of applicants, avg GRE of matriculants, types ...

10. Rush University Accelerated BSN programs

    AcceptableRisk replied to krzysiu's topic in SRNA

    I am also in an accelerated BSN program, somewhere near krzysiu's part of the country. And, if krzysiu's program is anything like mine, I think that krzysiu will be at an advantage by going through this program, because in my program, we take all of...