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Rent first and get close to Parkland. There are very nice apartments in the immediate area with some great benefits. The Lemmon Oaklawn area is how can I say very mixed bag of gays,preppies and medical people. Gated apartments are the way to go but r...

Thanks for some info that our profession that doesn't face these issues as a whole adequately.

Totally awesome info. Thanks.

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Asking for details for a great retired HFD Paramedic that I have worked with interested in the RN transition programs with college credits. The 411 like costs,experiences with the process,locations and duration of the program. He lives in the Houston...

Old nurses never really give any nurse a break in regards to mistakes. Pack mentalityas a whole. Pecking orders exist with nurses. Anything like perceprtions about if a staff member is respected by doctors,has better schedule or considered "a know it...

Time passes. Worked in the area and meet the doctors and nurses that were involved. The surgeon left the country and never charge with any crimes. Tenet sold the hospital and was bought by another company with major shifts in the staff. The Flight te...

Not a quiter but consider a different view of the problem. You have money invested anyway. Don't know about your current classroom situation because maybe there is path to transfering your efforts to different careerpath. I believe that any knowledge...

I would go to Employee Health ASAP and fill out a First Incident of Injury. My brain is failing me but there is a offical form for Worker's Comp. Keep journal of all contacts with who what and why with EH and all paperwork. You need baseline lab work...

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Look at the CNA/NNOC push for national Safe Staffing. The fight is ongoing and in Texas and other states beside CA. Sorry about your pain. The management is putting the legal responsibility directly on your shoulders by a written form. I have friends...

I attended the classes as an employee in the late 80's by going to the Friday classroom day free. I am an ADN but still go to Parkland when ever possible to attend classes.

CCN in Baltimore. Each hospital pays different with all the agencies.

There is always time limit for temp work and always the pressure to be staff. Have a Plan B and rotate your jobs.

AAS is All About Staffing which is HCA nursing staff company and vendor management.

West Nile for Diabetes. Maybe a glucometer or SMA 7 might help. Misread MRI at least you got one for going somewhere else. MRI are not routine in the ER but at least you didn't have to go thru the PCP referral process or and saved some time. In a wa...

20 YEARS in the ER and yes the abuse is enabled and worse than when I started including in ICU units and 6 states that I have traveled to. The customer is always right. One nursing medical malpractice insurance rider for worklplace assault states th...

Just saw this. "Postive bag sign" which is the family or patient planning the hospital stay prior to the ER eval. If it is Friday night,an elderly patient and the family packs the bag it I call it babysitting for weekend. Remember in ER/Trauma nursin...

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Thanks for your warning.

I am an ADN but almost all my friends are APN/MSN. I would really look at programs. I would look at Houston at UT. I live and work sometimes in Dallas but Houston has better education for advance practice. Better pay in the area. Experience pays but...

I would try local agency first to see the REAL staffing not from a HR view. Try MSN,CareStaff or EPIC. You will get the unoffical view of staffing and wages. I don't recommend HCA or Tenet hospital for pay or benefits. Parkland is good for experience...

I would never consider Methodist Baytown ER,ICU or ever be patient in the hospital. It is a favor that new grads can't go and for the experienced the nursing manager is a nightmare. Bad practice issues in the triage system in that ER.

I was in your Long Beach area and working registry and never was called for shifts. That is your hospital's method of staffing and claiming "not enough nurses". Look at the numbers of new CA licenses that have been issued in the years since Safe Staf...

Yes and more meetings. More networking and more new membership every day. More cities. NNOC message is for Safe Staffing,nurse advocacy and nurse protect is the mission. Always politics but WHAT IS THE MESSAGE? Who is has the best message for safe be...