sbyramRN

I don't know of any hospitals that still hire LVN's

Please name the profession....they might work for free while still in school, but they DO NOT work for free after obtaining a degree. Nurses obtain a LICENSE. Why would they work for free? I think Memorial Hermann is insulting. I would never work for them. They aren't even that great....why would they think a nurse would want to work there for free??

I was hired out of nursing school into a pediatric ER. If you want Peds, then go for peds. Adult med surg and pedi are two totally different things.

no, no more left. The girl that took them took them all.

No, Friday is not considered the weekend in shift diff. What unit will you be working on?

Also, TCH is ranked as the best employer in Houston. It is an excellent company to work for.

yep. that's right. But you only have to work two weekend days a month. If you commit to the weekender program (you work every friday, saturday sunday) your diff is much much more.

Austin pays less, because everyone wants to live in Austin. No one willingly lives in El Paso...I was born and raised there, and couldn't wait to leave!

There seems to be plenty of jobs in Houston.

I work in Houston in the Medical Center, and ADN's and BSN's make the same.

I think it is that way at most nursing schools. We started out with 50 and graduated 12 of the original 50.

we were told when we were hired that you had to work the 3p-3a shift for a year before you could request a shift change. Depending on what shift you wanted to change to, it could take another 2 months to a year or more to get moved.

21 dollars an hour is VERY low. Not sure about the comment of the nurses being young. I work in a major hospital in the Medical center, and I will say on average, the average age of a GN on my unit (ER) is about 35. Not too young. I think the market in Houston is probably the best, but they do have a lot to chose from with all the local nursing schools. Good luck.

It's feasible. I worked the day after Thanksgiving. My employer gave me off Christmas Eve and Day and New Years Eve. I work New Years day.

we have assigned rooms. Some parts it is three rooms to one nurse and some parts it is four rooms to one nurse. The "fast track" area has 10 rooms and 2 nurses. We have about 6 attendings at one time and about 10 residents at one time. Sometimes there are a couple of fellows on the floor, too.