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  1. Attn: New Cy Fair Nursing Students

    sbyramRN replied to sbyramRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Memorial City mall is fine. I am available from 7.15-2.15 through the rest of the week. If you want to come after those times, it will have to be closer to my house, because my kids are home from...

  2. What states allow GN's (Graduate Nurses) to work?

    sbyramRN replied to dolphins84te's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Texas does, but I noticed most of the hospitals here in Houston want you to pass your boards before you start

  3. Attn: New Cy Fair Nursing Students

    sbyramRN replied to sbyramRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    I am Memorial and Dairy Ashford. post me a private email, and I will give you my phone number. All in one care planning resource Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN 3rd edition Saunders...

  4. What departments have high amounts of men?

    sbyramRN replied to RN student c/o '09's topic in General Nursing

    Ha, Ha..... I guess no one wants to work with

  5. When do we learn how to start an iv

    sbyramRN replied to VampRN's topic in General Students

    Well, our director in NS always told us a monkey could learn the skills and that nursing school was to learn the critical thinking skills...the physical skills would come with job training. I don't...

  6. What departments have high amounts of men?

    sbyramRN replied to RN student c/o '09's topic in General Nursing

    ER. One of the reasons I wanted to work in the ER was because of this fact. I enjoy working with men way more than I do with women. I am a

  7. When do we learn how to start an iv

    sbyramRN replied to VampRN's topic in General Students

    I would have dropped out of nursing school before letting a class mate start an IV on me! We learned on mannequins our first semester, and when we started Med Surg 1 the second semester, we were...

  8. Would you have breast reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy?

    sbyramRN replied to FE710's topic in General Students

    I am thirty five, and yes, I would have reconstructive

  9. I NEED A JOB

    sbyramRN replied to miacox's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, those that did not find a job prior to graduation are having a hard time. Those that started looking a few months before graduation all ended up being hired in internship positions prior to...

  10. applying to lone star colleges for fall 09

    sbyramRN replied to jeneecw's topic in Texas Nursing

    I actually liked all my teachers. They did their job well. Did I like the program???? No, not really, but I don't think that was a reflection of the teaching staff. We started off with 48 and...

  11. Interveiw Questions for Internship? Help!

    sbyramRN replied to skinnedknees's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lets see: Why do you want this job What do you think sets you apart from the other applicants Tell us about a difficult time in your life and how you got through it. Tell us how you handle stress on...

  12. Nursing and Traffic Violations?!? SERIOUSLY

    sbyramRN replied to Spoiled627's topic in General Nursing

    Well, your traffic violations come up on your criminal background check which you agree to when you apply for the job. Your credit comes up on your background check on your pre employment screening...

  13. Down In The Dumps

    sbyramRN replied to wabashcannon's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Unfortunately, I think you waited too long to take your NCLEX and to apply for jobs. Most people usually start applying for jobs and have a job lined up before graduation, and before sitting for...

  14. Interveiw Questions for Internship? Help!

    sbyramRN replied to skinnedknees's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had a two panel interview. No scenario questions. The first panel was with the Night Manager and the Day manager. The second panel was with four nurses that work on the unit. They asked more...

  15. applying to lone star colleges for fall 09

    sbyramRN replied to jeneecw's topic in Texas Nursing

    Maybe so. Pharm just seemed like pure memorization to me until I was actually able to apply what was learned in the clinical setting. I think having some clinical experience prior to taking pharm...

  16. Nursing and Traffic Violations?!? SERIOUSLY

    sbyramRN replied to Spoiled627's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I am sure many agree with you, because I watch people fly through my kids school zone on a daily basis. I for one do not think there is anything "silly" about not obeying the school speed zone....

  17. applying to lone star colleges for fall 09

    sbyramRN replied to jeneecw's topic in Texas Nursing

    The blocked curriculm is actually kind of nice. We learn all our skills in the first semester in lab, then after that, we are free to do all skills for the rest of the program. Also, at cy fair, we...

  18. applying to lone star colleges for fall 09

    sbyramRN replied to jeneecw's topic in Texas Nursing

    I graduated from Cy Fair, and we HAD to take our Pharm class online...we were not given any other option. Also, we were not allowed to take Pharm until we were actually accepted into the nursing...

  19. Enough is enough: Get out of my wallet.

    sbyramRN replied to Bortaz's topic in General Students

    Don't go. We were able to wear "professional" clothing. We did light the candle and recited the FN pledge, received our pins, and that was it. Everyone from my class attended pinning, but I do know...

  20. License good for less than a year?

    sbyramRN replied to L&DRN03's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have a copy of my license which the board mailed to me a couple of weeks

  21. New Jurisprudence Exam

    sbyramRN replied to texasrtkd's topic in Texas Nursing

    I took the exam back in December. There is a 25 dollar tutorial at the beginning that takes a couple of hours to go through. It basically gives you EVERYTHING you need to pass the Jurisprudence...

  22. Have a Really Important question

    sbyramRN replied to Preet2011's topic in General Nursing

    There is no difference between a BSN and an ADN. I think the ADN better prepare their students in the clinical setting. Other than that, they are both RN's in the end. I don't think they pay extra...

  23. Psychiatric Nurses Please Help.

    sbyramRN replied to Mikerinhouston's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I did my Psyche rotation at had a PICU, Dual Diagnoses (usually substance abuse + depression), geriatric, adolescent. There might have been one more, but I forgot. Maybe just a...

  24. Question about organ donation.

    sbyramRN replied to xlilchatonx's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry, but this is the silliest thing I have heard in a long time. My mother made this comment once, and I was totally blown away...Can you imagine "oh, he/she is an organ donor.... don't touch...

  25. Nursing and Traffic Violations?!? SERIOUSLY

    sbyramRN replied to Spoiled627's topic in General Nursing

    If it was in a school zone, then that is a Class A misdemeanor (I think) and can keep you from getting your license. We were warned of this prior to enterning nursing school at the...