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Good afternoon all you lovely nurses! Considering moving to downtown Houston to be closer to my family. I've heard horror stories about the job market on these forums as well as others. I've also done quite a bit of research with the local hospitals ...

I am currently an ED RN in Houston. Looking to move to a much more smaller and community area of the country. All the posts that I have searched in are of 3 or 4 years ago. Is there anything new about GJ hospitals or places for experienced nurses to ...

Does any body have any experience with this exam? I'm curious to know if it's super difficult or tricky. HR mentioned that potential hires only have two changes to pass. Those with any info please help a fellow nurse out! Gracias!

Hey mveldma3! Just out of curiosity, do you know how many experienced ICU nurses applied for that very same position with Centura? Just want to get a feel for the new grad : experienced nurse ratio in that area. Thanks!

I caught this post as I was searching for something else, LoL!! I've been in emergency medicine for the greater part of my adult career. EMT -> Medic -> RN. (and even though I don't have the 30-99 years + in ER like some people on here) I can v...

Good Morning all: I know there are a plethora of lab results books floating out there in the book stores; my question however is this: In your personal and professional opinion which Diagnostic and Lab result book has helped you the most? Thanks!

Actually, any generalized application: ER, CCU, Med/Surg... Just looking for lab summaries and values; CBC, Cardiac markers, Hepatic function panels, etc... Typically a nursing diagnostic manual will have many labs, explanations, and results not spec...

An ER mentor would be the best way to go But as far as books Sheehy has been around for a while. I would also add to the TNCC, ENPC, etc. credentials. Basically get an ENA membership and start taking webinars to boost your ER knowledge. Unfortunatel...

Actually yes, I do have a few tips ( of course these are not full proof and if they don't work you can't sue me...hehehe!) Take it from a person who has worked ONLY 12 night shifts for the past 11 years... If you work 3 days in a row then on the last...

ER!!! Because it rocks my socks!

Hey all: I was curious at the quality of work in some of these Houston hospitals (including county and the Medical Center) Where I came from (ED) we have a very low budget computer documenting system but the nurses are treated really well and not man...

no specifically to the medical center but over all hospitals inside and outside of the loop. I not really looking to distinguish between Trauma centers and non trauma centers. Mainly a general overview of how any particular hospital treats their nurs...

Thank you very much HouTx! Every little bit of information counts now a days. I appriciate the time and I'll be sure to keep the fourm abreast of my progress. Also, I will take your advice and look into a couple of hospitals in the suburbs. We'll see...

I have looked all through there websites and on google maps. Very limited access indeed :) I can't seem to find a good order or Hierarchy of GOOD hospitals to work for. Does any one have any suggestions. I'm flying blind here LOL!!! What are the good...

And how can I best prepare for one? I just got off the phone with a recruiter from a local hospital and I'm set to take a one hour situational phone interview. Is there any thing that I can do to prepare for one of these? I have never had a phone int...

thank you very much! I was let down (but not for long) when I found out that DH didn't consider me for a face-to-face interview. But now, I feel pretty fortunate to even make it through our RN program AND pass my boards!! :wink2: I'm mature and reali...

Thanks you so much for the reply. Actually, I actually got as far as the phone interview but then I got an email saying they picked someone who was more qualified, Oh well, :) On another note, you mentioned that the cost of living was way too high. I...

Blah!! So I got the results of my phone interview...no go I got a "thanks but no thanks" e-mail today from DH. Most of the questions were: Rate you self-worth, work ethic, dependability, etc. Also, they asked me about what I would do with a disgrunt...

Thank you so much!!! This information helps a whole lot. I'll be sure to let you know how I do and what types of questions they ask. I have my interview tomorrow afternoon. Wish me luck!!

WoW!! Thank you so muchf ro the info. I'm sure that this will save me a lot of heart ache and time when searching for a hospital. Has anyone heard anything about Porter or Swedish? Whether good or bad; please let me know??? Thanks :redbeathe

Hey guys, please point me in the right direction. I would hate to make the mistake of working at a hospital that is not very kind or respectable to their employees. I was mostly waiting until I passed my board exam before I start hospital hunting. B...

I took my exam this morning. 90 questions in 2hours or so. The thing that keeps sticking out in my mind is the priority questions. I don't know if it's just my mind making up different senarios but I swear I could tell if I was getting a question rig...

Oh my God!!!! I'm so sorry you failed, and your post sounded pretty confident. How did you feel when you left the testing center, good/bad?

Oh man!! I can't imagine how people deal with this pressure for so long Platanos, I have so much respect for you bro. I don't know if anything that we have to say will change how you are feeling right now but please don't let this defeat you. Take y...

Hey Platanos, please let us know how you did. I take my test in 3 days. The anxiety of it all has finally started to set in *sigh*...my whole future is planned out by the result of this exam. Pretty sad, I know