BrittRN2b

Just received an email inviting me to an interview march 20 - hope to see y'all there!!!!

That's great! I'm still impatiently waiting for an email or letter. Anyone else got an interview for Fnp?

Julia, when's your interview?

I'm hoping to hear about an interview for Fnp soon. Stalking the mail man. :)

Please post if you have heard of any hospitals that are on a hiring freeze and how you obtained this information. There is a lot of buzz going on around my school among the May 09 grads afraid they won't get a job and hearing that so and so isn't hi...

That is awful! I hope she gets another job offer that works out better for her.

I don't understand how TCH remains staffed in the NICU. From what I was able to gather they only hired like one or two new grads the past few semesters. Then again, I've heard that their nurses basically never leave, so maybe they just don't have man...

I know for a fact that Hermann in the med center is not on a hiring freeze. Myself and lots of other classmates have been hired for the June 2009 internship. Something like 16 are hired into NICU, 4 to 8 in ER, a handful in women's services, quite a...

Scenario: Bob applies for a job at a unit where his brother's fiance, Sue, is a staff nurse. Large unit of about 100 staff nurses so it is not likely that they will ever work together anyway. Both Bob and Sue will be staff nurses, no supervisory o...

So everyone thinks it should be fine and that an applicant would not be revoked an offer or made to change units based on their potential sister-in-law working there?

Well considering they did not know about the pending brotherinlaw sisterinlaw relationship when the hiring took place, there is no way it could have been favoritism. Basically, Sue is afraid that she and Bob will get in trouble for being in laws an...

could it be a vasospasm?

I am in the accelerated BSN program at UT Houston. It is challenging but not overwhelming. It is a lot of reading and self-study. We are on campus about 3 times a week the first semester and then just once a week the second and third semesters ju...

I applied for the Fall 2008 accelerated BSN program and am very excited to have an interview on April 10 - the letter just came in the mail today! Anyway, I wasn't able to find any recent threads for applicants applying for this year so wanted to se...

If you are sharing your delight in finding a specialty that suits you, congratulations! However, if you are you saying you were jumping for joy to find a client cutting her wrists, I find that a bit disturbing.

South Texas also known as "the valley" has a severe nursing shortage. I've heard of some large bonuses to try to attract nurses. Knowing Spanish is important.

I'll be taking this since I graduate May 2009 and I don't have a problem with it. As nurses we have so much responsibility and it to our benefit to know the law. I don't see it as just "one more thing" to do but an opportunity to know the rules an...

You might also look into the accelerated BSN program at UT Houston. I'm currently in the program and all of the classes are online so you just come to campus for labs and tests. Also it is 12 months instead of 15 months. There are advantages to eac...

What a fabulous idea! Do you have to buy a 1/2 size larger shoe to comfortably fit the insert or do they work with your regular size shoes? I just imagine that the insert might be thick and require extra space.

Nursing and medicine are vastly different. Find out more about what is available in each and then decide which would be right for you. There are great career opportunities in nursing including all of the various graduate specialties you can pursue ...

Part of me still wishes I would have pursued pharmacy school. I ditched that idea b/c I didn't like the role of pharmacists at the retail chain I was working at, but now I see the hospital pharmacists seem to have a low stress job and are very highl...

I bought some Red Cross brand white leather shoes on allheart.com on clearance marked to $25 (from $75)! They have been great. I actually bought two pairs of the same brand: one lace up tennis shoe style and one clog. Both are great but I especially...

I'm at UT Health Science Center at Houston in a 12 month accelerated BSN program for those with a previous bachelors degree in another field. All of our classes are online. We just come to class for labs and tests and school events (which are optio...

Sure, I'm nervous going into my last year of nursing school because my last year is my first year - my only year in this accelerated BSN program. It is alright though because I know it will all work out. Hang in there! You may suprise yourself wit...

We had to do care plans the first couple of shifts which entailed coming to the hospital to "pick" a patient the night before and writing a careplan, etc. A few shifts into it we were able to just look up our meds/labs the morning we arrive at clini...