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If a nurse is prescribed a medication like Xanax, Klonipin, Ativan, etc for anxiety.....can they legally work as a nurse under the influence of this medication? I searched my state's boards of nursing website and could not find anything.

I have two friends in radiology and both are out of jobs right now so I would say the demand is much less.

Can a postpartum nurse decide to change an infant from regular formula to soy formula without the doctor's knowledge/order? I honestly didn't know if this was in the nurse's scope of practice. Any helpful links/articles would be great.

OP, get over it.

The job market is much better here in the South compared to the Northern states. I'm in Texas and jobs are not hard to come by in most areas here. So, if you would be willing to relocate......

The cost of living is low here in West Texas. I used to work in Lubbock and nurses earn less in bigger cities like Lubbock and Abilene than they do in outlying small towns because I earn much more now living in a small town.

Don't do it.

I am in a similar position, small rural hospital that only has 10-15 deliviers a month and only 2 nurses per shift, mostly LVNS. They send us to a big city hospital to train for a week and it helped A TON!

In our rural hospital we have LVNs in labor and delivery. If you live in a rural area some states allow it.

Except that many parent's spell nevaeh like you did - WRONG - on the birth certificate. It is such an obnoxious trendy name.

Let's hear the real reason you want to move. The reasons you listed sound pretty selfish and not very strong reasons for uprooting a family.

I'm from Texas in a rural town and LVNs make up the majority of the hospital. They Initiate IV, monitor, change fluids, discontinue IV.

You ranted on an internet post about this an expected everyone to give you a shoulder to cry on? How about put your big girl panties on and stop ranting on the internet and DEAL WITH IT.

Texas Tech. I got my RN BSN there and it is an excellent school.

I am an RN working in L&D/Postpartum. I have taken the required 45 hours of educational classess to sit to become an IBCLC and now just need to 1000 hours of breastfeeding education in the workplace documented. Becoming a board certified lactati...

It is not like this in all parts of the country. I am from Texas and when I graduated nursing school in 2007, the local hospitals were all hiring new grads into L&D, NICU, Antepartum. Many of my fellow graduates scored jobs in these departments. ...

I am trying to encourage my hospital to hire a lactation consultant (or better yet, pay for me to take the courses to become one.) I am trying to figure out if in Texas Medicaid reimburses hospitals for lactation consultation. I have looked everywher...

Please tell me what your hospital does to promote teamwork between nurses and how well it works? The hospital I work at has a "This is my patient, that is your patient" type attitude instead of helping each other out. I am interested in hearing about...

This person is obviously just a troll who is seeking attention.

This is a joke, right? Please, don't become a nurse. If a doctor or your manager/charge nurse has to tell you more than once to do something on many different occasions, I don't see you lasting long. This is the type of nurse who would...Not wipe wit...

You should ask at the job you are leaving.

When I left my previous job they offered me COBRA. My husband and I were both 23 at the time and it was $1500/month!!! So basically half of my salary. I said FORGET IT!

Was browsing for RN work at home jobs in my own state (Texas) and came upon this. Just thought I'd share http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=ILKTV&lr=cbpar_anstat&ff=21&APath=2.21.21.0.0&job_did=J7X1X872H...

I agree with Dallas and Austin.

I remember feeling the same way when I was a student nurse. "Why are all the nurses so mean to us students?" "I'm never going to act that way when I become a nurse.", etc Then, once I graduated and had students following me.....and once I became a ch...