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1. Not many Black/African American nurses working in the ICU's

   i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to i-njoy-being-a-nurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Yes it

2. Not many Black/African American nurses working in the ICU's

   i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to i-njoy-being-a-nurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   You are right! I was the only "person of color' in the CVICU internship program. It was an expectation of CCRN, moving up the clinical ladder, and become an advanced practice nurse. The color of my...

3. Not many Black/African American nurses working in the ICU's

   i-njoy-being-a-nurse posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Hello, I have worked in the 3 different CVICU's in the past 8 years and there is always less than 5 AA nurses in the unit.

4. ICU visiting hours.. What is reasonable?

   i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to TigerGalLE's topic in MICU, SICU

   I think visitation should be in scheduled blocked times, for example 10-noon, 1400-1600, 2030-2230, 0400-0530. Or something similar. The patients are in the ICU for a reason. I know the family wants...

5. Diversity in the ICU

   i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to i-njoy-being-a-nurse's topic in Texas Nursing

   You can forget about Parkland Trauma ICU, no diversity at all. I do not understand how that is. Look at the location and the population of patients that come through that hospital. I don't know about...

6. Diversity in the ICU

   i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to i-njoy-being-a-nurse's topic in Texas Nursing

   I would really like to work in the Northeast. I enjoy being a ICU nurse and I prefer to work with a good staff mix: Male, female, new grad to 10+ experience, and nurses from different

7. Employment after having report on group one

   i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to melek23's topic in Texas Nursing

   Call group one and get a copy of your

8. East Texas

   i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to ontheroad!'s topic in Texas Nursing

   No flexibility with scheduling at the Tyler hospital. Everyone works the Matrix and the removed the fourth day so you might work tues, fri, sat, sun, wed, thurs or mon, fri,sat, sun, wed, thurs for...

9. Diversity in the ICU

   i-njoy-being-a-nurse posted a topic in Texas Nursing

   I have worked in the ICU for 7 years and 4 years on Medical/Surgical/Telemetry floor. I thought I would see more diversity in the ICU's by now. I found this very disappointing in some of the major...

10. Memorial Hermann is planning on unpaid GN intersnship

    i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to RNQueen's topic in Texas Nursing

    RUN, RUN, RUN!!!!!! Memorial Hermann is not a good company to work for. The best of the best (from hell!). I worked there for 3 years and it was not worth it. They should offer top pay since most of...

11. How do I get accepted into Texas CRNA school?

    i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to jbull86's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Your degree in biology should help, take the GRE, you need >500 on verbal for UT houston and an overall score >1000 for all the schools in TX. Try to work in a CVICU or Trauma ICU (level 1...

12. Memorial Hermann TMC Location

    i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to cupcakelover's topic in Texas Nursing

    Apply to another facility in the Medical Center. I worked at Memorial Hermann TMC for 2 years and they do not value their nurses. Ask the nurses on the unit how long they've been a nurse and how long...

13. TX ---Male Pre-Nursing Students

    i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to avidgolfer3's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck to all of you, I enjoy working with male nurses. No

14. Any black male nurses out there?

    i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to Spoiled1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I work in the famous Texas Medical Center in a CVICU and as far as black nurses there's less than 5 on days and nights total. Prarie View has a nursing school in the medical center and I know at least...

15. Online Statistics Grad Level Course???

    i-njoy-being-a-nurse replied to bucknangler's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    UT at Permian Basin offers MATH 6301 in the