phlox

phlox

L&D,surgery,med/surg,ER,alzheimers

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  1. How long will it take you to admit a new patient to L&D?

    phlox replied to Jiayou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked L&D many years ago. You will get faster. You will learn to do serveral things at once. For instance, while you are putting in the IV and putting on the fetal moniter, you can be...

  2. Refresher course starts tomorrow

    phlox replied to kintexas's topic in Retired Nurses

    Thanks JustKaren2. I'm in Texas and I am going to check and see what the Houston Med Center (which is a large group well-known Hospitals located together in Houston) has to offer in the way of sign...

  3. Success Returning to Nursing

    phlox replied to TraceyL's topic in Retired Nurses

    Congrats! You are an inspiration for those of us who want to do the same thing

  4. Refresher course starts tomorrow

    phlox replied to kintexas's topic in Retired Nurses

    I am not used to having to defend myself here....but I am disabled and live on a tiny SSDI check each month. It is small because I was a stay at home mom for more years than I was in the workforce so...

  5. Small Community Hospitals

    phlox replied to MNTH's topic in General Nursing

    Yep gun shot wounds, chain saw accidents, rodeo accidents, car accidents, auto versas bovine (this is Texas, happens al lot), factory accidents. A small hosptial ER gets some nasty stuff and usually,...

  6. Small Community Hospitals

    phlox replied to MNTH's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a very large hospital in Houston and then I worked in a very tiny rural hosptial in Texas. They were entirely different experiences. The big hospital was high tech and modern and had a...

  7. Literally cried in front of the person interviewing me

    phlox replied to AB normalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I would have done it differently. I would not have cried. Don't ever let them see you cry! You want them to want you! Showcase yourself! Present yourself as a new and desireable member of their...

  8. My 9 year old patient was raped and required surgery

    phlox replied to ssouthernyankee's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh my! I just found this thread and read the entire thing. I have been crying, of course. ssouthernyankee, you are a true inspiration and deserving of all things lovely and wonderful and good...

  9. BiPolar on Texas SSDI and want to work

    phlox replied to phlox's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thanks Liddle. I want this and know I can do it. I love reading this forum and have also read everything I can about PHES online in Houston. I am still very confused about the order of events. The...

  10. I guess I've become sensitized to nursing.

    phlox replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    I have had the duty and the honor to sit by the side of those who would have died alone. It is a rare privelige to witness the end of life, when it has comfortably run it's course and all it had to...

  11. How far from your current home would you be willing to drive (one way) to work?

    phlox replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I picked 41-60 miles. That is an easy drive in rural

  12. On an average...how much does RNs and LVN new grads make

    phlox replied to #one's topic in Texas Nursing

    That's enough to get me headed in the direction of that Refresher Course!

  13. Anyone Bipolar???

    phlox replied to phoenix72's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Liddle Noodnik, I am still learning this vast site and have posted "Bipolar" questions in several areas on here. I don't remember deleting a post on this thread. I have anger issues when I am manic....

  14. On an average...how much does RNs and LVN new grads make

    phlox replied to #one's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thanks, TheCommuter, for answering my question. After I posted, I realized how many threads were similar. I will try to read more before

  15. Where to go and live?

    phlox replied to ram8839's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have a family member who bought a house in Arlington. It is on a hilly street and it is a beautiful neighborhood worth checking out. The houses are all different levels and very

  16. Pay & Working Conditions in Doctor's Offices

    phlox replied to pinkrose85's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have often thought that a doctor's office position would be "easier" than a position in med/surg as a floor nurse. But is it as fullfilling? Do you really feel like a nurse? When you tell someone...

  17. On an average...how much does RNs and LVN new grads make

    phlox replied to #one's topic in Texas Nursing

    I would like to know what Houston or Austin pay a new RN grad on average. After I take a refresher course, I may chose to work in one of these cities. So I am not really a new grad, but an older...

  18. Refresher Course and TPAPN?

    phlox replied to phlox's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I don't mean to offend and I understand that addiction is a disease. I guess I resent having to pay for and put up with random urine test. That is really what I meant. My mental illness does not...

  19. BiPolar on Texas SSDI and want to work

    phlox replied to phlox's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hello everybody. It is January 2010 and I have done nothing to get my license reinstated. I did talk to my pysch doctor about going back to work and she gave no response really. It was not what I...

  20. Refresher course starts tomorrow

    phlox replied to kintexas's topic in Retired Nurses

    Oh...one more thing. Is there any way to get financial aid? Do any hospitals foot the bill for refresher courses as a sign-on bonus type thing? I do not have money for uniforms or shoes or

  21. Refresher course starts tomorrow

    phlox replied to kintexas's topic in Retired Nurses

    These stories may actually be life alering for me. I am so frightend that I will not be able to not get my butt in gear and do this. I am almost more afraid to not taking the steps to do this than...

  22. Refresher Course and TPAPN?

    phlox replied to phlox's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thanks to all of you for responding. This is really helping me. I will answer all of yall as a group instead of individually, hope that is okay. Ok, I just want understand. It was said that I should...

  23. Refresher Course and TPAPN?

    phlox replied to phlox's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have not been here to the forum in a good while and came back and was pleased to find more comments to my post. It is wonderful to have all of yalls ideas and thoughts. I have such a low opinion...

  24. Quitting smoking..the second time around

    phlox replied to nickos's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I quit smoking Sept.1, 2009 I had my last cigarette that morning right before a mammography and an ultrasound. Thought that would be a good dividing line between the smoking and non-smoking times of...

  25. Refresher Course and TPAPN?

    phlox replied to phlox's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Thanks morte. I was not fired or "let go" or asked to quit because of mental illness. I was diagnosed and put on medication and then thought to myself that I should quit in order to be safe. So...