TX_ICU_RN

TX_ICU_RN

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  1. Why would anyone do this? ACNP + CRNA

    TX_ICU_RN replied to UCDSICURN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am also considering this option. I am a Pedi NP (inactive NP license) who is about to start in an adult ICU as a RN. I will start a post-master's certificate in the Fall to earn my ACNP. Snce it...

  2. TCU aug. 08

    TX_ICU_RN replied to cfarley's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Just a question for those of you who have been admitted...I am looking at applying to TCU for the class beginning in 2010. I live in DFW and have a family, so I do not want to travel for my clinicals....

  3. What are some US cities where you do NOT need a car at all to live / work?

    TX_ICU_RN replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you NOT to move to DFW or Houston if you want to use public transportation. I would LOVE to be able to get rid of one of our cars...but there is no way that my husband and I could both work...

  4. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    TX_ICU_RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think a big part of the issue is administration and education renaming patients as "clients". This issue is a big part of my decision to pursue advanced practice. In my former life (before staying...

  5. when can nurses touch ventilators

    TX_ICU_RN replied to koleaga's topic in General Nursing

    You could not pay me enough as a RN to TOUCH the vent other than the FiO2 settings. When I go on to get my ACNP or CRNA....then I won't mind because I have taken on the legal liability in exchange for...

  6. Pre Op pts in PACU

    TX_ICU_RN replied to wayover20's topic in PACU

    I'm having surgery on Monday and would not be a happy person if they did this. Unfortunately, I would not put it past the facility I am going to. Fortunately, my anesthesiologist knows me well enough...

  7. "IM doesn't work for me"

    TX_ICU_RN replied to RunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    As a daughter of an addict, I share your fears. My father "self-medicated" his bi-polar disorder for many years with ETOH, pot, and other drugs. Both of my grandfathers were alcoholics as well. I do...

  8. Koi Scrubs

    TX_ICU_RN replied to Ms Mischief's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I did not try on the white, but the baby blue was way to see through for

  9. Nurse to Doctor

    TX_ICU_RN replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    If I had not accidentally gotten pregnant in nursing school, my husband (a fellow nursing student) and I were going to go to med school after nursing school. I felt we would have had a distinct...

  10. turned into the boards what now?

    TX_ICU_RN replied to Buckyxj's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry this has happened to you. I would try and find a lawyer who is also a RN. Much of the time, the majority of their practice is r/t defending nurses against the

  11. NP without nursing major?

    TX_ICU_RN replied to ellyhong's topic in General Nursing

    My brother was going to do a program like this at OSU and it worked like this: The first step is an accelerated RN program with the classes like Assessment and Patho being 5 hour courses so they are...

  12. Possible Pedi NP path - where to work?

    TX_ICU_RN replied to MommyandRN's topic in Pediatric

    If I had it to do all over again, I would start in a Pedi Fast Track/Urgent care as a RN. I did a lot of my PNP clinicals there and learned a vast amount of information. My pedi med/surg experience...

  13. Curious as to what happens to teen Moms

    TX_ICU_RN replied to justme1972's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congratulations on all of your successes in life! I had my son at 20 in my senior year of my BSN program...that was hard enough. I can't imagine what you have been through, but you have created a...

  14. Curious as to what happens to teen Moms

    TX_ICU_RN replied to justme1972's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think it is awful that someone as young as TWELVE (I have seen this before) is allowed to make a decision such as this. When the mother is 12, it is truly her parents who will be providing...

  15. Pre Op pts in PACU

    TX_ICU_RN replied to wayover20's topic in PACU

    As a nurse who has had multiple surgeries, I would not want to be in this situation as a nurse or a patient. Surgery is stressful enough...I would not let them stick me in PACU during the pre-op...

  16. Unit Secretary tells me she regularly snoops electronically

    TX_ICU_RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Almost an entire case management unit from a large hospital in my area was fired for this recently. They had all looked up a chart of a fellow employee in another department. I do not ever look...

  17. Sanita shoes....

    TX_ICU_RN replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I just got my first pair of Sanitas and LOVE them. Before I bought them, I did some internet research to try and figure out the Dansko/Sanita saga. I found a lot of information and decided to call The...

  18. Curious as to what happens to teen Moms

    TX_ICU_RN replied to justme1972's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In Texas, the parent is legally required to take care of their child (food, clothing, and shelter) until the age of 18 OR the age of 16 if the child is pregnant or has a child. The teenager is...

  19. Could I really be a CRNA?? What do u think???

    TX_ICU_RN replied to Epona's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    IMHO, only you can truly answer that question through doing/thinking about things like: Shadowing a CRNA Working in the OR Talking with your HCP Is your condition going to get worse? Are there other...

  20. Is nursing recession-proof?

    TX_ICU_RN replied to Emptynstr2's topic in General Nursing

    It is about as recession-proof of a job as you are going to find. I graduated from nursing school in 1997, and we were one of the first classes in a few years to be recruited and have a pick of...

  21. "IM doesn't work for me"

    TX_ICU_RN replied to RunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    I don't think the IM route is what this patient came in for. Because IM works over time, she does not get that "high" that comes with the IV

  22. What about Neuro ICU...

    TX_ICU_RN replied to love-d-OR's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    First of all, I think you are amazing to have worked so hard to get to where you are today! It is because of people like you that I am in nursing today. Yes (especially in the ICUs), we see the worst...

  23. Were You a Nursing Assistant

    TX_ICU_RN replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I was a nursing assistant my first semester of nursing school on an adult med/surg floor. I almost quit school because I hated it so much. However, my senior year I took a job on a pedi floor. I loved...

  24. Acute Care NP?

    TX_ICU_RN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am starting in the ICU this month as a RN after four years as a SAHM. In my former life, I was a Pedi NP and Nursing Instructor. The problem with pedi was that I NEVER got any immunity to all the...

  25. Answers from 100 nurses needed: Which state has the most nursing shortage?

    TX_ICU_RN replied to John123's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I live in the DFW area of Texas and we have a severe nursing shortage. I have been out of the nursing field for over four years and got a job offer 12 days after submitting my application online. The...