HouTx BSN, MSN, EdD

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    Am I Too Old To Go Back To School?

    HouTx replied to elaine6399's topic in LPN to RN

    I don't know about you, but my birth certificate doesn't have an expiration date on it. Go for it!!! Keep us posted on your
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    Can't Pass Fundamentals of Nursing!!!

    HouTx replied to Kelly185891's topic in General Students

    Sorry, but I have to disagree with a few of the PPs. Nursing is NOT for everyone. It is not an 'intelligence' thing. Our brains are pretty much hardwired for some types of cognition at the time of...
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    Too many study aids??

    HouTx replied to snuzzardbuzzard's topic in General Students

    Just a consideration - Nursing is going to be an eternal challenge for you considering the sheer volumes of information that must be read and understood to maintain your practice. How is this going...
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    Dissertation: maggot therapy and nurses perceptions

    HouTx replied to tw00086's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Only had one experience with this - the therapy worked & patient outcome was good. However, I distinctly recall a mind-blowing realization -- while standing by as the patient's limb was being...
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    To be RN or not to be

    HouTx replied to Run student's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good Grief - we're not test pilots or high iron workers & Freddy Kruger is not a co-worker - why in the world are you seeking "horror stories" from nurses??? It's a career, not World of Warcraft...
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    Out-of-the box nursing jobs

    HouTx replied to RunBabyRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Knew a nurse PhD who worked with NASA. Her primary area of research was figuring out how 'lady business' would work in zero gravity & how to best accommodate lady plumbing in the toilets. Srsly....
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    The job market is tough... "How tough is it?"

    HouTx replied to Guttercat's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Based on my experience with some (very flawed) online job application systems . . . When a job is linked to the online application system, it can be configured with screening criteria. The criteria...
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    BSN or ADN

    HouTx replied to simplenerd's topic in Texas Nursing

    Have you determined whether you are eligible for any type of financial aid? That may be a good place to start. You can obtain information about this from the schools in which you are interested....
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    New NM need advice

    HouTx replied to bymysoul2squeeze's topic in Nurse Management

    Start slow. A typical newbie mistake is to make a lot of changes & 'come down hard' without really understanding how things work. I train managers... and normally advise them not to make any big...
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    MSN in Education or MS Ed?

    HouTx replied to coopman712's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Agree for the most part with the PPs. But I would add a caveat that an MSN-Edu is necessary, but not sufficient in workplace education. We non-academic types have to deal with a lot of issues like...
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    Performance Based Development System (PBDS)

    HouTx replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I just love it when a PBDS discussion surfaces... same arguments every time. I work with a very large health care system. We have used PBDS for a Loooooonnnggg time. We have sufficient evidence to...
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    Educator and NP: can you have it both ways?

    HouTx replied to curlygirlie3's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I have worked with several NP-prepared nurses who chose to enter (hospital-based) education rather than remain in clinical practice. Just like someone who wanted to go the other way (educator -->...
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    Need Pointers For Interview

    HouTx replied to Bluekal's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Welcome to the tribe! (educators, that is) Make sure you are prepared to highlight all the education you have done... as a preceptor, helping with an inservice, etc. This will show that you have an...
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    Career in the ICU

    HouTx replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    Acute care jobs for APRNs (CNS, NP, CNM) are on the increase in my part of the country. Some are working in a para-hospitalist capacity, providing inpatient coverage for a group of physicians...
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    Train wrecks!

    HouTx replied to SHGR's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So I suppose OP would not like patient complexity described in terms of "rig count" (number of IV pumps and other pieces of equipment surrounding the bedside)... or maybe that is more of a Southern...
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    Nurses Notes plagiarism at work such a thing?

    HouTx replied to Lanipeach's topic in General Nursing

    Nuts. Definition of plagiarism from Webster - to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source Does not even apply in this case. Nurses...
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    Documentation, Scapegoating and Fear for Jobs.. The Current Status of Being an RN.

    HouTx replied to PedsRN25's topic in General Nursing

    I blame this on a complete failure of nursing leadership. It's their job to create and maintain an environment that supports nursing practice. That is the sole purpose for requiring an RN for those...
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    The Future of Nursing Question

    HouTx replied to On_a_mission92's topic in General Students

    This week, the Healthcare Advisory Board reported that inpatient volumes are continuing to shrink (~5% in 2013) and it looks like this will continue for the next couple of years. They think that a...
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    Feeling guilty.

    HouTx replied to crossfitnurse's topic in General Students

    Way to Prioritize!!! You've got
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    Accent

    HouTx replied to 2014 Graduate's topic in General Students

    If it is a concern, you may want to seek out the services of a speech/language therapist. Clear verbal communication is a patient safety issue. Some years ago, in a major teaching hospital where I...
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    I feel like a fraud :((

    HouTx replied to jcwhite23's topic in General Students

    You're right on track. The more you understand, the more you realize how much you do not know. Wisdom requires humility - knowing that you don't have answers, but you do know where to look and how...
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    Who supervises you during clinicals?

    HouTx replied to calivianya's topic in General Students

    Hmm - seems to be a great deal of diversity here in terms of exactly what the Clinical Instructor is responsible for. I totally agree with the OP & understand her dismay at being forced into the...
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    What is BSN/MSN?

    HouTx replied to RHill9919's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Lemme wade in on this one . . . In the US, pre-licensure nursing education is designed to produce a generalist - who can then pass NCLEX and become licensed as an RN. Graduate education provides...
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    Chamberlain BSN- Single mom

    HouTx replied to Lynette86's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow! What a great arrangement ^^^^^^. I believe that Texas Woman's University (Denton TX) used to have some dorms set aside - & childcare facilities - for single parents but I don't know if...
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    Attempting to become an RN

    HouTx replied to dracromin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you want to work in a US hospital, you will need a BSN. This is already the case in larger cities, and rapidly taking place across the country as everyone is scrambling to meet the IOM staffing...