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  1. Seton health insurance

    I just started at Seton this week, and I'm trying to figure out which health care plan to choose. I can't figure out the difference between the Seton basic EPN vs. Expanded EPN plan.. and noone seems...
  2. Moving to FW - need info on jobs!!!

    Before I was a nurse 3 years ago, I worked for Harris Southwest in a PCU (same as IMC essentially) unit, and I generally liked the Harris system.. although I was a nurse tech at the time and did not...
  3. can lvns draw blood in texas????

    Yeah, never worked in a place that an LVN could not draw blood.. They do pretty much the same things as I do, aside from some narcotic med restrictions and hanging
  4. Bachelors v Associate - any advice?

    I would go ahead and finish the bio degree since you're almost done, just to have it under your belt and give you more options in the future.. and then either get an associates and a community college...
  5. Is low census a problem at your hospital???

    Us too right now.. and I work in a major level 1 trauma center. We're getting cancelled and sent home all the
  6. I had my baby when I was in nursing school in my final semester, so I never dealt with having young children to manage. But I did survive a pregnancy and a newborn during a very difficult semester,...
  7. No, LTC is usually post-hospitalization patients or patients coming out of rehab who are not yet ready to be fully discharged to home and need continuing care. There are different types of long term...
  8. Seton Versant Program October 2009 Start Date

    Basically how Versant works is that you apply for any GN opening you choose to apply for, and you will simultaneously be applying for Versant. If you get a job after interviewing on different floors...
  9. And remember - with nursing, you can try a schedule and if it doesn't work.. you can always leave for another hospital or change your area of nursing entirely. Nothing is permanent. If nights turn out...
  10. Well like I said, it totally depends on your situation. That may well be what works best for you, and that may be totally unworkable for someone else. I personally was so wiped out from night shift, I...
  11. Difficult job market in Austin. Wanting Mon-Fri hours.

    Have you thought of office nursing? I worked for an OBGYN group for a while and worked M-F hours.. but the way it was set up, we always ended up getting one day off a week when our doctor was...
  12. It totally depends on your situation. If you are a single mom with a child who is in school, my recommendation is to get into office nursing because your hours with better correlate with your child's...
  13. Austin, TX

    AvenueQT - I got hired with OBGyn Group of Austin (previously DesRosier & Wernecke Assoc.), and they are one of the only places I know of that is open to hiring new grads. I think I mainly got...
  14. Yep... I got that same email last year, and that's about when I gave up on them. It's ridiculous. It's like, thanks for acknowledging that I applied within the last 6 months. I didn't even get that...
  15. I will just say... even though my best friend's mother is the workforce development manager for St. Davids.. I STILL couldn't get an interview with them. I applied and was persistent in staying in...
  16. I did clinicals on the psych units at both JPS Trinity Springs and Huguley. I liked both
  17. GN vs. new RN

    Some hospitals post RN positions for any RN across the board, including ones who are brand new out of nursing school, some have specific GN positions posted, and some have one GN application for all...
  18. Austin, TX

    Austin rocks and is very family/dog friendly! I am an RN at Brackenridge Hospital (a magnet member of the Seton hospital system, and now a Level I Trauma Center!) and I LOVE it there. I think you'd be...
  19. Looking for advice (Austin, TX)

    I work for Seton in Austin (Brack). I will say that my residency cohort of 70+ people has 2 or 3 ED hires in it.. and that's more than the previous cohort or the one after that. So while it is...
  20. Where are there jobs in Texas?

    FYI, the Versant program in Austin is run 4 times a year, not twice. And there absolutely are jobs in Austin, just maybe not the exactly perfect one you might want. But a lot of people get lucky here...
  21. Dell Children's

    Does anyone work at Dell Children's, or know someone who does? It's been impossible to find a position in L&D anywhere in Seton, so I'm thinking about starting somewhere else and moving into...
  22. TCU Questions

    I was gonna say exactly what Prettyladie said, so I won't go into that any more than she did! But I will say, yes the program is great. I loved it, and it was totally worth the "$14,000" a semester...
  23. Relocating to Austin, need advice when to apply

    Seton and St. Davids are the two main hospital systems here. I work for Seton, just started as a new graduate RN and am going through their RN Residency program that is provided for their new nurses...
  24. I've made the decision to leave med-surg

    I've had a week on med/surg... but I know I won't be staying! I'm gonna stick it out as long as I can for the experience and to get through my training program.. but I, like you, know that this is not...
  25. License renewal question

    I just renewed my RN license for the first time. I did it online. Are they supposed to send me a new license/certificate/card that has the new expiration date on it? I renewed like 2 months ago and...