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goingCOASTAL

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  1. Any advice for being getting a job after graduation?

    goingCOASTAL replied to EricaSAFJAF's topic in General Nursing

    Aim for the type of facility you want first: community hospital or a medical center ... then, take any job you can get. Same thing happened to me when I graduated in '95 ... I took a job I really...

  2. Staffing Ratios Condemn Patients To Inferior Care

    goingCOASTAL replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In my practice, I've never seen an "acuity tool" used for anything other than justifying the "house" ratios - I've never seen them used to create flexibility according to need. One manager told me...

  3. Staffing Ratios Condemn Patients To Inferior Care

    goingCOASTAL replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow! A page from the "opinion" section becomes news! I guess everyone is taking cues from Fox,

  4. i intend to work in US ...I need help ...info and honesty

    goingCOASTAL replied to asin's topic in International Nursing

    Whoever is saying the nursing shortage hasn't arrived in Texas is mis-informed. I work in the greater Houston area, and new grads are finding it very competitive now to find work. Why? Because of...

  5. RN to BSN online

    goingCOASTAL replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I don't know how it is in other states, but in Texas, returning RNs (going for their BSN) do not have to do clinicals - if you're comparing it to "nursing school clinicals" like we did getting our...

  6. RN to BSN online

    goingCOASTAL replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I'm about to finish this year or early next year ... it's a REAL bricks and mortar school that pumps out more RNs into the Dallas-Fort Worth area than any other school of nursing. They've only been...

  7. Alternatives to Pajam...I Mean, Scrubs

    goingCOASTAL replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know why we have to dress in a manner that usurps our professionalism and authority. "Uniforms" made us look like handmaidens, and scrubs make us look like we're all about to have a big...

  8. Comprehensive Health Assessment & History

    goingCOASTAL posted a topic in General Nursing

    Going back to school after 15 years to complete my BSN ... can't wait till it's done! LOL!! Currently taking a Health Assessment class, and I have this nagging question that keeps growing in the back...

  9. Chesapeake Area Hospitals

    goingCOASTAL posted a topic in Virginia Nursing

    Hey -- Texas RN for 13 years. Possibly relocating to the Chesapeake area in the next 6 months or so, and I just wanted to know what hospitals I should be looking at, places to live. Any info would...

  10. Chesapeake Area Hospitals

    goingCOASTAL replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in Virginia Nursing

    My experience has mostly been Telemetry/Med-surg -- staff and charge experience. Living in the greater Houston area most of my career, I'm not adverse to commuting. Thanks for your reply

  11. Chesapeake Area Hospitals

    goingCOASTAL replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Forgot to mention ... email replies are welcome as well (check

  12. NEW GRAD NURSE with LICENSE can't find work...

    goingCOASTAL replied to loveandnyc's topic in California Nursing

    I find it hard to believe that you can't find any kind of work -- maybe specialty areas (or your desired specialty) requires such "new grad internships," but it's hard to believe that overall. Look...

  13. Waiting Months for a Temporary Ca License?

    goingCOASTAL replied to Pachinko's topic in California Nursing

    I never applied for a temp because I live and work out of state. I applied directly for the permanent licence, and from application to receipt of the license in my mailbox - 7 weeks. Not really bad...

  14. how do ppl afford to live in cali?

    goingCOASTAL replied to crazylilkelly's topic in California Nursing

    Does anyone know what it's like renting/buying in Bakersfield now, or Fresno? Thinking about moving to an affordable location in Cali in the next year . . . from

  15. Study: Nearly 16 million insured adults lack adequate health coverage

    goingCOASTAL replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What this means in real terms is that if you aren't smart enough or lucky enough to have a job that ensures you, then when you or your children get sick . . . die. Yeah, this is more of the...

  16. RN to BSN online

    goingCOASTAL replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Looking into this myself -- I don't wanna be flipping patients in bed when I'm 67, so I gotta do something else while I'm young enough. I have a couple of friends doing UOP at work -- one I know for...

  17. C-Diff Question

    goingCOASTAL replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    One person mentioned the "mucousy" appearance. This is a good way to tell the difference between C-Diff and GI bleed, especially if the patient is "total care." If you're the one doing the cleaning,...

  18. Where do you buy your scrubs?

    goingCOASTAL replied to Tony35NYC's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've had no luck in the uniform stores. If you know a brand of scrubs you like, stick with it and try to buy online or through catalogues, where you can generally get a larger selection, etc....

  19. fingerprint cards

    goingCOASTAL replied to sun2brn's topic in California Nursing

    They will send you two forms when you apply for them. The one fee covers both. One is processed through the California Department of Justice(?) and the other through the

  20. california RN License

    goingCOASTAL replied to khine2mn80's topic in California Nursing

    I've heard CA is actually easier than some of the other states. TX, I know, has greater language requirements than CA -- many of our immigrant nurses here in my state got their CA, then endorsed to...

  21. What is the #1 healthcare problem in the USA?

    goingCOASTAL replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    There's a reason you pay $12 dollars for that Tylenol. People here in this country have traditionally opposed "socialized" medicine, although the most likely form of it that would occur here in...

  22. CA Fingerprint cards

    goingCOASTAL replied to philrn's topic in California Nursing

    There is only one fingerprint fee, the $56 one, which you send in with BOTH cards once you've been fingerprinted. This is how I did it -- I applied for an application through endorsement from another...

  23. California Nurses Association and SEIU Neutrality Agreement ruled Illegal by the NLRB

    goingCOASTAL replied to Sherwood's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Disagreeing with union tactics is one thing, but blaming the American worker for the economic decline? Please! I don't know how many times a person has to mention it, but worker benefits and...

  24. Study: Nearly 16 million insured adults lack adequate health coverage

    goingCOASTAL replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't understand how the richest country in the world can't "afford" to provide healthcare for all of its citizens! Apparently, the majority of democracies less rich than us do so quite well,...

  25. I have hep c--should I continue with school

    goingCOASTAL replied to beginnurse's topic in General Nursing

    If what I remember is correct, though Hep C can be dangerous, it is the most difficult to catch: most that have it contracted it from blood transfusions or IV drug use. I believe with the new...