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  1. Male nurse crying!!!

    typoagain replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have never cried due to loosing a pt. But I have never lost a pedi pt. I work in pedi and we rarely loose pts. However, I was approached about doing some PRN work in pedi hospice care. I declined. I...

  2. Male Peds Nurses

    typoagain replied to MalePedsRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    My facility does a lot of newborn/pedi work. I started out wanting to do ER. but I decided that due to the fact that (back then) our ER was 60% pedi, a year on the pedi floor first would be a good...

  3. protecting yourself against complaints

    typoagain replied to am4182's topic in Men in Nursing

    I actually do not do caths, or any other treatments that involve the peri or breast area on female pts that are teens or older. My female coworkers do it. And in return I do a lot of work on their...

  4. is it easy getting a new RN position near Frisco, Texas?

    typoagain replied to mercermom_rn's topic in Texas Nursing

    I live int the desert area of west Texas. MIdland-Odessa. I can't understand any new grad having trouble finding a job. My hospital hire 17 at the end of last semester and oustaffing office had a...

  5. ranking of tx nursing schools?

    typoagain replied to tea_leaf's topic in Texas Nursing

    I hve never head of an actual ranking system. but you can find a schools NCLEX pass rate on the BNE web

  6. $39/hr???

    typoagain replied to premedturnednursing's topic in Texas Nursing

    I live in west texas-Midland, Odessa, Big Spring. Cost of living here is lower than Dallas or Houston. Starting wage here is $20.50 plus about $5.00 for night shift diff and an extra $2.00 for...

  7. Pain is subjective?

    typoagain replied to lena130's topic in General Nursing

    The thing is that I see something close to this yet different-I work in a pedi unit. I recent had a pt that was a 10 yr old who had an appy. He came into the ER complaining of pain for 3 days. This...

  8. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    typoagain replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    guy's there are several simple facts that a lot of people tend to overlook. fact: the us has one of the best, (if not the best) healthcare system in the world. do you really think that letting the...

  9. Can anyone tell me how the Texas Tech 2nd Bachelor's Program is?

    typoagain replied to taffy48's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi. I went to the local community college under a regular old 2 year program. One of my co workers however, went the accelerated route through Tex Tech. She stated that she had to agree to NOT WORK...

  10. Are there waiting lists in Tx?

    typoagain replied to DDVpink89's topic in Texas Nursing

    I live in the Midland/Odessa area fo west Texas. The schools here generally admit 50% of the qualified applicants each semester. If you contact the school directly and send them your transcrips they...

  11. I'm a FL RN, Tell me why I should move to TX, particularly Houston.

    typoagain replied to dona4jc's topic in Texas Nursing

    I am a former Houston resident-lived their for nearly 15 years. Moved to the desert of west Texas to be close to family that has since died. I would move back in a heartbeat except for two reasons. 1....

  12. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    typoagain replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Question-do ANY government positions as a nurse that already exixt pay near as well as being a floor nurse in your

  13. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    typoagain replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sure, I see people who are in it for the money. But I see so much abuse of the Medicaid system also. It is the abuse that scares me. Now if I follow your emotional line of reasoning, we should run off...

  14. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    typoagain replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How much abuse do you see in the Medicaid system? You know, the "my kids has been sick for the last three days, so I waited until Friday night and brought him to ER" bunch. I see a lot of it. So Texas...

  15. do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

    typoagain replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

    They should be VERY careful here! During one of my clinicals I had a classmate ask me if I thought they would start and IV on a pediatric patient. I responded that "probably, the pedi unit I work on...