MissBrahmsRN

hi, i took my boards on the 13th and i found out today from my BON that i'm an RN!! *wine it feels so unreal... thanking all those who've supported me on this long journey.. :bowingpur i couldnt have done it without all the love & positive ene...

i actually don't know, i've lived in Austin the entire time i've lived in Texas...my guess would be that compared to Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio the city is smaller and the cost of living lower...

i live in austin and the salary at Seton for a new grad is 21.88 St Davids is about a dollar more.

ps: my starting salary at Seton is $21.88 (new grad) not counting shift differentials. St Davids is usually about a dollar more. the Seton shift differential is $4.00 for nights & $2.50 for weekends. http://www.austinchamber.com/ http://www.h...

hi! i've lived in austin for nearly 10 years now. it's a great town, very young, lots of college students (traditional & non) and many young families too. the weather is great but i love it hot, in March it starts warming up and the "winter" w...

in my family, we are all naturally stick thin, i've been to endocrinologists, nutritionists, you name it, second opinions, it's just very hard for me to gain weight in order to maintain my weight i need to eat around 2000-2500 cals/day which is alot ...

i breastfed our kids & in retrospect i wish i hadn't. i struggle with maintaining a healthy weight due to a crazy metabolism ::ducking to avoid incoming rocks:: and i only gained 12lbs with our daughter and lost 18 at delivery. lost another 15-...

graduated dec 10, accepted job in IMC on jan 12, took nclex jan 13...screen went blue at 75, hopefully i passed...:nuke: that's me freaking out about the exam..

hey, i'm a new grad & i took a nights job no problem, so did 95% of my classmates...and we do have a lick of sense thank you very much.

i disagree about cartoon scrubs undermining credibility. many a male MD i see walking around the units (adult hospital too) sports whimsical cartoony ties. noone seems to think them less of a physician but a RN with a WonderWoman pin is less of a n...

i agree completely! at the hospitals here the janitors were scrubs, the unit clerk (who sits at the desk 90% of the time wears scrubs, the cashier in the cafeteria & food service people wear scrubs...why?? the number of personnel that wear scru...

no offense or anything but people are stupid. when my daughter was little with long blonde hair & dressed in lavender from head to toe person after person would compliment me on my "handsome son." same thing happened with my son when he was a t...

funny how us ladies are so different huh? i personally have had the worst females ob/gyns EVER. both of them when i had a female problem of some fashion, come in to the office, describe my symptoms the answer i get is "well, i've personally never...

no rhyme or reason but yep life as a male nurse can be a trip and it's not always the patients. this is something i see alot, it's sexist to not hire a woman because she's a female but it's not sexist to not hire a man because he's male. i think in...

i will say that if a spouse has an issue with you in L&D, she may have an underlying issue that you need perhaps to address (obviously in a nonthreatening loving manner.) You are going to see naked women in nursing, period. In ER, OR, trauma, I...

i've never understood why people balk at a male L&D nurse. when i was in OB rotations, the nurse brought it up that they used to have a male L&D nurse on the unit and the patient said, "OMG, letting a man see you with your legs open & ch...

try your uniforms on!! you'll be wearing them tons for 4 semesters so i strongly recommend you try them on, decide what sort of top you like, etc. nothing is worse than ill fitting scrubs IMO (except perhaps ill fitting undies:lol2:) best of luck y...

i'm not picky at all about shifts & my long-term career goal is acute care nursing, and there are still very few jobs out there for nurses like me! one of our hospital systems basically told us: "don't bother applying, we are no longer hiring ne...

wow, they have you training already?? your own training must have been extremely short! the internships here last a min of 18weeks some as long as 24, after which you are required to train ONE intern in the group after yours (it's a see, do, teach ...

that's really somethin'!! it takes a special person to work in addictions, thank god for you!

since you are learning basic skills as well as content in level 1, you will spend alot of time in the lab learning how to do foleys, central line dressing change, etc. for example you might have lab one day then clinical the next. you have check-of...

i'm fixin' to graduate from ACC's online program and i love it!! the instructors are amazing, i can work independently at home instead of attending lectures (which put me to sleep and move SO SLOW) i highly recommend it but you MUST be a self-paced...

i was in the ER one day in the clinic area. height of the H1N1 panic so all of us were masked, pts all masked, etc. one patient came in with flu symptoms, tested positive for seasonal flu (not H1N1) we are waiting for a quick lab to come back befor...

i've done the sit-behind-the-desk bit so i am lovin' the bedside!! can't wait to get started (i graduate in 27 days... management is not for me but i could someday see myself training new grads i would enjoy that...

go with the clinical instructor. pts can direct their care, to a point. but we have schedules and we are not a hotel, we are a hospital and we have other patients also. so things like baths are worked in between meds & procedures, i've had pat...