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  1. hospital rating

    I recently changed jobs and my wife is currently attempting to find a job. During this process we've been looking online for reviews and ratings that might have been posted about various facilities....
  2. hospital rating

    magnet is an indicator, but opinions of the employees is a better one as the sample of poll participants increases; and what about folks who live in an area with no magnet hospitals; does that...
  3. I was going to post this under another thread talking about improving patient satisfaction, but figured that although I'd be answering the question, it wouldn't be answering it appropriately (or...
  4. How is school going so far?

    well we spent our semester briefly addressing our hi/lo-lites and now it's come to an end; so any updates? I got an A in 1 class and in the nightmare class I mentioned above I actually have an outside...
  5. Green Oaks Behavioral Health

    absolutely; I just wanted to
  6. Green Oaks Behavioral Health

    so are you saying that Green Oaks is an excellent place to work, or were you just making a funny? If it's a great place, could you give specific examples (e.g., excellent ratios, mgmt, pay, benes,...
  7. we provided a drape for the pt. and tried to maintain dignity as much as possible up until the exam itself; as I watched the professor demonstrate the exam to me I kept looking at the guy's face; his...
  8. Teaching psych, what is most important/valuable?

    way cool; something you can add is that he had audio, not audio/visual hcn's, but of course visual hcn's translate much better on the big
  9. Teaching psych, what is most important/valuable?

    I really like the idea of your group project it could be really fun (but agree with medsurgrnco about liberties hollywood takes); are the students required to get together and watch the movie or do it...
  10. this class is taught by a MD and he taught us to do it with them on their feet and bent over with the elbows resting on the exam bench (or whatever it's called); he also taught us to put a box of...
  11. Overworked student lonely on Thanksgiving

    I definitely empathize...I'm sitting at my computer while my newborn son and wife are 100 miles away. I would be with them but I am sick with some kind of resp. thing and I don't want to get the boy...
  12. although I acknowledge your scenario could play out, there are other possibilities 1...with the successful completion of the NCSBN vision of a national scope of practice as well as earning more...
  13. Funny you mention this, because just yesterday I learned how to do a male GU exam that included a rectal exam; I felt soo bad for the standardized patient. I'm scarred for
  14. It's all about supply and demand if you are in a market saturated with FNPs, for example, you will likely make less than PNPs or PMHNPs, etc who are scarce in your area another thing related to the...
  15. University info

    I know nada of that school but can tell you I loved the RN-BSN program at UTHSC-H; for the record, the program coordinator is one of the best instructors I've had in my years (and they are plentiful)...
  16. First Unionized Hospital in Texas

    I really really wish some nurses would tell us how things are going after a few months of unionization; has anything changed? better? worse? and provide specific examples, please. what I do know is...
  17. Green Oaks Behavioral Health

    I've never worked there, but knew a nurse who did; her experience was rather frightening. I don't recall the details, but what I can tell you is that this is a freestanding psych hospital (or I'm...
  18. I'm in a PMHNP program but haven't begun the clinical portion, so I can't tell you about that; but I can tell you the other classes require alot of work. Unlike undergrad, there are no "blow-off"...
  19. what others say plus a reasonable patient load; many nurses are excellent nurses who are reduced to good or even adeuate because they are having to share their compassion, expertise, etc. with 7+...
  20. How is school going so far?

    something finally positive...we had a review of the 2nd exam and folks brought up their concerns about a number of questions and as a result we were given credit on like 6 or so questions if we put a...
  21. you contend that the current law is working out and that TX nurses are content with conditions? this is all a CA union plot to gain members? fascinating...please, tell me
  22. How is school going so far?

    wow...a C is passing at your grad school? I thought B's were standard minimum in all grad schools; lucky you; up unitl this class, all I've made are A's; but this is a special class...bleh as for...
  23. Psychiatric NP outlook

    it's all about supply and demand; In Houston there are approximately 17 (or is it 25) PMHNPs; Houston is one of the largest cities in the US and so the number of psych folks is way low, esp. when...
  24. dating someone with schizophrenia

    I think many have been saying to procede with caution and that there are different levels of disease progression/categories. I'll add just a bit more. According to your profile, you are 20. If...
  25. How is school going so far?

    well, another day, another test, another failed PE/DD exam. and once again, it wasn't for lack of effort or understanding of the material on my part; fortunately I failed by an even slimmer margin;...