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I still can not get past dirty old patients!? That is just not right.

Would be interesting as to which BON had the most disciplinary actions. I know Texas always had a long list!!!

Wow! Teamwork is the key to nursing and that means "WE" answer call lights and get patients bedpans or blankets or whatever they need. That is not just a CNA's job. I have worked with some wonderful hard working CNA's and a few lazy ones. I have heard of nurses running after CNA's with bedpan in hand to give it to them to take it to a patient. Not my style if I can not handle the job alone I find someone else to help me, be it a CNA or a Nurse. Once again Teamwork makes the shift go smoother!! Oh and FYI while I was in nursing school and working as an orderly, I ran into one of those chew your head of nurses, I only had one word for her!

I will be interested in what you hear. I applied for the ICU with only med/surg/Tele experience. The manager saw my résumé at a job fair they had and was interested until she realized I had taken care of the type of patients they have in their ICU, but no ICU experience. So no interview, but never a not selected email. Have patience if you can, because they don't all move fast!!

Actually the jobs are not always posted that long. One I had applied for was only listed for one week. I actually applied for one job and have yet to hear anything, but during this period the job was posted again, so I called and was told it was another opening and I would have to apply again for that posting. Umm really!!! I have applied for 6 jobs, interviewed for the one almost 2 months ago, with no word back, was not selected for 2 others and heard nothing on the rest and I started applying in May, with he last app put in in August. Is it the VA that I am applying at? Maybe!!

I did call the Recruitor assigned to that job and all the others I have applied for. She told me they had not selected anyone yet. She told me she would call if I was offered the position. To be honest I have given up and moved on. It is the VA's loss. LOL

If not selected I would get an email telling me so. No such email has come and the website has me as eligible. This is just way to slow in my eyes.

You are right on that. The ICU manager looked at my résumé, because the patients I have taken care of are what they have in their ICU. But I had had med/surg/Tele exp. that was specialized to cardiopulmonary. Like I have mentioned I did have the med/surg interview and am still waiting.

Well it seems TN moves faster than TX. I am still waiting, 5 weeks after having my interview, to hear if accepted or not. Called to check and they had not heard anything. I too know they take awhile, but this seems a little bit to long!! I am also not a new grad, but have 11 years of experience. Congrats to you! I have heard once in many don't leave.

I am in Central Texas and have no idea what any hospital in Texas pays GN's, sorry. I am sure someone can help you though.

Ok after reading most of these posts I just had to comment! when I looked for my first job in 2000 I actually applied to 3 hospitals, one in Colorado, one in Minnesota and one in Wisconsin! Colorado called and their starting pay was a joke, for the cost of living in that area. Minnesota did not want me, but I did not want them either. I took a job in Wisconsin starting pay was $16.57, heck, I thought I was rich! I worked there for 11 years, when I quit to head South I was making $35.30 base with the extras of straight nights, charge nurse pay and weekend pay thrown in! I had no prolem doing what ever I wanted and buying whatever I wanted. It depends on where you live the cost of living is a huge factor. Yes California pays great, but the cost of living is a heck of lot more than Wisconsin or Texas where I am now. Oh and one year I did make around $80,000 when I worked overtime, the hospital had a great little incentive to do it and it did not take but maybe one day extra a pay period.

I feel everyone needs to have money in savings, for the what if's. You could pay a little chunk and then make larger payments. I don't know what your interest rate is, but if you just graduated it has to be better than my 7%! Keep credit cards paid off as they usually have the higher interest rates. Good luck!!

When I posted the question about those places taking new grads, it was not for me. I have 11 years of experience and just decided I needed a change! Change was Texas! I still feel hospitals should give new Grads the chance, why not get hem before they have bad habits! LOL good Luck to all!!

There are always good things and bad things about every hospital! I did all my nursing clinicals at Mayo, but ended up working at a hospital an hour away in Wisconsin. But I thank Mayo for the great pay that I was given at the other hospital. Mayo also has hospitals in Scottsdale AZ and Jacksonville, FL, so if you want warmer weather!? Good luck in your adventure!

It seems that right now there are tons of jobs in Houston and San Antonio. Many in Austin too. Problem is do they take new grads? I moved to Texas last Fall and took a job that turned out to be awful, so I am looking again. Eight apps in and waiting!!

I stayed at my first job for almost 10 years 9 months! Crazy me thought I needed to get out and see other things! I will just leave it at that!!

I read the article and then a lot of the comments from people! Wow there are some mean people writing in!! This is a HUGE misstake made by a probably very inexperienced nurse, but to slam all agency nurses is a huge slap in the face!! I am trying for my first travel position and I don't like the idea of being called a scab. No I don't plan on going to cover any stikes, but is that what they think of all agency nurses? I do question sometimes if all nurses are put in the right locations when they take a job. I have to say it does blow my mind that anyone could make this type of misstake. Not that misstakes don't happen, but that is why one checks, rechecks and triple checks!! I am afraid this young nurses licenses is on the line?!

Funny thing I happen to be looking to head to Texas for a travel assignment and if I had L&d experience I would have been hired 2 weeks ago!! That seemed to be the only need out there, which does not help a tele nurse. I was told by one compay though that if I wanted a job in Texas to use Allaboutstaffing, so that is who a called 2 days ago! I now wait with fingers crossed!!

I would think it probably depends on the hospital you work at, but at the hospital I worked at it was a very busy shift and I know because I did it for the most part of my 10 years there!! Every shift has it's moments and it is what you make of it. For me the worst thing of PM shift is you usually get different patients everyday. The continuity of care is hard to have, which sometimes is an ok thing!!! The great thing about it, is if you are busy the shift flies by and you are done before you know it. Have no fear!!

Personally I don't feel that the CNA should be charting O2 sats and O2 settings, that is the job of the RN or RT. I also will redo my vitals if they do not look right. The blood sugars are another thing. If they look to high/low I have then redone, but our machines are docked after using, so for the most part the CNA's do not need to manually put them in. Plus I can not imagine anyone making them up, that is just crazy to think about. I do Know that a staff member where I work was let go do to just making up his assessment, which blows my mnd because that is you license!! One must think, would you want this to happen to you or your family member??

I am one of those nurses that did not work as a CNA prior to nursing school!! But have no worries, cuz I help with the clean ups!! Oh i sometimes have my moments when it smells really bad, but I do it. I work straight nocs and our CNA's sometimes have 16 or more patients, how are they to do it alone? I do know that we have had some nurses that would rather run after the CNA with the bedpan rather than help, but they are few and far between. It is called TEAMWORK!

Ok I am a little confused. IVP Metoprolol is used when a pt is NPO on my hospitals med/surg floors. I work on a cardiopulmonary med/surg floor and use it for the same reason, but have also used for A Fib or just a pt that BP is high and they want to give an extra dose. So that one time dose has to be administered by your RRT?? Our team is called an MRT and I can't imagine they would be thrilled to be called to do that? I question if there has been a problem or situation at your hospital that brought on this policy.

You can not be a nurse because you have trouble with a microscope? Really I never used a microscope in Nursing school, clinicals and in the job I have had for the past 10 years. I am a nurse not a lab person!! Oh and to make you feel better I had an instructor tell me I would never pass boards, because I struggled with her tests, which she insisted were just like boards. Well I did pass on the first try and they were nothing like here tests which were so messed up!! So stick to your guns and prove them wrong!!

Tele was the only thing that I wanted to do, so that is where I started. On the floor that I work on we are also a step-down unit, which is the best part!!,. It is true the first year is the most nerve racking, but I would think that all new nurses go through that when they start. I have been working here for 8 years. My unit is fast paced and I love it!!