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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 ...

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, b...

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 anot...

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 l...

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/...

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 n...

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...

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 o...

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 the...

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 al...

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 waitin...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...