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  1. Memorial Hermann is planning on unpaid GN intersnship

    earthcrosser replied to RNQueen's topic in Texas Nursing

    Two to six months is an awfully long time to work for free. Unpaid experience does not pay the bills, no matter how nice it is to get at least a foot in the door at a hospital. Plus, the more...

  2. How many times do you try to start an IV before calling in reinforcements?

    earthcrosser replied to belgarion's topic in General Nursing

    In the NICU I work at, we can try twice if appropriate. If I got in report that it took transport four sticks to get the latest PIV in, you better believe I'm not gonna attempt it myself. We've had...

  3. Help!! Not IMMUNE HEP B SURFACE RESULT!!!

    earthcrosser replied to NurseMR's topic in General Nursing

    I've had the full series twice. Still not close to showing any level of immunity. My employer is not making me take another round of shots that probably will not take. With some students when I was in...

  4. If you graduated between 2008 and 2009,how long did it take to find a job ?

    earthcrosser replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in Texas. I graduated December 2008 and got my job lined up before that in October 2008. I was fortunate to land an internship spot in the area I

  5. UT houston or HBU fall 09 applicants?

    earthcrosser replied to marathonrunner's topic in Texas Nursing

    Not to be rude or whatever, but I suppose I had some really good interview experiences, then. It was DEFINITELY seen as an asset when I interviewed, so I was NOT wrong in stating that. I've also...

  6. New Nurse having trouble with Techs

    earthcrosser replied to Dramqueenie1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Finding ways to help them out works well. Our techs have a baby from four different nurses, so they've got quite a bit of work to do. If I can warm up the milk for them before a feed, change a diaper,...

  7. Couldn't Ask for a Better Orientation Experience

    earthcrosser replied to TakingCareOfBabies's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am happy to hear than people actually get awesome orientations. My Level 3 orientation was a nightmare - my main preceptor often made fun of me (even when I was right there) and said all sorts of...

  8. "CENTI"meter vs "SONO"meter

    earthcrosser replied to itiswhatitis's topic in General Nursing

    I pronounce it sonometer and I am not trying to be pretentious. It's honestly just second nature to me at this point (I had instructors who pronounced it like that and it just kinda stuck). If that's...

  9. Is Nursing school Hard?

    earthcrosser replied to klott86's topic in General Students

    My nursing school was crazy hard (and I WAS a very good student) with a pretty huge retention issue. But even in the hardest of nursing schools, awesome study skills and time management abilities are...

  10. How do you function on little or no sleep?

    earthcrosser replied to Jewl's topic in General Students

    You get little sleep when you work nights as a nurse. If I get 5 (interrupted) hours between shifts, awesome. I get 7 hours before the first shift and another 7 following my last shift. I like to sit...

  11. Am I allowed to leave ANYTHING for PM shift to do?

    earthcrosser replied to vashtee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You need 15 posts before you can PM. You sent me something through my Myspace, I think. I'll reply to you during my downtime tonight. Good luck on getting the job! Night shift is waaaay awesome here!...

  12. Houston Jobs?

    earthcrosser replied to Guest 360983's topic in Texas Nursing

    Magnets don't like to hire new grad ADNs (Something about having a high percentage of BSN grads.) - they've hired a few, but it's not common. They've turned down people simply because they were going...

  13. Am I allowed to leave ANYTHING for PM shift to do?

    earthcrosser replied to vashtee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As a night shift nurse, I can tell you we do way more than nightly meds, haha. In my NICU, the night nurses are the ones doing all weights/measurements, baths, TPN/IL changes, and scheduled labs. The...

  14. Houston Jobs?

    earthcrosser replied to Guest 360983's topic in Texas Nursing

    (And the unit's fairly short on nights, too...We just tend to pick up more extra days and have more full timers working the 7p-7a shift.) Just don't apply to Magnet status hospitals as a new grad ADN...

  15. how is the nursing school prespectives in Texas

    earthcrosser replied to stillwant2banurse's topic in Texas Nursing

    You will always have to jump through hoops in pretty much any nursing school (even the CCs) you go to. It's hard to get into nursing school - and once you do get in, you've gotta be on top of your...

  16. New Student - What do I need?

    earthcrosser replied to newstudenttx's topic in Texas Nursing

    I loved my digital recorder. I could do things or drive and listen to lectures through my iPod at the same time. I had a PDA in school - it's really, really not a necessity - unless you have a ton of...

  17. The current economy and your job

    earthcrosser replied to diamondqueen's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's just upstairs, NeoNurseTX. They've called a few people off just because the census had been so low - but those are usually the ones on OT. Or float them downstairs, which not everyone likes. I'm...

  18. HBU Fall 09 Admissions

    earthcrosser replied to Mam430's topic in Texas Nursing

    The advisors are not so good at the CON. Never have been. The application process is way more easy than any other school - it's just a ton of waiting once you meet the

  19. Houston area hospitals with WEEKEND incentive programs?

    earthcrosser replied to a_clay's topic in Texas Nursing

    Ya, I know what you mean - not completely sure what other companies do. But for PT, you get 8 extra hours (total of 32 for the PT weekend program) and for FT, you get 12 extra hours (to make 48 total...

  20. Houston area hospitals with WEEKEND incentive programs?

    earthcrosser replied to a_clay's topic in Texas Nursing

    A two day weekend at Memorial Hermann would be part-time. If you did Fri/Sat/Sun or Sat/Sun/Mon, that would be the full-time weekend

  21. Couple of questions...

    earthcrosser replied to NICURN29's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I wear gloves in the event of coming into contact with fluids or when I'm doing meds/feeds/flushing lines. One of my preceptors wears gloves for everything and changes them like 5 or 6 times during...

  22. Video Taping Nursing Students ?

    earthcrosser replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    There is a faculty member at Texas Tech who is very big on enhancing the way simulations in nursing school are done as a means of evaluating the competency of nursing students in performing skills....

  23. New to Forum, need some advice on nursing schools in Texas

    earthcrosser replied to OpheliasWings's topic in Texas Nursing

    It is much different doing clinical rotations - I would not completely write off other areas of nursing until you have worked in them, even adult nursing specialties. I never imagined being a NICU...

  24. New Grads and getting hired

    earthcrosser replied to GWCCStudentRN's topic in General Students

    -Be articulate and bring questions to ask them. -Research the hospital/company you are interviewing for and discuss how you will fit into it/work to achieve their goals (I talked about the customer...

  25. need advice in relation to clinical instructor

    earthcrosser replied to carlarenee02's topic in General Students

    Not every instructor will like you. It sucks when you are with them for a long time and it is rather unfair, but quite a bit of grading in nursing school is very subjective. Personal biases play a lot...