Balagtas

:chuckle Yup, bulakeno po ito, from the town of Balagtas... Yes I'm working at CGRMC, there's alot of Pinoys there at marami pa raw parating this year... Where are you going to work, sa Mesa? There's alot of good hospitals there... Hope you meet our kababayans saan man ikaw mag-work, I'm sure scattered sila all over AZ.

Hi Kabayan!!! I am here in AZ too. There's alot of filipinos here in AZ, I'm sure you've met some of them... In Phoenix there's a church there consisting mainly of Filipinos, I use to attend there but I've just moved to Casa Grande.:roll

Hi Kristy, where are you in AZ? Welcome kabayan!!!

What will become of our country? The Filipino masses never really learn their lesson from Erap, actually they love Erap so much that they will give full support to FPJ. You're right FPJ is a nice guy but there's alot of doubts in his ability to run the country.

Karen, just to make feel better, when I took the NCLEX, it stopped after 75 questions and I passed. Anyway good luck tomorrow.

Hey Ugly that's a good one, that's one punch line we cannot translate...

Kung sa starting salary naman depende sa years of experience nyo. Para sa newly grads, usually 17 - 19/hr. Nakakahiya mang sabihin na mababa pero okey narin considering na maliit lang naman ang gastos mo dito kumpara sa ibang state. Mag-overtime ka man dito, di mo naman masyadong ramdam yung TAX. I originally came from Florida then moved here in AZ this year pero thinking about going back to FL someday dahil sobrang init dito, pwede mag-fry ng itlog sa kalsada pag-summer.:chuckle

Congrats Okiks! Kaillan ang dating mo? Actually di pa ako nakarating ng Tucson, I live in Casa Grande which is 1 hour and a half drive to Tucson if you are cruising at a speed of 80 miles/hr (130 kms/hr). They say it's alot better to live in Tucson than Phoenix, the weather is less hot during the summer. Napaka-init bro dito sa Arizona pag-summer, magugustuhan mo dito kung ayaw mo sa sobrang lamig. Mababa lang ang cost of living kaya madali ka makabili ng bahay, you are only a few hours drive to Mexico, Texas & New Mexico, kung gusto mo pwede ka ring mag-long drive to California. Keep posted nalang baka mag-meet tayo pag-dating mo.:)

I had a patient who has a central line and he's allergic to heparin so we only flush with 10 cc NS and it did fine, never had a clot problem. Anyway what we usually do is we flush with 10 cc NS first then 3 cc of heparin.

ha ha ha ha, it just made my day!:roll :roll

:chuckle nice one:roll

kami naman dito sa desyerto ng Arizona, musta nalang...:stone

same here, 10 cc or more

One option is to get an employer who is willing to petition you on an employment basis, you just need to sign a contract with them that you will work for them for a certain period as an RN, their lawyer will do the rest of the paper works to be filed to the INS, you on the other hand will no longer need to take the CGFNS, you can go ahead and apply directly for California NCLEX provided you have supporting papers that you are being petitioned to work in a US hospital. Usually your employer will also take care of your NCLEX, all you need to do is fill-out the forms.