SheilaORN

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  1. Commuting to UCLA/Cedars-Sinai

    Still needing help, planning to move by December
  2. Timeline for endorsing RN license to CA

    Mine took about 4 weeks, just got it on Monday 8/20. I did the online application and did not do livescan. Endorsing from TX-CA. I know a lot of people say they wait for up to 6 weeks.
  3. Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

    Does anyone in here knows or works in Arrowhead Regional? What is the place like? How about traffic and living expenses. I plan to apply tothe hospital for RN position and i was wondering how life is. Thanks Sheila
  4. Anyone else giving sign on bonuses

    St. Joseph in central tx, $15,000 sign on with two yr commitment plus relocation reimbursement. Just saw that today on nurse.com magazine
  5. Choosing Between 3 SoCal Travel Assignments

    Hi I was visiting Hoag hospital in Irvine and I saw Kaiser next door, the place is beautiful, I'm from TX and was driving around checking places coz I'm moving to CA, loved the weather, good luck.
  6. UCLA New Grad RN Program-Winter 2012

    Me and my Hubby planning to move to LA and I would like to work at UCLA the end of the year, it will be 3years experience on Ortho/neuro. My question is about housing, we visited last week and drove around the areas near UCLA, most apartments we saw ...
  7. Xarelto

    I have given it once, the ortho doctor ordered on this particular patient dunno why but that was the only patient have seen on the med. I don't know what you mean, experience as in what?
  8. NJ RN and relocating

    Im also moving to CA at the end of the year, i have been researching on different hospitals. First of all it depends what areas you guys are moving to. For example the pay in LA, SD, SF is totally different. With your experience i don't think it will...
  9. TX PRN agency

    hi I am wanting to start working PRN through an agency. I have 1.5 yrs in med/surg/tele. I need to have more flexibility with which days I work due to some issues with my kiddos. Hubby also works 12's so when we are on opposite days we hardly ever se...
  10. nurse to patient ratio orthopaedic floor?

    TX- at my facility ortho/neuro 20 bed if full mostly 5:1, charge, 2 techs, secretary. Sometimes we get 6:1 if staffing is the issue.
  11. New grad starting on Surgical/Ortho floor

    I also started on ortho/neuro as a new grad 2 yrs ago and I love it, the Ortho docs have specific meds they order for the patients, as you work on the floor u will learn on meds ordered by specific docs. While u orienting u will be more familiar, goo...
  12. Midwestern State University

    Hi huggiebear, Talk to the instructor, unless they haven't changed the rules i remember after my pharm was accepted most pple in my class took pharm during summer break somewhere else and then they showed. Ms. Roberts the transcripts. But inquire fro...
  13. Midwestern State University

    Ms. Roberts teaches Pharm, Is she still there? Go talk to her coz i had already taken pharm before i came to MSU and i did not want to take it again ( took it at Brookhaven) Talk to the instructor. After i talked to the instructor she requested the c...
  14. Midwestern State University

    Oh i forgot to add, u can also take statistics in a community college it dont have to be a nursing statstics coz it serves the same purpose.
  15. Midwestern State University

    you guys can take pharm in a community college and transfer coz it's cheaper, dunno about patho tho if u can transfer, double check on that, yeah the 1st semester is usually, intro, health ass, and patho. so if u already did patho n intro be4 going i...
  16. Is ortho a good area for a new grad RN?

    I work at Ortho/neuro unit, i started a residency program in October so far i like it n i have learned a lot, ortho/neuro pts can have different kind of medical conditions so u get to see diff. things. The only draw back about my floor is i get 6pts ...
  17. On the last one....i got in

    Dallas area forest lane/635 but most of the time i drove from work Sunday nights which is at Farmers Branch 35/635, used to go 114, i like 114 coz its a straight shot to 287.
  18. On the last one....i got in

    Hi Alum08, used to take me about 2hours but sometime 1:45 mins from Dallas but 2hr was max. I do not have family is just i had to keep ma job down here and i was not looking to live in WF.. It was hard but kinda loved it coz i got used to it and dea...
  19. Texas GN permit processing time?? Relocating, please help!

    I think by Jan u should have it. After graduation it depends how fast your school sends your stuff to the BON then it usually take about 1 week for u to get your ATT & GN if i'm not wrong both the ATT & GN permit comes about the same time. I ...
  20. What's the job market like in Texas?

    I live in TX and i just started on ortho/neuro floor (THR) and even though there are lots of new grads who dont have jobs yet, sometimes they take pple from out of state so it's your luck if u r from out of state. In my current versant program we hav...
  21. New Grad needing a job anywhere in TX or any state

    Thanks so much i really need it, the internship starts this Monday Oct. 5th.
  22. New grad looking for a job in California

    I know some hospitals here in TX offers relocation assistance. Good luck i just got an internship which start on Monday, been looking around too i'm a May grad 09 i was already planning to relocate anywhere and i had few calls but i just got luck thi...
  23. New Grad needing a job anywhere in TX or any state

    I think HR will have a better answer for u. I actually received a call from them yesterday and today to offer me the internship but i had to decline because i just got another internship yesterday in the DFW which i start Monday i already gave up on ...
  24. If you are interested try applying to out of state hospitals and if you get in relocate get your one yr experience then decide later on what to do. I live in the DFW(TX) area and i know most hospitals have January internships posted at the moment but...
  25. What's the job market like in Texas?

    R u a new grad? If so right now only Baylor Health has openings for new grads which starts in january on various units but keep checking Texas health resources, Methodist health, Parkland, HCA e.g medical city of dallas etc might open soon, there are...