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I'm also relocating to the Charlotte area from Houston, TX and I have been very selective with the recruiters I have chosen to contact in Charlotte. I currently work as an agency RN in TX and I have found that I make more money this way than I did as a staff nurse, but I don't receive medical and dental benefits because I get those through my husband. So it is a toss up. For example, I worked as a staff nurse for a local HCA hospital and made less than I did as a GN, that didn't last long at all. When I work at the HCA hospitals now, less than a year later, I make over $40/hr. So there is some benefit to using recruiters and agencies.

Our ER is doing this. They are really cracking down on it. Our management has not been shy about letting us know this has to do with reimbursement and liability. If you hang an IV and don't chart a stop time, as unreasonable as it sounds, it can be assumed that your pt received unlimited amounts of fluids. Ya, I know it sounds stupid. But that's how it's being presented to us. Also, they can't charge if they don't have a definite amount how much was given. Incomplete documentation. :smackingf It comes down to $.

I just came across your post and hope these answers help. You may have already attended an information session by now and found the answers for yourself. 1) Depending on what year you are accepted into the program, your lecture days will either be Monday and Tuesday or Tuesday and Wednesday. Your lab will fall within those same two days, respectively. Day lecture is from 12:30 - 3:00 and night lecture is from 5:00 - 7:30. Labs are scheduled either before after lecture. 2) Saturday clinicals are available but space is limited to 10 students per site. So, depending on how many clinical sites and instructors are available on Saturday, availability may be tight. 3) Generic students begin the program at Level I in the spring, only. LVN and Paramedic to RN transition students join the class during Level III during the second spring semester. 4) If you plan to continue working for the first semester, the evening class may work well for you. At the end of each semester, the instructors will ask your preference for the next semester, day or night and your preferred clinical day based on the prospective available dates. Hope this helps! If you have any other questions, I'd be glad to try to help out. I just finished my 3rd semester at Kingwood and will be starting my last one next week.

Most facilities in TMC are Magnet facilities or are currently working to achieve Magnet status. Magnet and Pathways to Excellence require that the majority of the nursing staff are degree holding (BSN or higher). This is the reason that most of the hospitals within TMC are hiring only BSN new grads. Several of the suburban facilities are also applying for Magnet status and are also getting more selective in their hiring process. I graduate from my ADN program this August and I currently work at SLE in The Woodlands as an ER Tech and they have applied for Magnet status. MH in The Woodlands has also applied for Magnet status. I'm am hoping that I will be able to find a position within my facility when I graduate, but there are no guarantees. I worry because I turned down a job offer 6 months ago in TMC for a SN associate position with SLE and now I'm concerned that my have been my only way in to a new grad position as an ADN.

First off, let me start by congratulating all of you for making it this far! I know first hand just how long these next few weeks will be. It is definitely worth it! I've read a lot of great advice (courtesy of Tee :loveya:) and I've read a lot of very good questions. True, CyFair is in a league of its own. I can't help too much there, sorry, but I can definitely help answer questions about Kingwood. Someone had asked if someone had ever scored a perfect 12. The answer to that question is NO. From what I was told by the previous director, the highest score received to date (spring 2009) was 11.76. True, the cut off for last semester was 11.45. But don't get discouraged if your score is lower or in that neighborhood. The cutoff is different every semester. As for retaking pre req classes you have made a "B" in, definitely retake them and shoot for that "A". Every point on that application helps! As for Pharm, if you can, take it. If you've taken it and it's been awhile, brush up on your math. Tee isn't kidding about those math tests. You can pass every test and do great in lab and clinicals, but if you can't pass the med math test, you don't pass the class. Good luck to all of you! Hope to see you all on campus next semester!