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  1. Starting Salaries for RNs in Arizona

    NICU_RNwantsFL posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

    Greetings from South Carolina, y'all!!! Quick question - a good friend of mine tells me that the STARTING salary for new RN grads in Arizona is $35/hr - that just BLOWS MY MIND!! Is this true????...

  2. Charms of Maine

    NICU_RNwantsFL posted a topic in General Nursing

    Greetings from South Carolina to all you Mainers out there! Forgive me for making this thread a non-medical one, but I have ALWAYS wanted to visit Maine (specifically, to go straight up the New...

  3. Anyone live in or from Dunnellon area?

    NICU_RNwantsFL posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi, all - Wondering if anyone here is from or has lived in Dunnellon area. Am planning to relocate there in about 2-1/2 yrs or so, to be nearer stepson & his family. Any insights to the area will...

  4. Anyone have any alligator stories?

    NICU_RNwantsFL posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    Recently my husband and I bought some property near Micanopy (between Gainesville and Ocala) in anticipation of moving there summer of 2006. Stupid me thought I might perhaps be able to stroll my...

  5. Realistic starting pay for RN's in N FL?

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to Karen06's topic in Florida Nursing

    True, Florida has no state income tax - but that is because they @*$* you on PROPERTY taxes. We bought property down there recently, and I am just wondering how people keep from losing their

  6. Special FL Housing for Nurses

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to LilStudent's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi - Do you know what the name of this program is, or whom to contact? I'm working in SC right now, but plan is for hubby to retire summer of '06, then we move to Florida and build a house on property...

  7. Shands chain of hospitals/Gainesville

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to Town & Country's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi Tami! Are you still working at Shands @UF?

  8. Unions

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to mmichie73's topic in Florida Nursing

    My GUESS is that most states in the South are right-to-work states (meaning unions are not encouraged) - at least that is true in

  9. Shands chain of hospitals/Gainesville

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to Town & Country's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi, Shezami - I just got back from Gainesville area last week (hubby and I are trying to buy some property near there, and hope to relocate there in 2 yrs) - what area of nursing would you be in? I am...

  10. Florida Nurses Salary

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to Bclynn3's topic in Florida Nursing

    What part of Florida are you in, Jboy? And how many yrs

  11. Salaries in Florida

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to HannahRN24's topic in Florida Nursing

    Greetings from South Carolina, y'all! Any info on RN wages for central Florida, say in NICU with 3-1/2 yrs. exp.? Also, anyone here work at Shands in Gainesville? If it's any consolation, we South...

  12. Woman refuses CS, charged with murder

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to crankyasanoldma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    kristytx - you took the words right out of my mouth!! i am certainly no beauty queen, but the scars probably would have onlyimproved her

  13. No NICU as GN

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to CarVsTree's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My NICU unit hires new graduates, but when I graduated, there were no NICU positions open. So I worked for a little over a year in Mom/Baby (Postpartum) before a NICU opening came up - I think taking...

  14. Preemie Nipples

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our unit recently had an overhaul regarding preemie nipples - we dumped them, based on the theory that if an infant can't accommodate a term nipple, he's not ready to PO feed

  15. Neonatal Stethoscope?

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to NICU-tc's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My NICU does it the same as Teeny's. When I started NICU, I had to kiss my $$$ Littman Cardiology III ADIOS!!! But anything we can do to prevent cross-contamination in these little ones is worth

  16. Woman refuses CS, charged with murder

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to crankyasanoldma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    someone please explain to me how women like this are always so @%#* fertile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! she'll be back next year with another one in the oven. sorry if that sounds jaded,...

  17. Neonatal nurse advice!

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to Special_kay85's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    all of the above post-ers hit the math nail right on the head. take all the math and all the science you can - you will need it and you will use it! you will use it directly when calculating dosages...

  18. Baby Nursery Questions-

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to BabiNuRsE's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    :balloons: :biggringi happy birthday, babyrntobe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! many happy returns!

  19. Florida Nurses Salary

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to Bclynn3's topic in Florida Nursing

    Sorry! I didn't realize you were outside U.S. I really don't know what to tell you - maybe go to Florida State Board of Nursing website? Anybody out there have any

  20. Florida Nurses Salary

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to Bclynn3's topic in Florida Nursing

    The nursing school you graduated from should be able to guide you here. Or contact your state board of

  21. Salaries in Florida

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to HannahRN24's topic in Florida Nursing

    To TiffanyLee - If one's cost of living is low, it is NOT necessarily because one "doesn't expect very much of oneself" (paraphrasing mine), as one of your messages alluded to. My cost of living is...

  22. Anyone work at Shands in Gainesville,FL?

    NICU_RNwantsFL posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everybody - wonder if anyone out there works at Shands@ Univ. of Florida (Gainesville) - and maybe even specifically, NICU? I currently work in a Level III in South Carolina, and am planning a move...

  23. open visitation in critical care units

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to grits's topic in General Nursing

    Hi - I work in a NICU, and while our visitation isn't as open as yours, it is certainly more open than I think it should be, for all the reasons you state. When I have to give care (depending on how...

  24. Where are all you SC nurses?

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to RedVaz's topic in General Nursing

    Hi y'all - From Greenville here! Work in the Childrens' Hosp. in NICU. LOVE IT. Would never do any other kind of nursing - gotta be with my

  25. Stopping flu shot

    NICU_RNwantsFL replied to Jim 182's topic in Florida Nursing

    You cannot become dependent on flu shots. Flu shots target different strains each year. I have taken them since I was a kid. I think every nurse has a responsibility to get one (as long as he/she...