perseus29

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1. Nursing right for me?

   perseus29 replied to davidpark120's topic in General Nursing

   As somebody suggested, if you can do the internship program where pre health students are exposed to direct patient care experience, then do that, as that would be your best way of finding you if...

2. Am I right for Nursing Informatics? Please weigh in.

   perseus29 replied to Mesomorph's topic in Nursing Informatics

   "Might this be a good field for me? What do you all do on a day-to-day basis?" Yes, this field would be excellent for you. If i were in your shoes, I would clean up the resume, and start sending it...

3. And when I thought the job hunt couldn't get any worse....

   perseus29 replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

   The main thing about these tests is to pay attention to the questions because they will repeat in a different manner, and that's how they catch if you're faking it, or it throws a red flag that you're...

4. need help with interview question

   perseus29 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

   I've had a similar question in an interview before and my response was: Upon learning that my assigned tasks were not in alignment with my values, I immediately informed my manager about my concerns....

5. Swine flu vaccine link to killer nerve disease: Guillian-Barre Syndrome

   perseus29 replied to H_2_O's topic in Disaster Preparation

   So far NO one has gotten GB from this H1N1 vaccine because trials are just starting. And even if somebody has a negative reaction to the vaccine, I highly doubt the pharmaceutical companies will come...

6. Can new RN grads start in Informatics?

   perseus29 replied to Nursing_chick's topic in Nursing Informatics

   If you want to do informatics, just start applying and see what turns up. Companies like Epic, Cerner, Siemens, etc, love to brag that they have IT nurses in their staff because that gives them a...

7. Job security -- what are you seeing?

   perseus29 replied to WDWpixieRN's topic in Nursing Informatics

   As rninformatics says, consulting businesses are seeing a slowdown from years past. A friend of mine own a consulting company and I'm friends with a recruiter from another place; they both say that...

8. expired texas nursing license

   perseus29 replied to perseus29's topic in Texas Nursing

   Thank you so much for your post and

9. Any Austin inside 411?

   perseus29 replied to XYnurse2B's topic in Texas Nursing

   So did you get any advice? Even though there are a few hospitals in the area, there are two main networks; Seton and St. David's. I used to work in the seton network, and i knew nurses that worked...

10. expired texas nursing license

    perseus29 posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Does anybody know what's the process to renew an expired texas nursing license? We have looked through the texas board website, and all we can find is the link to renew a current license; we tried...

11. Have any Texas Nurses been employed in England?

    perseus29 replied to Seton78626's topic in Texas Nursing

    My friend who works as a nurse in Reading (outside of London area), makes 26k a year, and she's been a nurse for 3 years. Salaries in the UK are significantly lower than in the USA, and yet, the...

12. Nursing Informatics???

    perseus29 replied to ventgurl's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Just wanted to let you know that you don't have to have an 'informatics' degree to break info the field, unless you are going for one of those roles that is specific for a nursing informatist. AS I...

13. Is there a shortage or glut of nurses in informatics?

    perseus29 replied to Mijourney's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You're right! I quit photoshop when our school gave us a free sample of paint shop pro...photoshop was too much too handle for me! And with excel I stick to basic copy, paste, the function of...

14. Is there a shortage or glut of nurses in informatics?

    perseus29 replied to Mijourney's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I would venture to answer your question with, yea IT experience is not really necessary, but it doesn't hurt to have it, and it really depends on the specific job you're going for; if you want to do...

15. Is there a shortage or glut of nurses in informatics?

    perseus29 replied to Mijourney's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I don't think a clinical area matters, unless you know of a specific job that requires you to be skilled in a certain area, and your goal is to get that specific job. As for myself, I worked all areas...