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  1. Job woes in the SF Bay Area... why is it like this?

    shah replied to NTPinky's topic in California Nursing

    By the way, the nursing shortage is not because there are not enough graduates. It is because nursing is so trying, only 5% of the new grads will stick around after 1 yr. Acute is not the end of the...

  2. Job woes in the SF Bay Area... why is it like this?

    shah replied to NTPinky's topic in California Nursing

    The greatest danger to a patient are not nurses, domestic or foreign. It is corporate greed which prompts hospitals to cut corners and give dangerous assignments and inadequate training to domestic...

  3. Should a nursing instructor tell a student they are not nursing material.

    shah replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    I will always rememeber Mn. She was doing great in class. Nothing less than a B. She and her daughter were both enrolled with me in LVN school. Mn's problem was, she was over 60 years old. The...

  4. Should a nursing instructor tell a student they are not nursing material.

    shah replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    We had an instructor who rode the men real hard. She would make remarks about men coming into nursing for the money. She would see that all the men who could, would fail. Nothing could be done about...

  5. former business majors? switch out of nursing?

    shah replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    I had an MBA before I came into nursing. I miss my IT days, witty programmers and the comradery. As a nurse I feel like a glorified waitress. I have to work with angry, hostile harried unimaginative...

  6. Should a nursing instructor tell a student they are not nursing material.

    shah replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    We had one of those. This nursing instructor said derogatory things about foreigners in a very diverse school, over and over again. Things like in such and such country, they sell their children for...

  7. Job woes in the SF Bay Area... why is it like this?

    shah replied to NTPinky's topic in California Nursing

    You need to get out of your area. Think Compact states. Here in Texas, they are hiring in San Antonio, San Angelo, Brownsville and other places where people don't want to work. The pay will not be...

  8. San Antonio ADN Q's

    shah replied to formerFA's topic in Texas Nursing

    I would generally stay away from anywhere northeast of 281, except for Alamo Heights. West of 281, outside 410 has less

  9. San Antonio ADN Q's

    shah replied to formerFA's topic in Texas Nursing

    If you knew the zip codes, I could tell you what is good. Also, what grades your kids go to school. Downtown is generally not an area to die for, nor is southeast. Most of Northwest, North and...

  10. telephone triage

    shah replied to dec2007's topic in Telephone Triage

    I agree with

  11. telephone triage

    shah replied to dec2007's topic in Telephone Triage

    $14? Are you serious? Kids make that much at Home

  12. Nurse Educators, Introduce Yourselves!

    shah replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hi, I need some advice please. I was admitted to a Nurse Practitioner program last year. The aim was to become a NP and teach. But I could not continue due to my schedule. This Spring, I transfered to...

  13. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    shah replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

    Talking about rude patients in the

  14. telephone triage

    shah replied to dec2007's topic in Telephone Triage

    What kind of money can be made in

  15. Valley Region Hospital Brownsville

    shah replied to BrooklynRN2008's topic in Texas Nursing

    I don't know about the hospital, but Brownsville is on the Mexican border and there is a drug cartel war going on in that area. Even if there is no war, the border areas are strife with smuggling,...

  16. "Fired for NO Reason"

    shah replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Because she was not being trained right. Hospitals are all about making money. They want to start milking the cow before she is ready. If this girl had gaps in her learning they should have been...

  17. Fresenius starting pay

    shah replied to tralyn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What is Fresnius' starting pay for RNs in Houston

  18. Houston RN pay?

    shah replied to worldsas's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi, do you have an idea what these (LTAC) hospitals pay for med-surg & rehab nurses. Also, I have heard work is harder than acute care. If so, how?

  19. Are accelerated BSN programs looked down on?

    shah replied to Dattebayo's topic in Medical-Surgical

    LVN's get more clinical time than RN's. Does that mean they are better prepared? We are just jealous of each other. Fact is, because people come from diverse backgrounds in accelerated programs, they...

  20. pancreatitis and demerol

    shah replied to ORNurseAngie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You should have called the intern again to get off his butt and order something. Interns, by the way, should be used to let experienced nurses correct them, as they are newbies

  21. Help! L&D nurse to med-surg?

    shah replied to Salgal08's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Work postpartum. That will include some heavy med-surg including TAH, BSO, bladder suspension, ectopic pregnancy, ante-partum, C-sections, babies if they are roomed-in. If it is a women's and...

  22. Career Advice Please

    shah replied to rnrn1's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The question is how well they are training you? If the internship program is good and the hospital in general has good reputation, then I would say, stick it out. As far as the nurses' behavior is...

  23. Houston RN pay?

    shah replied to worldsas's topic in Texas Nursing

    I worked at least one 12 hour shift a week. The trick is that I worked nights only and p.r.n. (as an LVN), so, I got paid pretty good money. With your RN license, you could go agency and work less,...

  24. Houston RN pay?

    shah replied to worldsas's topic in Texas Nursing

    Nursing has nothing to do with economy. It has to do with supply & demand. Right now, demand in Houston is bad due to Ike nurse. Once they settle down, it will go right back up. You will get hired...

  25. Houston RN pay?

    shah replied to worldsas's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have seen poeple half dead after back to back 16s. You need at least one day for recovery. Tests are usually on Mondays, so you may need to do probably one 16 on Saturdays and one regular on other...