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  1. Houston RN pay?

    shah replied to worldsas's topic in Texas Nursing

    2 sixteens on the weekend, or the Baylor shift is not very common. It differs from hospital to hospital and floor to floor. You will have to ask individual HR's or hiring managers. Sometimes they...

  2. Houston RN pay?

    shah replied to worldsas's topic in Texas Nursing

    Usually, nobody cares if you have a BSN. They look for experience and skill. There might be a difference in the medical

  3. No luck in the job hunting!!

    shah replied to BlessedRoseRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Ike flooded Houston with tons of well trained and experienced UTMB and now Shriner's nurses. They, therefore, do not have to spend resources this year to train GN's. Try San Antonio or Dallas. They...

  4. need NRP card ASAP

    shah replied to xiaqiu's topic in Texas Nursing

    Memorial Hermann and HCA hospitals all have classess offered

  5. Houston RN pay?

    shah replied to worldsas's topic in Texas Nursing

    Does anyone know what the Cristus hospital pay for a nurse with 2 years in postpartum and 5 years of nursing? The 2 Christus Hospitals in Houston are in Katy and Nassau Bay

  6. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    shah replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

    Jazakallaha Khair, I had contacted a recruiter who worked for hospitals in Riyaddh, Jeddah and places where the oil companies are. I am interested in Mecca and Madinah only. This year, I visited S.A....

  7. School of Nursing--Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

    shah replied to Free Spirit 1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Texas Womans Univeristy: http://www.twu.edu and University of Texas Medical Branch (at Galveston) http://www.utmb.edu also have online BS and MS

  8. School of Nursing--Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

    shah replied to Free Spirit 1's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Texas Tech is a reputable university, with an outstanding healthcare program. They were doing online Nursing degrees before any other university in Texas started to think of it. They specialize in...

  9. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    shah replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

    :angryfire Dear 43RN20, Though your comments and experience about Saudi culture are valid, you have demonstrated cultural insensitivity by interpreting Islamic laws and commenting on what Muslim...

  10. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    shah replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Go for it, and don't listen to the nay sayers! As a paramedic, you have just the right kind of experience for the NP role. That of taking independent decisions. Nurses on the other hand, still take...

  11. Financing the whole thing

    shah replied to jc13's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Find an employer who would reimburse tuition. Memorial Hermann system in Houston will give up to $7000 per semester to full-time employees. You will only need to find a manager who will work with your...

  12. Are accelerated programs fair?

    shah replied to caro3334's topic in General Nursing

    I agree accelerated programs are not fair. I completed my accelerated BSN in 15 months. Started in May. Completed one Summer I (1 course) in 10 days. Had to read 7 to 10 chapters a night. Had a daily...

  13. Jobs for disabled nurses

    shah replied to Cobweb's topic in General Nursing

    :monkeydance:Look for jobs with stat regulatory agencies. They give good retirement benefits and you are a true patient advocate. As a cas manager, all you do is try and discharge patients before...

  14. Visits per Day

    shah replied to zenman's topic in School

    whoa! you will wait 5 days to assess possible abuse evidence? why was the child not sent 5 days ago?

  15. Visits per Day

    shah replied to zenman's topic in School

    Ladies! Ladies! Please do not rip up each other up. We know there is a problem, and teachers and nurses should be smart enough to solve it together. What I would do, is, if a student has been in the...

  16. Forensic Nursing (FN): Programs

    shah replied to sirI's topic in Forensic

    So how and where do we find work? Are we independent contractors, or employees. Do we work for the city/govt., or private agency? How is the

  17. Public Health Nursing

    shah replied to TXNurseBSN's topic in Texas Nursing

    How and where would you get a public health

  18. The Methodist Hospital

    shah replied to joy1181's topic in Texas Nursing

    I did a clinical rotation at Methodist TMC. They have some of the best Nurse/patient ratios. Med-Surg has 4 patients to a nurse. You can ride a bus to the medical center from most of Houston, and...

  19. Need advice - bail on my accelerated BSN for an ADN?(long)

    shah replied to fleur-de-lis's topic in General Nursing

    Don't even think of bailing out. I just graduated from my accelerated BSN, and it felt like I was crazy to have joined, but I am glad now that it ended in one year. On top of it, I am a single parent,...

  20. NICU safe assignment

    shah posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi, I am a new graduate and just interviewed for a NICU position. Their staffing ratios are 4:1 for Level II and 2:1 for Level III. Is this usual/safe? My experience is that if the say 4:1, in...

  21. Houston

    shah replied to Butterfly03's topic in Texas Nursing

    If you work at the Med Center, you don't have to drive. There are park and rides all over town that have bus services to the MC and hospitals subsidize fares. I live in Clearlake and it is about 20...

  22. NICU safe assignment

    shah replied to shah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks, They did not break it up like that, but I hope it is

  23. NICU safe assignment

    shah replied to shah's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thank you. I haven't joined yet, but just wanted feedback before I committed

  24. Nurse dates doctor openly at work.

    shah replied to castle's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is nobody's business to teach morality to others. I am sure a whole lot of all these moral high roaders are themselves in questionable relationships, hey! but that is their private...

  25. Thinking about LPN instead of Rn now.

    shah replied to CrystalClear75's topic in LPN to RN

    Your best option is to stick out somehow. LPN's are losing ground. Opportunities are shrinking, pays are sticking, they don't get respect, they are cheap RN's, that is they end up doing the same...