Stlcardsrock

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1. Salary for new nurse in St. Louis

   Stlcardsrock replied to lcs4cats's topic in Missouri

   Daisy, That is the reason that I moved to St. Louis to TX. When I left BJC I was making less than the figures quoted. I joined an agency working in ICU and started making $27/hr down here and eventually made more. The market in StL is saturated be...

2. TCU Roll Call

   Stlcardsrock replied to TexasCCRN's topic in CRNA

   Hey TexasCCRN, How is that phone/contact list coming for the TCU SRNA's?

3. Texas Christian University Roll Call...Come on Frogs!

   Stlcardsrock replied to TexasCCRN's topic in General Students

   The first year is on campus. I believe the Pensacola site can take 2.

4. Charge Nurses

   Stlcardsrock replied to NeuroNP's topic in CCU

   Yes we have 1 charge nurse for an 18 and soon to be 26 bed ICU. They are responsible for the schedule, staffing, policies, annual reviews, and daily maintainence of the unit (flow, baby, flow). They do not have patients unless we are short staffed ...

5. Precedex...

   Stlcardsrock replied to mjl2525's topic in CCU

   I disagree, after 1 year of using this drug I have found that I experience as much hypotension as propofol if the patient does not have adequate-high filling pressures. We try to keep our hearts here on the dry side, less incidence of pleural effusio...

6. Texas Christian University Roll Call...Come on Frogs!

   Stlcardsrock replied to TexasCCRN's topic in General Students

   Hey don't forget me. My clinical site is Harris Methodist-FW. I live in Frisco. Would love to meet everyone before the start of the year. Yes this commute will stink, but it is all for the greater good.

7. CRNA vs. Politics

   Stlcardsrock replied to MrRacer98's topic in CRNA

   I learned to be an ICU RN under Dr. Tom. He is a phenom. I now teach using his philosophyand methods of monitoring hemodynamics at my institution. When we implemented the Baxter CCO's 3-4 years ago, that was a quite the advancement, when we upgrad...

8. Tcu

   Stlcardsrock replied to CCRNERIC's topic in CRNA

   I can't quote numbers, but I believe there were only one or two local clinical sites left as of 2 weeks ago. At this point you might be wait-listed. I heard back almost immediately. One friend heard back in one week, the other is still waiting, now ...

9. TCU Roll Call

   Stlcardsrock replied to TexasCCRN's topic in CRNA

   I think there will be 61 accepted in the program if I'm not mistaken and 100 at TX Wesleyan. I don't know how many applicants total. The questions were pretty straightforward clinically. I would talk about my clinical history and they would ask qu...

10. TCU Roll Call

    Stlcardsrock replied to TexasCCRN's topic in CRNA

    Count me in for starting at TCU this fall. I am also looking forward to meeting some faces before the year begins.

11. Anyone Heard from Texas Wesleyan ?

    Stlcardsrock replied to CrueRN's topic in CRNA

    I finally got a letter from TWU to set up an interview. I think I will decline to interview, b/c I got accepted at my first choice. I also got the clinical site I was going for. I don't know why it has taken them so long to get back with me. Thei...

12. Anyone Heard from Texas Wesleyan ?

    Stlcardsrock replied to CrueRN's topic in CRNA

    I have had my stuff in for weeks and am still waiting for them to set up an interview. In the mean time, had an interview with TCU and got accepted there. Now I wonder if I even want to follow up. I have had so many problems with their front offic...

13. TCU Interview

    Stlcardsrock replied to CRNAMASTER's topic in CRNA

    I'm in TCU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited. I got Harris Methodist-FW as my clinical site. That means I don't have to relocate. I couldn'nt be happier. Hope to see everyone in the fall. Maybe we could hook up before the school year begins.

14. TCU Interview

    Stlcardsrock replied to CRNAMASTER's topic in CRNA

    You are probably waiting for slackers like me that have not had thier interview, but beat the Dec. 1 deadline. I am waiting for them to "compute my GPA" and then to schedule the big interview. Best of luck, maybe we will be classmates in the fall.

15. Future SRNA's; Words of Encouragemnt

    Stlcardsrock replied to Trauma Tom's topic in CRNA

    Echo these sentiments.Thanks again for the post. Yes, this whole process is nerve-wrecking, from the essay I have rewritten 10 times to passing the 2 exams, GRE and CCRN, all the while taking organic chem. Please shoot me now.