Liss RN

Hi everyone, I moved to Houston from Pennsylvania after I graduated nursing school at PSU a few months ago. I passed my boards almost a month ago and have applied to probably 70 jobs since then. I have my ADN, and am 3 courses away from my BSN w...

Hi everyone, may be a stupid question, but, (there are no stupid questions....right?) I'm a new nurse in a ICU, and I overheard someone say the term "crumping" a few days ago. Can someone tell me what this means? Thank you very much!

haha! thank you all so much!! It has been on my mind. I tried googling it but couldn't really come up with anything. Very much appreciate the responses.

Try Memorial Hermann- I know they will hire people with less than a year experience even if their requirements say more. Good luck!

I'm sure you will love it there, I've heard it's a great place to work. And you'll learn a ton in the CCU. I'm going to be working nights in the Neuro IMU. It is going to be challenging since I haven't worked nights before. I actually don't live down...

Hey MissPamela, I did! I started a Critical Care Internship at the beginning of January but I was laid off when the hospital I worked for did a massive layoff in March. I searched for a new job immediately and found that no one wanted to consider me ...

Just curious if anyone else got an interview for west houston medical center?

No interviews for any GN programs. I had one interview for a cath lab position a few days ago, so I'm really hoping I get that position. The Houston Chronicle had a big nursing career fair last Wednesday which I went to- didn't have all that much luc...

Yeah I didn't really understand it. I have 2 months experience working in critical care as a RN, but I was laid off at the end of my critical care internship when a hospital I was working for down here did a huge layoff. I've been told by most hospit...

I got the same job fair email today. Not exactly sure what it means. All the positions on the email require experience.

In the same position! Had an interview yesterday, and they said they would make a decision by next Tuesday. I'm not very patient. The suspense is killing me

So I graduated in May 2010 with my ADN, moved from PA to Houston in June, and was licensed in TX in Sept. I got a Critical Care Internship position which I began in January, but was laid off exactly 2 months after I started. Apparently the hospital w...

I've applied to memorial hermann, md anderson, methodist, st. luke's, cypress fairbanks, park plaza and plaza specialty, houston northwest, tomball regional, texas children's, kindred, foundation surgical, ben taub, west houston medical center, kingw...

Haven't heard anything. The status for the ED position says open for mine as well, with all the others closed.

Hey Marisa, I am no expert, I am a new grad RN. But, what I was taught is that only pitting edema is rated 1-4 based on depth of the indentation made in mm. So, +1 pitting would be 2mm indentation, +2 would be 4 mm indentation, +3 would be 6 mm inden...

Let's see.. A prisoner once kindly asked me if I would shave his balls for him since he wasn't allowed. An ambulatory woman once asked me to get a washcloth and itch her vagina for her. A woman with dietary restrictions asked me to go to the Wendy'...

Hi everyone Those that applied to the RN Residency Program at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital that begins in Feb, have you heard anything? I saw a few days ago that they stopped accepting applications. I spoke with the nurse recruiter there...

diane227, sorry I'm just writing back now. Thank you for replying! I live on the west side of Houston. Right now I'm trying to get into a critical care or ED residency position. I just had an interview last week for a critical care residency, and I'm...

I would keep your resume to 1 page, but as said above, I would write a really great 1 page cover letter. It allows you to highlight your experiences and what makes you a good fit for that position and hospital. As said above, make sure you personaliz...

Hey corky1272RN, I applied to Conroe as well even though its fairly far away from where I live. It looks like the GN position is still open on their site so I doubt they will start interviewing for it until they take it off/it closes. Anyone heard f...

I would stick with the hospital that hired you for their residency, at least for a little longer. I've heard it's in poor taste to just cut and run after all that training. I was told by a hospital that it costs somewhere around $60,000 to train a Ne...

TexasNurseEducator, thanks so much for your suggestions. I'm definitely going to take your advice on doing the ACLS and PALS courses. I have my ADN so I'm currently working on finishing up my BSN, but I'm going to do my last 3 clinical classes online...

I called Cypress Fairbanks on Tuesday because i was getting inpatient and asked if they started interviewing yet, and all she said was they didn't start calling for the ED yet. She didn't say when they were going to though. So I'm guessing if they di...

Nope! This waiting game is driving me nuts! Haha.

I'm a May 2010 ADN grad as well! I didn't apply to Ben Taub's program because they said BSN's only too! I guess maybe I should just go ahead and apply anyway to Methodist's GN stuff? I did apply to some of the Staff Nurse I jobs at Ben Taub though. I...