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    Which part of the state is highly recommended to start raising a family

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to anursedad's topic in Texas Nursing

    Austin, Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth and San Antonio are all good areas with lots of suburbs to choose from, some better than others. Also tons of smaller cities to look into (Waco, Lubbock, Corpus...
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    Achieve Test Prep?

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to coonibear's topic in Excelsior College

    Did you read the above posts? Achieve Test Prep is not a school, it is a publishing company that sells study guides. If you use them, you will spend a lot more than needed. Excelsior College is the...
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    Sherman Texas

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to kplp1111's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yup, hospitals have a set base rate for new grads set at the corporate level. There is no negotiation with
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    Moving to Houston Texas - RN

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to suadali03's topic in Texas Nursing

    Come on HouTx, where is your recommendation for a Realtor. :) A Realtor is a good person to contact to get information on where to live and actual costs. But yes, good advice, except for the part...
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    Texas Employment

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to psalms017's topic in Texas Nursing

    Texas is a very competitive market for RN's right now. Dallas/Ft Worth, Houston, Austin and San Antonio are all turning out large numbers of new grads. If your wanting to work in a hospital in a...
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    Bad experiance with RUE -filed complaint with FTC

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to deovyan99's topic in Excelsior College

    Why would Excelsior know about a company they have no association with? Rue (and several others) is a publishing company that sells materials to people to use to study. Excelsior has no relationship,...
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    An eye opener

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Grinleaph's topic in Texas Nursing

    Exactly. While I have never been a patient, I have been on the receiving end of nursing with several different family members over the years. Never once did their accent affect my opinion of them....
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    An eye opener

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Grinleaph's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have worked with many nurses with different accents, some I could barely understand, but their accent had nothing to do with being a good or bad nurse. I have had several doctors that I have had to...
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    Stay AWAY DROM DLSI of Indiana

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to nicernurse1's topic in Excelsior College

    Yup, I signed up with them a long time ago before I knew better. I did find their study guides useful and when I started it I had actual classroom tutoring. I did not use the tutoring for the nursing...
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    what its an patient care tech?

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to nataliewalsh4's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Depends on the state. In Texas there is no PCT
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    Excelsior's online rn programs

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to purplenurse19's topic in Excelsior College

    Yeah, just saw that and was editing it. I guess 3 Hospitals was not enough to justify it's own group so they merged with
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    Excelsior's online rn programs

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to purplenurse19's topic in Excelsior College

    Edit: disregard below, looks like MPAC was merged into NPAC, so Lubbock is still an option. Excelsior College | Finding a Test Site Nope, looks like MPAC sites are no longer listed on their list. Not...
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    What You Wish You Knew From The Beginning...

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to loveSBK's topic in Critical Care

    A great bit of advice (as well as the other stuff). knowing who the pharmacists are (Ask if you can go to your pharmacy and meet them it they don't make rounds) makes a huge difference. My ICU has a...
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    Nurse Employment Status 2015

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to ZezeAnne's topic in Texas Nursing

    Rural areas would give you a better chance. Are there jobs, yes, but there are plenty of people applying for them also. In the large cities, some positions have 100+ applicants for
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    Nurse Employment Status 2015

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to ZezeAnne's topic in Texas Nursing

    In large cities (Houston, Dallas/Ft Worth, San Antonio, Austin) it is a very competitive market. Having a BSN helps a lot, as does your experience. Many smaller cities are hiring, and if you go to...
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    Rapid response protocols

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to ICUNurseG's topic in Critical Care

    Sounds similar to what ours is, as well as D-50 for hypoglycemia (I am sure yours is too). We do have a Hospitalist that is supposed to show up, but if they are busy they have a phone that we can...
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    Denying Death As A Society

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    I hear this all the time. My response to this is "What if God is trying to take them and we are keeping them
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    Failed CPNE 1st try

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to nancyerun's topic in Excelsior College

    Sorry you did not pass on your first attempt. Don't let it get you down, it is a very hard test and many have failed and come back to pass. Nerves get many people with it. I think it is more of a...
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    Does your ICU have CNA's?

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Rose44's topic in Critical Care

    12 bed general ICU, 1 PCA (patient care attendant, not a CNA) for the unit (most days). They do finger sticks, help with turning, changing, transferring to the floor, empty foley bags, act as a unit...
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    Denying Death As A Society

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. It is one of the frustrating things I do no like about ICU. Even more frustrating when family finally agrees to DNR then revokes it when the time
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    I need some really-wide-shoe ideas!

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to NurseEric81's topic in Men in Nursing

    I got a pair of SAS shoes a few months ago. At first I was not real happy with them, I still had foot pain (planters fasciitis) and back pain at the end of the day. After wearing them for about a...
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    HELP MOVING TO IRVING Texas

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Dani061589's topic in Texas Nursing

    The Dallas/Ft Worth job market is very competitive and over-saturated with new grad ASN/BSN's. You will need to have your Texas license before most employers will take your applicaton seriously. What...
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    The Clinical Performance in Nursing Exam (CPNE): what the heck is this madness?!

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Lunah's topic in Excelsior College

    Yes, they give you a study guide with all the requirements of how to do it the "Excelsior way" for both skills and patient assessment/care/charting. And yes, you practice it till you do it in your...
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    CPNE changing to one day??

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to GypsyTig's topic in Excelsior College

    never heard it. Don't see how it could be done
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    Acronyms: Where's the COW?

    Nalon1 RN/EMT-P replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I still call it a COW. Also, Cause of Death - TMB (Too Many Birthdays). Never actually use it, but when other nurses ask what did they die from, it always gets a