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  1. Pts doing illegal stuff while in hospital

    cass1320 replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I was doing my ICU rotation in nursing school, I had a pt admitted for endocarditis s/t IV heroin use. He had already had two valve replacements and and was back in after a PE from reinfection of...

  2. Hospital Units with Longest patient stays

    cass1320 replied to TarheelGirlx3's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a heart transplant floor at a research hospital. A lot of our patients stay 30 days or more pre and post transplant and they're all frequent fliers. We also do LVAD patient's and because...

  3. UT Southwestern Fall 2013 Internship

    cass1320 replied to kevsgirl1's topic in Texas Nursing

    I passed! I'm going to email/call HR as soon as I get my license number to ask them who I need to give it to. Hopefully I'll get an update then. I'm also emailing my hiring manager to let her know...

  4. Disrespectful

    cass1320 replied to martymoose's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    @noyesno This may be my favorite comment

  5. UT Southwestern Fall 2013 Internship

    cass1320 replied to kevsgirl1's topic in Texas Nursing

    Kevsgirl, congrats on passing your NCLEX! I'm taking mine tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have my RN license soonish. Have you been in contact with UTSW since you got your license number? I'm getting...

  6. UT Southwestern Fall 2013 Internship

    cass1320 replied to kevsgirl1's topic in Texas Nursing

    @Kza321, are you on the cardiac step-down unit (I think the floor is 5 North/South right next to the

  7. Dallas, TX High school grad, Seriously considering Nursing, need some advice

    cass1320 replied to ak94's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you're willing to go as far as Denton, are you considering all DFW schools? If you've already been accepted to or are set on UTD, you might consider UT Arlington's BSN program. They have an...

  8. Anxiety about dissection.

    cass1320 replied to megkat's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think you'll be surprised how quickly you acclimate to it. It is intimidating at first, but don't be afraid to really dig in, as long as you stay respectful. When I did my cadaver lab, we started...

  9. What did/do you dissect in A&P lab?

    cass1320 replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I did a cadaver also. I was in a group of 5 and we had one cadaver to ourselves. We dissected the entire body, and got to use the bone saw, etc. for the hemi-sections. We had two 4 hour labs a week to...

  10. UT Southwestern Fall 2013 Internship

    cass1320 replied to kevsgirl1's topic in Texas Nursing

    @kevsgirl, I'm starting the UTSW internship in October too! I got hired on the Cardiac Step-down unit. Where are you going to

  11. Accelerated Programs Vs 4 year programs

    cass1320 replied to Lewist1016's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm interested to know why the people you spoke with think that ABSNs programs are inferior to traditional BSNs. I have my first degree in History from a 4 year university and after finishing my first...

  12. Texas Jurisprudence Exam

    cass1320 replied to jottmers1's topic in Texas Nursing

    Make sure that you have submitted your application for licensure with the Texas BON. When you click on the link for the exam, make sure you enter your name exactly as you entered it on your...

  13. Interviews, offers, decision...Oh My!!

    cass1320 replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in Nursing Career

    I literally just experienced the same situation. I had two interviews in the same week, one on Monday and one on Thursday. The first was for a cardiac step-down unit, the second for a cardiac ICU. I...

  14. Awful textbook?

    cass1320 replied to heartflutter's topic in General Students

    I really haven't liked anything that Pearson publishes. Our peds/OB book (the thing was freaking huge!) was from Pearson. It was cumbersome and didn't make a lot of sense. It was our programs first...

  15. Cook Children's Pediatric Nurse Residency 2013

    cass1320 replied to dr_nurse's topic in Texas Nursing

    The girl who gave me the tour was from NYC. I had no idea so many people from out of state knew about CCMC or it's residency program! Also, I've got to say thank you to everybody on this thread. No...

  16. Cook Children's Pediatric Nurse Residency 2013

    cass1320 replied to dr_nurse's topic in Texas Nursing

    Nope. No news is good news,

  17. Cook Children's Pediatric Nurse Residency 2013

    cass1320 replied to dr_nurse's topic in Texas Nursing

    I have to admit, the fact that I'm not the only one fretting over this is making me feel a little better.

  18. Cook Children's Pediatric Nurse Residency 2013

    cass1320 replied to dr_nurse's topic in Texas Nursing

    I haven't heard anything yet either. Please let me know if you hear anything else. @Jooliaghoulia, I know for sure that there's only 15 spots, one of the current nurse residents mentioned it to me...

  19. Any midwives that got an ADN through Excelsior?

    cass1320 replied to biggolp's topic in Excelsior College

    No, it makes sense. I wish you would have posted this five days ago, I could have used it in my

  20. Any midwives that got an ADN through Excelsior?

    cass1320 replied to biggolp's topic in Excelsior College

    If a CM and CNM's scope of practice is the same, why would you bother going into nursing at

  21. Any midwives that got an ADN through Excelsior?

    cass1320 replied to biggolp's topic in Excelsior College

    I just finished writing a term paper for my Management and Leadership class over this exact topic. Keep in mind that I focused on Texas midwifery here, but I imagine it would be fairly similar in most...

  22. Cook Children's Pediatric Nurse Residency 2013

    cass1320 replied to dr_nurse's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi guys! I'm graduating with my BSN in August and I'm hoping to apply for the September Residency. Can any of you tell me anything about the application process and interview? I just recently finished...

  23. Pathophysiology as a pre-req?

    cass1320 replied to pcolastudent's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My ABSN program required it as a pre-req even though pathophys is covered in both chronic care and acute care. It's been REALLY helpful so far and the class itself wasn't as bad as I though it would...

  24. Iodine Prep with a shellfish allergy?

    cass1320 replied to cjg10RN's topic in Operating Room

    If your hospital has an OR, it should carry a sterile chlorohexidine rinse that you can use on mucous membranes (they probably carry it even if they don't have an OR). Just know that if you use these,...

  25. New Grad UMC Lubbock, TX

    cass1320 replied to racheldb's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm currently in nursing school getting my BSN from Texas Tech in Lubbock. UMC is the teaching hospital associated with Texas Tech and has a great reputation! I've done about half of my clinicals...