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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 one of the new valves. He had previously been sen...

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 were one of the few hospitals that deals with LVADs w...

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 I've passed and to ask for recommendations for prepar...

@noyesno This may be my favorite comment ever.

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 nervous that the only thing I've heard from them was t...

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

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 excellent reputation and a "fast track" program that coul...

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 with the muscles of the back. The cadaver's head, ha...

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 do the dissections and open lab every day from 4-...

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

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 bachelors, I decided I wanted to go into 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 application and choose the option "LVN graduate". If you sti...

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 love critical care and I was really excited about t...

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 year to use it and my whole class hated it. The teac...

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 matter how this whole thing turns out, I'm so glad ...

Nope. No news is good news, right?

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

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 during the tour. However, this is the first year tha...

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

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

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 states. There are two types of Midwives: Certifie...

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 my pedi clinical rotation at school and have abso...

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 be.

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, you have to use a LOT and thus it takes longer to...

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 there and found it to be a great atmosphere and very c...