NeoNurseTX

NeoNurseTX RN

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  1. Take-home pay

    NeoNurseTX replied to BSNbyFaith's topic in General Nursing

    I take HOME about 32/hr. I work weekends and have the most expensive insurance plan my hospital offers and also put 8% into retirement.I think I actually make 43/hr, but my base pay is 27/hr or...

  2. "Re: Houston Job"

    NeoNurseTX replied to RN50TX's topic in Texas Nursing

    What kind of problems in the med center? I work there and we have new hires all the

  3. What's your average census?

    NeoNurseTX replied to Humbled_Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We usually have 70-80 something. We are in the 60s right now and people are getting canceled and floated like crazy. We're a 90 bed IIIc

  4. tub bathing in the NICU

    NeoNurseTX replied to Cindy Lee's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I wish we did, especially with our older

  5. NANDA , NIC AND NOC still in use ?

    NeoNurseTX replied to skyranger's topic in General Nursing

    We check boxes on the

  6. Is there anything at all about nursing that you don't like?

    NeoNurseTX replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes short staffing but it's usually okay. Right now there is no OT available (which is rare) and I really need

  7. Which do your prefer, Class or Clinicals?

    NeoNurseTX replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    Class! I hated

  8. How did you discover you want to do this?

    NeoNurseTX replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

    I never wanted to be a nurse growing up; in fact that was one thing I thought I KNEW I didn't want to do but somehow when I took A&P I I fell in love with the human body. And babies - they have no...

  9. How does this happen??

    NeoNurseTX replied to mustlovepoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Yay, TWU alum here! By the end of school, we took on a full patient load, too. Mine was in the NICU and now I work in a NICU and I LOVE it. I could never do med/surg nursing. For me, I only ever see...

  10. understaffed and dangers to license?

    NeoNurseTX replied to lpn2b2006's topic in General Nursing

    To nursetony, you can only invoke Safe Harbor BEFORE you do something that may jeopardize your license and you will likely lose your job over it

  11. Do Rn's need to know alot about health records/coding?

    NeoNurseTX replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know a lick about

  12. Do You Wear a Lab coat?

    NeoNurseTX replied to L3Janit0r37's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We wore them when we picked patients in clinicals for nursing school but I've never seen a nurse wear one at work. Sometimes the docs wear them but not

  13. Nurses and Coffee

    NeoNurseTX replied to studentstorm's topic in General Nursing

    I haaaaate coffee but I wish I liked

  14. How often do you work extra?

    NeoNurseTX replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    Not very often. I just picked up a new primary patient so maybe more often

  15. Infertile??

    NeoNurseTX replied to Marissa2619's topic in General Nursing

    We can't give medical advice here, but you guys are in my

  16. CHICAGO VS. TEXAS

    NeoNurseTX replied to LJUN71's topic in Texas Nursing

    Huh? I'm not even sure what you're trying to

  17. New Grad going into NICU

    NeoNurseTX replied to niculonghornrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No longer a new grad, but I did my transition/capstone course in a level 3 regional NICU and I did an externship (adult CVICU) during nursing school so I'm sure that looked good on my resume. To the...

  18. PICC TKO Rate

    NeoNurseTX replied to NicuCourtney's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do q12 hep flushes..but if the baby is on full feeds and doesn't need the PICC for anything, we pull

  19. Do you go out on the weekend?

    NeoNurseTX replied to bigboy18's topic in General Students

    I "partied" more during nursing school than any other period of my life. I guess it was just a way to

  20. Putting clinical experience on a resume?

    NeoNurseTX replied to AmyJean's topic in General Students

    I don't see why

  21. Getting really concerned about going into nursing...

    NeoNurseTX replied to mfrancisco's topic in General Nursing

    I love my job and don't complain a lot ..not too much to complain about. I'm also NICU. Yes, PICU is pedi

  22. How mych did you $pend to become a Registered Nurse?

    NeoNurseTX replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    10k total and that was w/ books, rent, car payment, groceries,

  23. Magnet designated hospital--anyone work at one?

    NeoNurseTX replied to CathiP's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is on the magnet journey...it doesn't really affect the staff nurses positively I think..but middle and upper mgmt love

  24. Your most valuable book

    NeoNurseTX replied to OldMareLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Car Nursing by Merenstein and Gardner. Not a "nursing text book" so to say, but I did buy it for a clinical when I was in nursing

  25. Best pay for RN's when cost of living is factored into the equation...

    NeoNurseTX replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I've always heard Houston has the highest pay for