NeoNurseTX

NeoNurseTX RN

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  1. Beat up by Press Ganey !

    NeoNurseTX replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was reading a list of complaints from my former hospital's PG surveys.. 99% of them were...not enough sports channels, food is bad, curtains are dingy, MD didn't spend much time with them, "old"...

  2. Ett suction preterms

    NeoNurseTX replied to johan john's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No, you're not wrong. On our assessment, too, it's just "crackles" and where they are located. Nothing about rales...and the medical teams refers to them as crackles. If you google "crackles rales"...

  3. Sugar land RN offer opinions needed

    NeoNurseTX replied to Tatet98's topic in Texas Nursing

    They don't. There's a small 'med center differential' that gets eaten up QUICK by commute, parking,

  4. Ett suction preterms

    NeoNurseTX replied to johan john's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    When you suction, you suction the junk outta the TUBE...if the baby has crackles, suctioning isn't going to help that. Lasix, maybe a little CPT or repositioning, but not

  5. Houston RN pay?

    NeoNurseTX replied to worldsas's topic in Texas Nursing

    I was within that range with 10 months worked and ONE OT shift. most of the time there's PLENTY of OT available but you need to watch out with that because it can bump you into another tax bracket...

  6. what the HECK is PBDS?

    NeoNurseTX replied to texascowgirl's topic in Travel

    Okay, it was GRUELING and long and thank goodness I type extremely fast.. I passed and even got positive comments on my 'critical thinking' section. They only had two things that I missed on there....

  7. Houston RN pay?

    NeoNurseTX replied to worldsas's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hermann is free if you do off site and ride the rail in if you're on days. If you're a nightshifter, it's free to park in the garage right by the

  8. How You Knew Nursing Was For You

    NeoNurseTX replied to chloejean104's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was predental and LOVED A&P. I decided against dentistry because I'd want my own practice and then that throws the business side into it and...I want a life outside of my work. Nursing deals...

  9. Changing to Night shift

    NeoNurseTX replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    That...I can't do! I switch back to 'normal' hours when I have a stretch off (and I schedule myself so I work 3, off 4 usually). Social life remains

  10. May/June 2007 Grads......How are you all doing????

    NeoNurseTX replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like heaven! I am used to 4-5 fussy screaming kids with no bedscales, no line team, lots of missing and malfunctioning equipment and 90% of them with Spanish only parents (nothing against them,...

  11. Hand washing?

    NeoNurseTX replied to babyNP.'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It's one person a shift on a HUGE unit. They get pulled into staffing sometimes, too, but the BSIs have gone down DRASTICALLY since. They do the sterile part of the line change and connect the tubing...

  12. Hand washing?

    NeoNurseTX replied to babyNP.'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I've been doing line changes with them since my first day. Different people have different opinions about things...one person got written up for spiking a UAC fluid...instead of calling line team to...

  13. med calculation test at work

    NeoNurseTX replied to ava'smomRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had to take two for my current job. One was for all RN applicants and it was 50 ADULT questions.. nevermind I hadn't had an adult patient in two years! I missed 2 on it and did it in 15 minutes...

  14. Sugar land RN offer opinions needed

    NeoNurseTX replied to Tatet98's topic in Texas Nursing

    I think it's reasonable. Also, Sugar Land is a great suburb! If I'm not inner loop, that is my next place to

  15. Hand washing?

    NeoNurseTX replied to babyNP.'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It isn't? Awesome! I did get barked at by my preceptor because I was repositioning a kid w/o gloves... guess not everyone is up to date on the policy. If I'm just stimulating a kid, I don't have time...

  16. May/June 2007 Grads......How are you all doing????

    NeoNurseTX replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I did change, but I made it alllllmost a year at my first job! The first year has been up and down but I feel pretty confident I can handle whatever is thrown at

  17. When to call out sick

    NeoNurseTX replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    We tell our parents not to come in with a runny nose or any kind of fever.. but I get sinus infections ALL THE DANG TIME. I can't call out every time I have one.. but I will if I have fever and feel...

  18. May/June 2007 Grads......How are you all doing????

    NeoNurseTX replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got married right after I graduated in June 2007 and moved out of state for a while and did volunteer work. Took boards in Aug 2007 (board of nursing lost my paperwork...NICE!) and moved back to my...

  19. Updates on McAllen and Brownsville

    NeoNurseTX replied to rn4lyfe08's topic in Texas Nursing

    NO NO NO NO NO. I have NEVER heard a positive thing about the

  20. Houston job market for new grads

    NeoNurseTX replied to ohwerehalfwaythere's topic in Texas Nursing

    I don't know of any that pay more for BSN. I think MD Anderson only hires BSNs and up, though. Start contacting recruiters now

  21. New grad starting salary- St-Luke's houston, TX

    NeoNurseTX replied to 2008el's topic in Texas Nursing

    it was 25 and some change when i had an offer for their GN program in dec

  22. Hand washing?

    NeoNurseTX replied to babyNP.'s topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We use Purell + gloves for every pt contact .. both NICUs I've been at do

  23. My two least favorite words

    NeoNurseTX replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    "special family" and "first

  24. How do you get over your new RN boo boos (mistakes)

    NeoNurseTX replied to love-d-OR's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i made my first med error yesterday (that i know of) and i've been beating myself up over it. in my efforts to fix it, i fed a kid 30 mins

  25. first year nurses.......what is the longest you have stayed passed your schedule.....

    NeoNurseTX replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yesterday was actually the longest I stayed after. We got a new admit at 1825 so I stayed after report to help the oncoming RN admit the kid (wasn't my