NeoNurseTX

NeoNurseTX RN

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  1. Do you like day or night shift better and why?

    NeoNurseTX replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

    nights. i'm a night person so i have more energy and the night crowd is usually younger and there are more childless single people on there..like me! plus they are usually less

  2. Working after breast augmentation/implants.

    NeoNurseTX replied to twilight85's topic in General Nursing

    i got them earlier this year and went back to work after 5 days. however, i was supposed to be on for 4 nights and called in the last two. i don't think the darvocet got out of my system even though i...

  3. Opinions of online Kaplan review course?

    NeoNurseTX replied to Petitern07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i took nclex several months after school and reviewed only w/ qbank. it was pretty much just like

  4. Bedside Supplies

    NeoNurseTX replied to 3yrDiploma's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    we have a bedside cart w/ supplies.. i just take off my gloves before i reach in there if i need something in the middle of

  5. do i take my NCLEX test in TX or IL?

    NeoNurseTX replied to luckyu17's topic in General Nursing

    You should be able to test in TX for IL, just notate that on the forms you fill out at your school before you

  6. about the career

    NeoNurseTX replied to Nurse wanna-be's topic in General Students

    I'd say on my unit it's about 50/50 teamwork to individual. It's ICU so there is really no one to supervise or delegate to. It's a lot of collaboration w/ the medical team and keeping them on top of...

  7. Tote bag?

    NeoNurseTX replied to Sue Damones's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    my new employer didn't give me one and i LOVED the one from my last employer..but it has their logo on it. it had a water bottle spot, pen holders, zippers inside, outside pocket...sigh..time to start...

  8. Your Employer - Are You In For The Long-Haul?

    NeoNurseTX replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    i'm 24 and single. who knows? i don't plan on going anywhere right now but once a family comes into the picture, i can't really see the

  9. Is it time to get rid of 12 hour shifts?

    NeoNurseTX replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    I live about 2 miles from my hospital and still love 12s. I wouldn't want to be there 5 days a

  10. new graduate entering the NICU

    NeoNurseTX replied to madmaxls6's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I see no reason to wait on your bachelor's. I know a lot of bedside nurses doing RN-BSN programs right after they got their associate's and started as a GN. Classes to take would be STABLE and NRP but...

  11. Can't sleep the night before I go into work

    NeoNurseTX replied to marilynmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is me to a T.. but w/ one year exp and i just started a new position, too...making it even worse! I think it's time for me to start rx

  12. Where is the "nursing shortage" still going strong?

    NeoNurseTX replied to Kingfish72's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There is a very good reason for large sign on bonuses! (and it seems most people leave before their contract is up so they end up paying it back

  13. Working 7p-7a

    NeoNurseTX replied to Courtney Nurse Writer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    when you work back to backs, go home, eat, shower and go to bed! unplug your phones because sleep can be hard to come by when you're adjusting to night shift AND have the stress of a new nursing job....

  14. VA vs Private Hospital

    NeoNurseTX replied to I<3Nursing's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with most of the above posters. 5 nights a week is TOUGH. I've done it and you really have no life outside of work. VA benefits are okay, but do those outweigh what you have now? You sound...

  15. Shift DRAMA

    NeoNurseTX replied to RN1981's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, but it looks like she's completely off of orientation. Right now I'm orienting to a new hospital and I'm on days (I'll be working nights) and whatever she works, I work. Not what I would have...

  16. Starting in a different NICU with about 1 year exp

    NeoNurseTX posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    how many of you have switched facilities within your first year? i have 10 months experience in a combined level II/III (mostly II...blah) NICU and i start on the unit at one of the city's two most...

  17. Starting in a different NICU with about 1 year exp

    NeoNurseTX replied to NeoNurseTX's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Eek, what do you mean by pushed you

  18. Starting in a different NICU with about 1 year exp

    NeoNurseTX replied to NeoNurseTX's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks! There's a line team to help w/ central line fluids, right? If so, that'd be amazing, if not, oh well, I've done it before. How often are you on first admit? I guess I'll see you around when I...

  19. Starting in a different NICU with about 1 year exp

    NeoNurseTX replied to NeoNurseTX's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for this! I think the new place is more into EBP than the previous but the whole "well, I am used to doing it this way" thing is helpful to know. Except I'd probably ask WHY it is done like the...

  20. Newborn Nursery to prepare for NICU?

    NeoNurseTX replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ack, sorry about that, i just cleared them out. austin is gorgeous. i almost set up an interview there, but realized i wanted to stay in houston because most of my family and friends are

  21. Does a gap between graduation and employment look bad?

    NeoNurseTX replied to nursedani08's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i had a 6 m gap but my exhusband was in the military so we moved and where we moved, we'd only be there for 5 months so i didn't want to start a new grad program and then leave immediately. however...

  22. New grad programs in Houston and Dallas?

    NeoNurseTX replied to greygooseuria's topic in Texas Nursing

    Wow, I didn't know that for MHHS. Is it company wide? UTMB transplants are everywhere right now. I just hired on somewhere new and most of the new hires with me were UTMB

  23. Newborn Nursery to prepare for NICU?

    NeoNurseTX replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    FYI, it's pretty easy to differentiate a well from sick baby. I'd find something online about assessment of the healthy newborn and read over

  24. Newborn Nursery to prepare for NICU?

    NeoNurseTX replied to Bortaz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Nope, we weren't even allowed to go in the NICU during OB. We did ONE day in NBN for OB but otherwise rotated from antepartum, ld, and postpartum, and then antepartum testing. it was just the capstone...

  25. Question about your unit

    NeoNurseTX replied to EarlyAdditionRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    HAHAHAHA, i guess they can