NeoNurseTX RN

MD Anderson is the highest.

I interviewed there and declined after finding out the pay.

TxSunflower, check your PMs.

There is one called "Preemies" and I'm not sure of the authors but it's by two women. I think they are NNPs.

We had that issue in the past so for the past few years we haven't been filtering lipids.

Yup, sure would.

Most new grad positions should have been filled for Dec grads last year but postions for May grads should open up in March-ish.

As for other options for Houston NICUs, there is Woman's Hopsital of Texas in the med center, St. Joseph Medical Center downtown, MANY outlying Hermann NICUs other than the Medical Center. Cypress-Fairbanks, Oakbend, erm...can't think of any more rig...

Definitely don't move here w/o a job lined up. Having NICU experience in school as my capstone course I think helped me out.

Same here! I learned great time management skills at St Joe's and am ever thankful for all the hands that are at Hermann!

After I graduated, my school never sent my ATT and I had no clue...so I graduated in May and couldn't even sit for NCLEX until August. And jasy, they are here to serve the public, not the nurses...at all.

My unit does self scheduling and currently we work a holiday every other year (ie, TG and NY one year, Christmas the next, repeat). This year we had to work a day TOUCHING the holiday if we didn't work the actual holiday...which meant no one could go...

I think a hospital in Cyfair outside of Houston is unionized.

In NICU with run a lot of stuff with TPN/IL and piggyback IVFs into TPN.. but we change out the TPN and and all tubing running with anything with dextrose in it q24h. I'm not sure what is the "norm" on adults for changing lines.

It drives me batty and makes me wonder what they say about me?? I'm really quiet and don't socialize with my coworkers really outside of work (it seems most like the bar scene if they're around my age and those older than me have the family life) so ...

Same on my unit. And Kangaroo bags are changed q4h if it's continuous and with every feed if they're on bolus. However, when they go home, they get a bag a day or something of the sort... ??

Each of our babies has a name card on the crib or isolette. We put a scannable sticker behind the card. The baby also has an ID band on but they are not scannable.

Houston is supposedly the highest paying area for RNs in regards to cost of living. We do have places nearby to kayak and mtn biking trails, shooting ranges - I do it all!

I worked as a Student Nurse Associate for a summer externship at SLEH in the Med Center during nursing school. I think you have to have two semesters down first. It was MUCH better than any clinical experience I had in school and you get paid more th...

We start interviewing next Tues.

At one place I worked we used corn oil for extra calories. Where I am now I see MCT oil, but not too frequently.

WOW is all I have to say. What a person!

I've been through a LOT of stress and life changes the past 1.5 years (including a personal hospitalization), but I am part time and live right near family so that got me through it. I do somewhat understand how you feel though and it's NOT a good fe...

We do a 2 RN check and cosign it off in the computer.

I had a rolling backpack for certain days and a regular backpack for others (those requiring less heavy books).