I have a Texas license I need to renew by June 30 and getting CNE ducks in a row. Does Texas BON accept CNEs that are approved by other states? I read on the website they do, but they do not specify...
Sometimes I actually curse my decision to ever become a nurse. Does it ever get better? I work in a crazy-busy telemetry unit with old, sick, obese, demented, indigent patients and I am so tired of...
kwaziness replied to SailorMoonRN's topic in General Nursing
I hate it too, and so do my coworkers. Our managers (who seem to have forgotten their bedside days) think it's a wonderful idea. We just implemented it and I have found that it drags out report,...
kwaziness replied to Disneygirl23's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
Whoa, now I feel guilty for feeling I am underpaid! $26.50 per hour with benefits and I'm at a small hospital in Houston, telemetry unit, 1 year experience. But trust me, this job is SO stressful that...
I work on a Telemetry floor (only 1 year of nursing experience) and I recently had a patient post Burr hole surgery for a subdural hematoma. She didn't recover well and was basically in a vegetative...
I recently had a MG patient who was hospitalized for breathing difficulties. He ultimately had to have an IGG drip, which I think is the only thing that was going to help him. You should also tell...
I'm a new grad RN working on the floor of a Telemetry unit of a small hospital, and going through a residency program with a preceptor as well. A few days ago, the primary doctor of one of my...
kwaziness replied to stash11's topic in Texas Nursing
I think I may have given you some wrong information! I talked to one of my professors and regarding the contract that you must sign, it is only in the case if they give you a sign on bonus or some...
Female opinion here... I'm a nursing student, and at my school we have nursing students, med students, pharmacy students, etc. who all share the same building together, so there's a lot of mingling of...
kwaziness replied to stash11's topic in Texas Nursing
You're welcome! I have no idea when each of those individual places open up because I did not apply there, but I have classmates who did and I can tell you it was definitely not before December!!! We...
kwaziness replied to stash11's topic in Texas Nursing
In terms of the retention question... many places that offer internships do require the new grad to sign a contract. The whole purpose of the internship is an investment to attract and retain...
kwaziness replied to stash11's topic in Texas Nursing
Looks like you posted this a few months ago, but I thought I'd answer anyway. If you graduate in May, you really should start this whole process in the December before you graduate. Do NOT wait until...
kwaziness replied to Plover1's topic in Texas Nursing
Thanks a lot, stash!!! I don't know when the program starts this summer, I think I have it written down somewhere in my mess of notes. As far as I remember the application for the summer internship...
kwaziness replied to Plover1's topic in Texas Nursing
I was also asked to choose my top 3 choices for med surg. What happened, I think, was rather an odd situation. I had an internship at a hospital in Europe prior to nursing school that was very...