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WOW...I'm so glad I found this thread. I've been an RN for a year and a half. I was diagnosed at 21, after my first semester of nursing school. I stuck with it, having flares at each semester final's time. I am now 26, taking Rebif, and have not ...

Where was your charge nurse when you were drowning?? I always help out when I'm available.

8-12 weeks sounds more like an internship, which is recommended and usually the only way to get into a specialty area. I went right into working on my Bachelor's degree after my Associate's RN, so I didn't have time for a preceptorship. I went to w...

NO! It's not like that everywhere you go. I work at a great small hospital, and yes we have our few people that don't get along as well as others, but for the most part we're a strong team. I hired on there as a new nurse, and I've never felt that...

I work at an LTAC in Ft Worth. Our typical nurse:patient ratio is 1:5 or 1:6. We also have a Direct Observation Unit (patients with vents, etc) and their ratio is 1:2. I would find out from the hospital. We've had nurses come from LTAC's who have...

Sounds like Mr. Pyxis Man was just trying to freak you out. The silly thing is a computer, and computers mess up all the time. Plus, they're stocked and programmed by humans....and well, nobody's perfect. No worries. ~T:Crash:

I work 36 and get paid for 40. That's only because I'm on the "weekend plan" (Fri-Sun). I cannot use PTO to make the 36 and still get paid for 40, though. ~T

Couldn't have said it better myself. I work LTAC and it can get tough. We all back each other up as well as back up our CNA's. Anyone not being a "team player" doesn't last long . I worked way too hard for those letters behind my name to not do a...

I saw that on the news the other night. Notice, they're always discovering things are bad for us? I just roll my eyes and pour another coke...lol.

Go for it girl!! There are a lot of job opportunities in nursing. There is always room to grow, specialize, etc. I'm an RN in north Texas. I started at $19 right out of school...and recieved a decent raise after my first year. Plus, there are sh...

I used the Kaplan NCLEX review book. It was about $35 at Barnes and Noble. It had a lot of practice questions, practice tests on CD, rationales, and test-taking tips. Good Luck!! ~T

Wow Dusty, thanks....it's nice to get an "insider's opinion" on those things. I would never work for a MHMR, not my thing. I get enough geriatric psych in LTAC...lol.

Denton State School. We toured the facility when I was in RN school. They had great benefits, etc.

:yeahthat:I have to agree with ya. There's a little bit of something for everyone in Texas.

:balloons::balloons::balloons: CONGRATS TO YA!! Feel free to private msg me any questions. I don't mind. Just be ready to put a lot of time into studying.......that's the best advice I can give. No need to worry about how many people finished as opp...

:w00t: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT!!! Exactly what I was thinking reading this thread. I'm an ADN-RN and I have been for about a year and a half. I am going back to school for my BSN, MSN, and CWOCN. I figure with all the educati...

I was admitted to a local hospital (in dallas) for "pouchitis" (an infection in my j-pouch). I was admitted on Monday afternoon, and discharged on Thursday evening. What concerned me is that I was never "assessed". Even my admitting nurse. Never ...

Yea, I'm sure everything was WNL....lol.

I had friends that started at internships at Baylor hospitals making $19/hr. This was a little over a year ago, so base might have gone up since. That was pretty much the standard for a new RN in the DFW area.

I hear ya, Melissa...too much negativity on this thread!! That's why I've tried to point out things to ya'll that people can look at negatively and tell how they positively affected me. Every school has their share of "whiners"...you just can't lis...

Yes, it always seems like an eternity waiting for those test results. And when you take Boards, it'll seem like another eternity...lol. I'm sure you'll be ok. I don't remember how many dropped out of the program. By the end of fourth semester, it ...

I liked the smaller class sizes too. I know our pass rate is very high. This web site: http://www.bne.state.tx.us/nursingeducation/faq_students.html shows the pass rates for all the colleges in Texas. The pass rate for 2005 was 49/56 (86.6%). I ...

I graduated from the RN program at NCTC in December 2005. I loved this school. The instrutors were very available to help with anything and everything, and I did get some great clinical experiences. They test with real NCLEX questions, so you get ...

I had an ileostomy myself when I was 21 (learned a lot from that). I am currently an RN, working on my BSN to get my WOCN certification. I had a lot of trouble with leakage in the beginning. If the stoma doesn't stick out very far, have you tried c...

I work in a nice Long Term Acute Care hospital in Fort Worth. Our patient ratio is 5-6:1 nurses. We almost always have CNA's, and their ratio is 10-12:1. The patients we get have multiple health problems, so 6 patients can sometimes feel like 8:lo...