kristin9903 replied to chivon101's topic in Texas Nursing
I'm a Nurse intern at Parkland (slightly different from the residency)... Mostly, the ER shifts are 7-7. Your schedule will be a mixture of class days and days on the floor. I'm not sure exactly how...
kristin9903 replied to retrvrman's topic in Texas Nursing
It shouldn't be including differentials. Diffs are $2.75 evening, $3.50 night, and $6.00 for weekends. The diffs stack, too. Parkland also just gave a market adjustment to the nurses that are...
kristin9903 replied to jla623's topic in Texas Nursing
Parkland: $23.88/hr plus $2.75 evening, $3.50 night, and $6.00 weekend diffs. Doesn't matter what unit you're on, the pay is the same. I think Baylor was around $21-22. I don't remember...
kristin9903 replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing
I'm using Bill Beatty insurance, who insured my nursing school. They have a discount for new grads, so I'm paying $151/year for $200,000/$600,000. It would be $218/yr if I wasn't a new grad. The OB...
kristin9903 replied to jogimada's topic in Texas Nursing
I don't know when you're available to work, but there are a few hospital systems that have September internships. Baylor e-mailed the people in my May '08 class saying that they still have openings....
kristin9903 replied to BlueberryGirl's topic in Texas Nursing
In total agreement with the above posters!! I have a PhD in an unrelated field and just got my BSN. I really think that my PhD may have hurt me with certain hospitals/managers. There were some...
kristin9903 replied to Aggiegrl07's topic in Texas Nursing
I'm graduating from UTA in 2 days and I think it's pretty wonderful. I don't think it's a "ranked" program, at least not at the undergraduate level. But, the faculty are fantastic and very...
kristin9903 replied to labcat01's topic in Texas Nursing
I think we applied for the same internship.... I just talked to the Nurse Education office a couple of days ago and they said they were sorting through the applications to select who they wanted to...
kristin9903 replied to alotascruggs's topic in Texas Nursing
I think it all depends. If you think that you can make good grades in the science courses at UTA, I wouldn't think there would be a problem with you taking your other prereqs at a community college....
kristin9903 replied to lady_db_programmer's topic in Texas Nursing
A BSN is a BSN. I don't think what university you come from will make a difference in pay. I have a BS and opted to go back for the BSN, as opposed to the ADN. If you already have a bachelor's...
kristin9903 replied to drea3751's topic in Texas Nursing
I'm at UTA finishing my pre-reqs and I love it so far! Pharm and Patho start for me this week, so I'll let you know what I think about those classes. I'm hoping to start next spring. Everyone that...
When I took my nursing concepts class, my instructor talked about this. You need to know the science part...not to the point that you can regurgitate it all on demand, but to the point that you can...
Geez. Sorry that that happened to you. Some instructors are tough to crack, usually because they've been there a while and have heard scores of students complain about them. Heck, I've only been...
I'm an instructor...not for nursing but for a nursing prereq. I'm still trying to get into nursing school (backwards, I know :)) "Weeding out" is a term that profs generally hate, for good reason. I...