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I have not but before I started my urgent care job (that I quickly left), I found a ton of useful videos free on you tube. There are EM and UC bootcamp videos on Youtube. Just search. I just wish I could get my money back for my DOT cert....

Same.

Nope. I got all my job leads from keeping my Indeed profile updated and applying that way. All I get on Linkedin are messages from school recruiters who didn't read that I already have an MSN, and spam from financial planners.

I was way more stressed as a bedside RN, but YMMV.

That's the very minimum you should expect.

Agreed!!

Yes, less, but even with property taxes considered, Texas has no where near the col of San Diego.

I'd say 95-125k in Houston. I had several new grad offers at about 100k. Just saw Austin. Austin is notoriously low paying for nurses and NPs.

This. And it reminds me when I was a hostess long ago at a Mexican restaurant. We had long shifts. No breaks. And couldn’t even eat at the restaurant AFTER our shift. Had to go home and eat. So I would keep energy bars up my sleeves (we had to wear those long sleeve billowy blouses)

I take a benzo on occasion for insomnia. I don’t see how any of your RX’d meds are any of their business.

Sounds like the sitter situation where I work

Y’all who would rather sit must be kidding. When you sit in our hospital, you sit. And stare. For 12 hours. Lucky to get a rr break. Definitely no water or hydration of any kind for 12 hours (only on your lunch if you can get someone to relieve you). The occasional patient physical attack (sitter had to take fmla). The occasional patient jerking off in front of you while being told to simply “turn around” (different female sitter). Yep. Easy money. Sounds like a dream. I called off last time they told me I was going to sit. No regrets.

You’re welcome. typhon is where you log your clinical experiences as well. when you find a preceptor, if they and their site are not in typhon, you have to apply to get them in typhon. It can take several weeks. Sometimes more if the site is slow with the paperwork. always helps to find a preceptor whose information is already on typhon.

You find your own preceptors. If, after an exhaustive effort (that you can prove) you cannot find placement, they will assist you--but it's not always guaranteed. Typhon has a list of preceptors who have precepted before, and you contact them. However, it does not mean they are currently accepting students.

Labor & Delivery. I chose it because it was the only specialty that responded to my new-graduate application. Been there 5 years. It's OK. I would love to do ER but I find once you're in a specialty you often get pigeon-holed.