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  1. Pregnant new grad in the ED?

    carachel2 replied to lovethechaos's topic in Emergency

    I agree with this too. You are going to be overwhelmed and exhausted with either one of the scenarious: new grad in the ER OR being pregnant. Why not allow yourself the luxury of assimilating BOTH...

  2. How are your summer classes going?

    carachel2 replied to christvs's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Wow...I can't imagine taking patho or pharm in the summer. Even in a regular semester I spent about 25-35 hours per WEEK on the reading and the extra classes that were required. Hang in there

  3. Dallas/Fort Worth

    carachel2 replied to Madrn2b's topic in Texas Nursing

    I think you can expect about 19-21.00/hr at most of the bigger hospitals like Baylor, Methodist, Medical City Dallas, Harris Ft.Worth, etc. Good luck ! The cost of living is lower, but we are pretty...

  4. Need help finding evidence based IV Phenergan info...

    carachel2 posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I am doing an evidence based project for grad school AND wanted to do something that would make an impact on my workplace. We currently have no protocol for IV Phenergan in our hospital that I am...

  5. is FNP harder than nursing school

    carachel2 replied to smileysenior's topic in Post Graduate Students

    There are some things that are different...not sure they are easier though. I pretty much had to do my BSN full-time. For my FNP, I can go at my own pace so in that aspect it is easier. However, the...

  6. and people WANT to do this????????????

    carachel2 replied to Ranchgirl30's topic in Emergency

    Well, unless you are in a small remote town with no other hospitals for 200 miles, then you DO have choices. I always roll my eyes when I hear nurses complaining because there are a million other...

  7. and people WANT to do this????????????

    carachel2 replied to Ranchgirl30's topic in Emergency

    20-27 patients to YOURSELF ?? And this is America [EVIL][/EVIL] ? Contract or not I would get out before something very very bad happened. There is a thing called "Safe

  8. Going back to work after 1 year off!

    carachel2 replied to INtoFL_RN's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't know if this will help or not, but I jumped back into clinical nursing after working in an outpatient rehabilitation environment for a long time. I had good EKG and monitoring skills, but had...

  9. state school vs ivy league school for MSN?

    carachel2 replied to Selke's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Wow ! You really had some drama in Texas ! Susan Grove STILL teaches and we are using her text as well. I got my undergrad there a few years after your dramatic exit. I agree with you..I just don't...

  10. state school vs ivy league school for MSN?

    carachel2 replied to Selke's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Wow....that sounds like hell, literally. Come back to Texas ! I'm at UT Arlington, pay about 800.00 for a 3hr class and am just plodding along at my own pace. I see my daughter daily, am not stressed...

  11. Camp Nurses - Please Introduce Yourself Here.

    carachel2 replied to nightingale's topic in Camp

    For all of you who are off to camp this week, I'll be lurking and anxiously awaiting your posts. I am working a one week starter camp at a girls camp in North Carolina and it isn't until the end of...

  12. state school vs ivy league school for MSN?

    carachel2 replied to Selke's topic in Post Graduate Students

    As long as it is a quality program with good board pass rates and they produce quality students, then I wouldn't care where it was from. I am going to a state school and taking one class at a time. It...

  13. need help with recruitment

    carachel2 replied to bahamabread's topic in Texas Nursing

    Baylor has locations all over the metroplex, so it may just be that big Baylor (BUMC) doesn't need nurses. As far as I know, all Baylor sites are hiring. They aren't *desperate* though, which may...

  14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    carachel2 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I will never forget one patient I had. At the time, I worked full time in cardiac rehab and then worked an occasional shift in the CCU. In cardiac rehab, I had a new patient with really bad...

  15. what is your nurse to patient ratio?

    carachel2 replied to paphgrl's topic in Emergency

    I don't have any advice necessarily. I was curious if you guys are held to any of the national "time" standards like antibiotics within X amount of hours for CAP; STEMI (door to balloon time, etc.) ??...

  16. what is your nurse to patient ratio?

    carachel2 replied to paphgrl's topic in Emergency

    You didn't make the wrong career move, you might be at the wrong hospital though. That doesn't sound safe and I would be looking around to get the heck out OR invite one of the heel clackers down to...

  17. Dallas Hospitals!!!!!

    carachel2 replied to TCUFrogs!'s topic in Texas Nursing

    Glad someone else feels the same way. My Dh is a midlevel engineering manager and the unions drive him NUTS. On the one hand, I *do* understand their place for these workers. They have little to no...

  18. Dallas Hospitals!!!!!

    carachel2 replied to TCUFrogs!'s topic in Texas Nursing

    I had to LOL at your "nurses are too fearful" statement. My lack of love for unions has to do with the fact that I think unions are not for professionals with degrees and a host of other issues. I am...

  19. Do you think NP independance push may backfire on us?

    carachel2 replied to PNP2005's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I completely agree with this (and my brother is an MD too) It is much like LVN's saying "I can do anything RN s can do." I'm only an NP student, but I already recognize that we should stay within a...

  20. Dallas Hospitals!!!!!

    carachel2 replied to TCUFrogs!'s topic in Texas Nursing

    I hope for the sake of every patient in Texas that you don't find what you are looking for. I don't think there are any easy nursing schools. To think someone out there wants an easy nursing school is...

  21. does therapeutic touch belong in grad programs?

    carachel2 replied to traumahawk99's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hypothesis: the further you get from patient care and the more dependent you become on academia to support you in your ivory tower, the more you reach out towards Reiki (sp?), therapeutic touch and...

  22. What you make as a nurse Vs. Cost of living

    carachel2 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I work PRN in Texas and make 32.00/hr. We have a nice 2500 sq. foot home with hardwood floor, gated community,etc. currently priced at around 200K. I would never in a million years pay the kind of $$$...

  23. Allergy shots at camp, should we give them?

    carachel2 replied to kdmcook's topic in Camp

    OK, I admittedly don't know much about allergy shots. Are we talking about the types of shots that sensitive the patient with the hope that over time they will stop having a systemic reaction ? If...

  24. claiming to be what she isn't

    carachel2 replied to traumamomtx's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, this happens all the time. I used to work in an outpatient rehab setting and we frequently needed to call a cardiologists office regarding a patient, but usually did not need to speak with...

  25. ER Nurses contracting MRSA

    carachel2 replied to ernurseodessa's topic in Emergency

    We use a different system that is similar to Carenotes, but they don't get really specific beyond simple hand