ilona22

Hey! You're from OK, right? I think I talked to you a couple of years ago when we were contemplating nursing school/pa school etc. I went to OU. Well I do postpartum now, I've been doing it since graduation. I love it, but as far as nursing skills...I haven't started an IV in over a year...it's a lot of psych, med pushing, and education. I too thought that couplet care was not an option for me, but now that I've floated to nursery for a while, I'd consider it. I'm about to move back to Tulsa, and actually considered psych. Do you have any idea what base pay for rn with 2-3 yr experience is in Oklahoma now? When I was there in 07' it was like $17.50... ps I would have PMed you all this, but I guess you have to be registered now to PM people.

It's not letting me send a PM either, so oh well. Someone else was asking about new grad orientation--I know NICU and L&D do pretty extensive orientations. If you work postpartum, you'll float to nursery, antepartum, and med-surg. I'm not sure what the current new grad pay is, that's something the recruiter can tell you, but I think it's in the $24 area range for base, we do get $4.75 nights diff, and $2.50 bedside diff. Maybe NICU gets some critical care diff, I'm not sure. Weekend and holidays are a $1 extra. Our L&D is busy, and they do seem to hire a lot of new grads. Parking is free....lets see...what else? I'd probably look at Hermann or St. Luke's as a new grad...Women's is a small hospital.

PM me if you want, I can give you some details.

I was hired directly into post partum, and have done OB ever since. Yes, you will be better at your nursing skills if you do med surg, but if you never plan to work in critical care or med surg, then who cares if you have these skills or not? I never cared to insert NG tubes or deal with dialysis pts, etc, I knew going to school I wanted to do OB, so I'm very happy with my choice.

Woman's Hospital of Texas may be hiring, they are opening a new building

Mercy, all the way. Saints=scary.

I would definitely consider looking at all of your options before deciding on this program. PM for more info.

I'm in the ABSN program right now and I've had a very positive experience. The "block" style classes are more so during the summer semester, fall and spring semesters are pretty much your regular 16wk-class semesters. Between coursework and clinicals there is really a very slim chance that you'll have a life. When they say that you will eat, sleep and breathe nursing, they weren't kidding lol The program has it's quirks, but overall it's pretty good, OU is lucky to have some great faculty who make a big difference.

What is above average pay for NPs? It seems in OK they make about $50K, is that pretty average pay for NP? Seems like you could make that working overtime as an RN.