PolishGirlRN replied to madRN10's topic in Texas Nursing
Update: Just accepted a job with St David's in a clinic and they offered me $29.40/hr. For the St David's night shift med surg jobs I was offered about $27/hr with a small shift diff (like $2-$3) plus...
PolishGirlRN replied to phannyRN's topic in Texas Nursing
Oh man I hear you. It took me 4 months to get my first job after my RN with an ADN and I had to move 4 hours north. That said, after two years of experience I have moved to a new place and am job...
Hi I saw that there was an old closed thread from 2008 on this topic but I would like to see if there was anybody with more recent experience who could help me decide between two job offers (yay!)....
PolishGirlRN replied to madRN10's topic in Texas Nursing
Hi I just moved to Austin with two years experience Med/Surg (heavy on the Surg) and an Associate's degree in Nursing (with a non nursing BA) and I started applying for jobs 4 days ago and already...
PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in Travel
Thanks for your input. I will definitely be getting rid of my apartment in Albany and be sort of itinerant from August to October, bouncing between friends, family and travel accommodations before...
PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in Travel
Thanks for the detailed info! I don't know much about the whole tax situation and this has given me some other things to think about. As for health insurance, I plan to get my state's ACA coverage...
Hi all! I'm an RN with two years MedSurg experience in a small hospital in Albany, NY and what I really want to do is move to Austin, TX. My current workplace requires 4 weeks notice upon...
PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in Texas Nursing
Thanks! That sounds a lot like where I work now. We have one tech if we're lucky and I'm used to doing a lot of bed changes, cleaning, helping to the bathroom etc. I'm sort of a control freak that way...
PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in General Nursing
It was 1mg of Ativan IVP and the pt was anxious again after about 4 hours. The pt was NPO and had a history of anxiety and, if I recall correctly, took something like Xanax at home. She was a new...
PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in General Nursing
It was 1mg Ativan IVP. Usually we get that as q4h or q6h PRN. This was the first time I had encountered TID PRN for a med and I enquired about it with my coworkers (RNs with 30-40 years experience)...
PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in General Nursing
Yeah I rarely see TID PRN. When meds are ordered TID they're scheduled by pharmacy like you said Muno, morning, afternoon and night. I think he was exaggerating about the every 5 minutes part but who...
PolishGirlRN replied to createddaisy's topic in General Students
THIS! OP, I get it. You sound a lot like me when I was your age (I feel so old writing this). I was prudish and socially awkward and had big dreams of going overseas, you know, somewhere in the...
PolishGirlRN replied to PolishGirlRN's topic in General Nursing
Ok thank you for the clarification. I always like to check if I'm not sure. Whenever we have dressing change orders that are TID they are done every 8 hours so this is what I had in