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  1. Can You Refuse A Patient Assignment

    GigLs2u replied to gladtobeOB's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am curious what your supervisor has to say. What was his/her response at the time? What is his/her expection for the next them? First, I will address duty by giving you a real case facts and...

  2. Problems with Boards

    GigLs2u replied to ladytopaz's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    No matter what state you are in learn now the Board of Nursing is slow! They are volunteers and are not there all the time. They meet infrequently by our anxious standards. Questions I would ask...

  3. Firefighter to Nurse

    GigLs2u replied to Firemedic7's topic in Emergency

    I know that Memorial Herman in Houston has offered emergency room training programs in the past. There is probably a hospital in or near you that is similar. In addition, I know they provide...

  4. Im trying to decide my career and I have some questions

    GigLs2u replied to Kourtney16115's topic in Emergency

    There are multiple levels of education required to become a nurse. In the hospitals I have worked they now require the "nurses" to be R.N.s in the emergency room but this can vary depending on where...

  5. UC Riverside Extension!!!

    GigLs2u replied to Haunted's topic in Forensic

    It sounds interesting. Who will you work for? Keep us posted.

  6. Can You Refuse A Patient Assignment

    GigLs2u replied to gladtobeOB's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In Texas, there is protection in the Nurse Practice Act but you must claim it before you accept the assignment. I am sorry I can not think of the exact phrase but once you claim it and cite the area...

  7. How Do You Know?

    GigLs2u replied to mgd31181's topic in Pediatric

    Interestingly, I knew the area of nursing I wanted to do after graduating from nursing school It was intermediate care surgical cardiology. The problem was when I graduated there were not any...

  8. Tom Cruises' take on Psychiatry

    GigLs2u replied to Katydidit34's topic in Psychiatric

    You are right. It is a cult and speilberg should not use him in his movies. I stick by my decision not to see War of the Worlds. The first one scared me as a kid anyway.

  9. Tom Cruises' take on Psychiatry

    GigLs2u replied to Katydidit34's topic in Psychiatric

    He has worn tight pants for decades now so he may have fried them all. Marie Osmond's original story was PPD but later came out as

  10. Tom Cruises' take on Psychiatry

    GigLs2u replied to Katydidit34's topic in Psychiatric

    You made me laugh in agreement. Now that I have seen the tom/oprah website and his behavior I am even more convinced you are

  11. Tom Cruises' take on Psychiatry

    GigLs2u replied to Katydidit34's topic in Psychiatric

    I wish TC could have spent about 3 months with me as a volunteer on my psychiatric intensive care unit in 2004. I KNOW that would have opened his mind to possible organic etiologies! You are...

  12. Tom Cruises' take on Psychiatry

    GigLs2u replied to Katydidit34's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you for the interview link but interestingly it was lacking part of the transcript. Did you notice the pubisher's liberty in summarizing a part of heated discussion before continuing transcript?...

  13. Tom Cruises' take on Psychiatry

    GigLs2u replied to Katydidit34's topic in Psychiatric

    I read the website. The title of this post is what I am left with after reading only a small portion. Left dumbfounded. Is this the religion that preaches each man is going to have a planet of his...

  14. Tom Cruises' take on Psychiatry

    GigLs2u replied to Katydidit34's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you for the many web links! They are great! WTG ROSIE (fox web

  15. "PP's" of School Nursing !

    GigLs2u replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    WOW is my first thought. This is because my school's practice is the exclusion of prn drugs such as Tylenol. The only prns I give are for diagnosed ongoing medical conditions such as asthma, known...

  16. How do I become a school nurse in Texas?

    GigLs2u replied to BeckyJN's topic in School

    In the Houston Independent School District the minimum educational requirement is a bachelor's degree for school nurses. The public health course you mention is part of the bachelor's degree in...

  17. Relocating and have questions

    GigLs2u replied to DeepNurse's topic in Texas Nursing

    Looks like Lauren and I both missed the Shriner's Hospital in the Medical Center. She is right. It is from the Shriner's (Masonic group). My cousin's son was treated there free until he turn 18. He...

  18. Legal question.......

    GigLs2u replied to allele's topic in Legal

    You should report the occurrance including patient name, date, and what she wrote to your supervisor expressing your concern as to how this puts the hospital/facility at risk for legal ramifications...

  19. Opinions?

    GigLs2u replied to 11:11's topic in Texas Nursing

    It is true Galveston and CC have crime. My guess is they are like other cities in which you have to know what area of the city is the safest. These days I am not sure there is in any city. The beach...

  20. Relocating and have questions

    GigLs2u replied to DeepNurse's topic in Texas Nursing

    Your best salaries will occur in a metropolitan cities so that leaves you with Houston or Dallas. In contrast, Austin is beautiful hill country and the state capitol. I am not familar with Dallas...

  21. Need to sleep...

    GigLs2u replied to LearningRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    In Houston there are hospitals that offer 12 hour shifts. They are typically 7-7 from what I have seen. Generally, a manager will agree to odd hour shifts if you can get a partner to split the days....

  22. TWU Admission Requirements

    GigLs2u replied to jenjen22's topic in Texas Nursing

    FANTASTIC!! I hope you have had a good year so far. I want to pursuit my master's but I am still waiting for a Texas distance education program. Best of Luck

  23. Relocating to Houston - Where Can I Get Training?

    GigLs2u replied to Lou R.'s topic in Texas Nursing

    There are a lot of nursing schools in Houston, Texas. University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Nursing, Texas Woman's University, Prarie View A&M, Houston Baptist University,...