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I work with a surgeon who occasionally asks to do minor foot surgeries (mostly I&Ds) on the patient stretcher. The reasoning is to save time moving the patient over to the OR bed. I couldn't find a policy on this practice; does anyone have an...

I was worried that the path of least resistance could possibly be the metal railing, however you're right that the bovie pencil shouldn't work if the grounding pad doesn't receive the current back.

No, you're right it doesn't take long to move a patient. However, for this surgeon it is.

I talked to an advisor at TWU. They took the worksheet page down. However, she was able to provide me with my worksheet already filled out. Maybe it's possible that anyone who applied could get theirs.

I was denied too. I was told that this year was the most competitive yet. The average nursing GPA admitted was a 3.72 and the average TEAS composite score was an 87.2%. Anyone below both most likely didn't make it. You are SO close; all you have ...

TWU Houston doesn't have dorms. I recommend using an apartment search company and let them search for you. It should be free for you; they get commissioned through the apartments. Hurricane Harvey has destroyed many apartments, especially those on...

I cannot find this mysterious excel spreadsheet where people have totaled their points. Does anyone have the link?

I definitely recommend going to a community college first. Get your prerequisites out of the way at a fraction of the university cost. If you chose to get an ADN, you can complete it at the community college, if offered of course. If you want to shoo...

Some colleges treat Intermediate Algebra as a remedial course and as a result, you do not get credit for it, yet you still have to take it if you are tested/placed into it. The class credit depends on your colleges; the one you're in AND the nursing...

I finished Intermediate Algebra years and years ago and just finished College Algebra this summer. It was hard for me. My mistake was taking it in the summer and assuming that Intermediate Algebra concepts would just come to me. A lot of it did, ...

Me too, same boat. I'm aiming for option 1. I'm almost done with my prerequisites at a community college. If the BSN doesn't work out financially, I'll go ADN route. The main reason I didn't jump on the ADN is because my community college's nursi...

I'm curious how other institutions handle staff illnesses, particularly colds and the flu. I work at in an HCA hospital in the OR. According to policy, we are not supposed to work while sick, and they administer flu shots. However... My HCA facilit...

Perhaps I gave the wrong impression in this post about having kids and a "get out of work" card. That's not what I'm saying at all. I do agree with you in that everyone should be treated equally. It's up to the person to be diligent with their com...

I agree with several opinions on this blog that tuition reimbursement is not the magic bullet. Every employer I've heard of require an employer to be working for them for at least a year full time before applying. Every employer has important fine p...

New, full-time HCA employees get around 7 PTO hours per pay period. So roughly 1 day off per pay period, there are 26 pay periods in a year so, 26 PTO days/year. Part-time earn less PTO hours. More experienced employees (+10 years) get around 10 hour...

My aunt remembered a time when a bunch of surgical nurses would get together at work and get washed surgical sponges for, attach safety pins in them (so they could be radiopaque), then autoclave them. She said it was a lot of fun to talk and gossip ...

How are you doing? Did it all work out in the end?

Go for the BSN! I'm in the same boat. The ASN program at HCC is cheaper than a BSN anywhere else, however, it is harder to find a job with an ASN, at least in Houston. There is a trend to hire only BSNs. Many hospitals do offer to pay ASN nurses t...

I feel Sterile Processing is the most undervalued service in the OR. They are crucial to the sterility of surgical instruments and make scrub techs job so much simpler when sets are done right. Turn over time can come to a halt if you don't have th...

If you can financially do it and the job market is good in your area, I'd go elsewhere ASAP. If they are happy to lie to you in your face during the honeymoon period, it's going to be a nightmare if you stay. You were honest with them, they didn't ...