jo272wv

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1. Hurt Feelings

   jo272wv replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Travel

   Would not have hurt my feelings, I consider myself temp until the hospital or floor can get fully staffed with in house nurses. I kind of look at all experiences as part of the fun and learning of travel nursing, most will be extremely good and a few...

2. Back in the saddle !! ER TRAVEL NURSE !!

   jo272wv replied to dmkm2001's topic in Travel

   I know this will sound like a broken record but here it goes anyways. Don't worry. I am on my first assignment and have found out that all the worry was not needed. I love the hospital I am in, I love the staff, I love the gals at my agency. I even j...

3. What would you do?

   jo272wv posted a topic in Travel

   I am a travel nurse, first assignment, a situation arose last night and I want your comments. hx: the floor I work on, is a 6 bed med/surg unit recently opened and 75 % staffed with travel nurses, but still understaffed via hospital standards. situa...

4. MUSC - can anybody help me???

   jo272wv replied to stuphalie's topic in Travel

   :up:Hi, I am currently at MUSC for my first travel assignment, It took about a week for a interview but it is a med/surg unit. This hospital is great to work as a traveler in. They use a lot of travelers and we are treated very well. The orientation ...

5. what to do with all the licenses

   jo272wv posted a topic in Travel

   I am on my first assignment and since the state of WV is not a compact state and that is where my original license is from I will need to get a new license for every state I work in. My question is, What do you do with them after the assignment is ov...

6. What was the best assignment you had?

   jo272wv posted a topic in Travel

   It seems this message board is very diverse in its members experiences, for me I am half way thru my first assignment in Charleston South Carolina. It seems there are a lot of newbies as well as seasoned travelers and hopefully will share their exper...

7. Alaska

   jo272wv posted a topic in Travel

   Hi all, I am currently on my first travel assignment in Charleston South Carolina and loving every minute of it. I hope to extend my contract for another 3 months and waiting for them to ask. When I tire of here I would like to do Alaska next. Has an...

8. Did I get TOO much in loans?

   jo272wv replied to thyme39's topic in General Nursing

   I dont know if that is to much because I do not know your financial needs. But I will give you my situation and you may be able to compare. I started in a 4yr BSN program when I was 43, I made 24,000 a yr prior to school. I had to quit work and take ...

9. If a family member calls on your pt, do you give them info?

   jo272wv replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

   The hospital were I work will not give out or will not permit nurses to give out any information over the phone unless the paitent put that said person on a give information to list that is placed in the chart. We generally give each person a code na...

10. Undermining Authority

    jo272wv replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    reminds me of a few nights ago, I was to administer soap suds enema till clear to a pt. The first one did not produce anything but brown liquid return, I was giving the second and and the charge nurse for some unknown reason came into the room, looke...

11. How would you have handled this?

    jo272wv replied to Happeetxn's topic in General Nursing

    This is not uncommon, the lpn may have not been at the hospital when the Dr. spoke with the pt. You handled this correctly, the only thing different I may have done was to call the education dept and have them send up a pamplet on coumadin and valve ...

12. How long did it take you to get into nursing school?

    jo272wv replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

    since I did not go back to college until I was 40, I did a year of remedial classes. I then applied to nursing school the following January. I received a letter of rejection in April but was told to send a card in to be put on a waiting list. I sent ...

13. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    jo272wv replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    We had a code blue in progress and the pt in the next bed over ask us to move the code pt to another room because he could not get to sleep. Later he called billing and told them he should have one night deducted from his bill for the inconvienence. ...

14. Phenergan IV changes in policy

    jo272wv replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    The surgincal dept at my hospital has already done away with IV phenergan and switched to zofran. Family practice and internal medicine are a little slower at changing. Zofran seems to achieve the same results without the sedative effect and the burn...

15. Mandatory Overtime

    jo272wv replied to cmjdlj's topic in General Nursing

    I may be wrong but I thought the federal gov. banned mandatory overtime for nurses. I know that it is not a practice in my hospital or any other hospital in my area. Of course when the hospital calls and ask me to pull an extra shift I usually do bec...