surgnurse2006

surgnurse2006 specializes in Operating Room.

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1. TaleMed - anyone know of this company?

   surgnurse2006 replied to connie12's topic in Travel

   Stay away from them left me hanging high and dry on my last assignment

2. Talemed vs. Freedom Healthcare Staffing...????

   surgnurse2006 replied to kc87t's topic in Travel

   I have been with Talemed for 2 years and recently had problems. I had to let them go, they left me hanging on my last assignment.

3. Reputation of a travel company

   surgnurse2006 replied to sassipisces's topic in Travel

   They have assignments everywhere you can call them 1-800-494-0087 and ask them.

4. OR Travel Nurses

   surgnurse2006 replied to MJN2007's topic in Travel

   If you are still interested in OR travel nursing I have been doing it for over a year now and have had really good experiences. Contact me @ [email protected] I can give you more info if you need it! Chris

5. hawaii!

   surgnurse2006 replied to registeredin06's topic in Travel

   Just did a 4 month stint in Hawaii on Oahu @ Queens Medical Center. Some things you should know if your going. Culturally it is very different than anywhere in the mainland. Traffic on Oahu sucks, I turned my rental car in and bought a bike at walmar...

6. Contract Question

   surgnurse2006 replied to cardiacbeeatch's topic in Travel

   You must make sure everything is spelled out in your contract before you sign anything. There is a website called www.highwayhypodermics.com You will find alot of useful information here. There are alot of reputable companies out there. I am with 3 o...

7. Reputation of a travel company

   surgnurse2006 replied to sassipisces's topic in Travel

   Go to www.highwayhypodermics.com look at there list of companies. I have chose 3 of the top ten companies to travel with. Talemed has been very good to me. If you need a good recruiter @ Talemed ask for Joe. Tell him that Chris Long referred you. I h...

8. Just need a little info

   surgnurse2006 replied to nrsman1's topic in Operating Room

   The perioperative staff nurse is a professional care giver who assures responsibility and accountability for nursing actions for neonates to geriatric patients which include, but are not limited to : identifying patterns of human responses to actual ...

9. Overwhelming job! Oh my gosh!

   surgnurse2006 replied to allie83's topic in Operating Room

   You should get no less than 6 months orientation in my opinion,with a little scrub action thrown in as well. Have you talked to your supervisor and told her how you feel? Maybe she would be willing to give you a longer time frame to feel more comfort...

10. Call pay and bonuses

    surgnurse2006 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hello everyone I would like to see where our hospital falls in regards to call pay. We get $3.00/hr for carrying the beeper and a $20.00 callback if we are called in and a minimum pay of an hour if the case doesn't go. Our hourly rate is time and a h...

11. scheduling call help

    surgnurse2006 replied to livingintheor's topic in Operating Room

    We take call 5 weekdays per month including 1 friday. We are also required to take 1 weekend per month for a total of seven days per month. Our weekend starts on saturday morning and ends on monday morning.

12. Tragedy

    surgnurse2006 posted a topic in Operating Room

    It's been a month to the day that I lost 2 of my friends and co-workers. It happened in a tragic auto accident. It's still hard for me to go to work and know that they are not there. It helped me with my day having them there to joke around with, and...