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1. Local traveler 18 weeks pregnant

   kimtab posted a topic in Travel

   I have been doing local contracts in the SF Bay area where my husband and I relocated for his job 6 months ago. My current contract is up Jan 22 and they don't need me to extend. I am due June 1. I plan to work up until the end but I am wondering ...

2. Need Help/Advice

   kimtab replied to travel nurse2009's topic in Travel

   It was 7 weeks. if they won;t help you resolve it then just leave it off your resume. You have 25 years of experience, no one will miss that 7 weeks!

3. Meg or Jerry

   kimtab replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in California

   Meg didn't even bother voting in elections for most of her own adult life, and I think she's actually a drag queen (she looks like a man, doesn't she?) I think RuPaul ought to establish residency out here and run for governor. The celebrity precede...

4. is the cali market worth a try?

   kimtab replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in California

   I have 6 years of critical care experience and I have been working travel contracts for 4 months because I haven't been able to find a staff position. I am in the SF Bay area. Jobs are not falling from the sky for experienced nurses out here much l...

5. San Mateo Medical Center?

   kimtab posted a topic in California

   Anybody working at San Mateo Medical Center? I have an interview with the nurse recruiter there tomorrow for a tele position. Wouldn't be my first choice since I am an ICU nurse but I don't mind tele and it doesn't seem like jobs in the Bay Area ar...

6. How do I get a Cali liscense?

   kimtab replied to FutureNurse2B's topic in Travel

   they require fingerprint results before issuing a temp license http://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/applicants/tlcounter.pdf So you can only walk through if you have done your fingerprints and the results have been reported to them. I sent in my stuff as I had ...

7. New grad considering Travel nursing. Anyone recommend it?

   kimtab replied to kurisutien_BSN_rn's topic in Travel

   I am on my first travel assignment. I had one week of general hospital orientation/computer training and I have 2 twelve hour shift with a preceptor before being on my own with a patient assignment. There is no way you can do this with Zero experie...

8. setting up EVDs

   kimtab replied to slholmes's topic in Neuro

   We turn it off to the drain to get a pressure reading. If you had it open to drain and patient wouldn't the transducer be getting the pressures from both sides? Doesn't seem like that would be accurate. We document drainage and pressure q1h.

9. You know you're a neuro nurse if.....

   kimtab replied to Elenaster's topic in Neuro

   ...you've ever told anyone who's behavior was annoying you to "Stop being so frontal" ...you wake your kids up in the morning with a sternal rub

10. How to find Externships in Georgia?

    kimtab replied to lisa1130's topic in Georgia

    Pick up the phone and call HR at the hospitals you want to work at. They don't always put that info out on their websites.

11. HELP. possibly relocating to Atlanta

    kimtab replied to mercedes7's topic in Georgia

    Grady is the county hospital, that's all I'm going to say about that. They are a level one trauma center and are known for their burn center as well. I think you can learn a lot there, do a search for threads that are about Grady though and use tha...

12. HELP. possibly relocating to Atlanta

    kimtab replied to mercedes7's topic in Georgia

    I live 12 miles from work currently. I work an 0800 to 1630 schedule. It takes me 40 minutes to go that 12 miles in the morning, and between 30-45 minutes to do it in the evening, though it has taken me up to 1.5 hours on days when multiple acciden...

13. HELP. possibly relocating to Atlanta

    kimtab replied to mercedes7's topic in Georgia

    I would figure out where you're going to work and then decide on your living situation becuase traffic is a real pain in the arse here. The traffic here is supposedly comparable to driving in LA, and I believe it. Housing is very reasonable, but you...

14. Curious about GPC

    kimtab replied to cassbuth's topic in Georgia

    If you aren't in a class right now, go ahead and get your fundamentals and your med surg book and start reading. Try to cover the basics before you start class. Cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, would be good things to cover ahead of time. Also, g...

15. working while in nursing school?

    kimtab replied to moonbeamsmom's topic in General Students

    I was able to drop from fulltime to part time hours at work because I sold my house, in which I had a pretty large amount of equity. I wound up working 20-25 hours per week. I'm glad it's over, but hey- I got through it. It can be done. I'm a sin...