sjsch

sjsch has 4 years experience and specializes in tele,cviu.

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1. Uggghhh!!! Hurst vs Kaplan

   sjsch replied to Jackfackmasta's topic in NCLEX

   PLEASE- ANYONE READING THIS- DO NOT 'Share with your buddy' your Hurst - or Kaplan - or ATI - or any of the review companies' online access!!!! That is stealing! You click an agreement when you register any of these review courses that offer online a...

2. Uggghhh!!! Hurst vs Kaplan

   sjsch replied to Jackfackmasta's topic in NCLEX

   PLEASE- ANYONE READING THIS- DO NOT 'Share with your buddy' your Hurst - or Kaplan - or ATI - or any of the review companies' online access!!!! That is stealing! You click an agreement when you register any of these review courses that offer online...

3. Jobs in Hawaii

   sjsch replied to silentRN's topic in Hawaii

   Seriously??? appropriate?

4. Advice for getting into travel nursing?

   sjsch replied to CassB's topic in Travel

   I would recommend typing in some of your questions in the search field on the forum, and just reading thru a lot of the threads. There has been a ton of sage advice on this forum from some very savvy travel nurses. Good luck to you, and congrats ...

5. what the HECK is PBDS?

   sjsch replied to texascowgirl's topic in Travel

   Can't say what the facility would do as far as length of orientation for a new grad that 'passed' vs 'failed' pbds.... The purpose of the test (in theory) is to guide the orientation needs of the test taker. If you have a new grad that is a new RN, ...

6. Veterans Admin. Travel Nurse Program

   sjsch replied to techraider77's topic in Travel

   i wrote to the va regarding their travel nurse and this is the reply i received: this info may be old news by now...it has been a while...but here is a link just in case: www.travelnurse.va.gov the va travel nurse corps (tnc) is currently hiring rn'...

7. patient ratio

   sjsch replied to **LaurelRN's topic in Cardiac

   I started off in Florida with the 7:1 same nightmare. I ran...fast and far away. Got a per diem at a magnet hospital in Florida and that was 4-5:1. Currently, I am in California with state mandated ratios based on acuity... and have never had more th...

8. Starting in Tele...!!

   sjsch replied to Crux1024's topic in Cardiac

   Caifornia has state mandated patient ratios based on acuity. telemetry is typically 4:1, med surge is 5:1. Some hospitals out here combine MS/tele which means you can have up to 5:1 but the acuity should not be that high. My unit has 3 or 4:1 depend...

9. Starting in Tele...!!

   sjsch replied to Crux1024's topic in Cardiac

   Great advice al7139~ I will never forget my first week with patients as a new grad on a tele floor. Everything was high drama (from my perspective!)...I was not used to the different alarms and found myself running for anything and everything... One...

10. Favorite Assignment

    sjsch replied to stayseerrn's topic in Travel

    I really enjoyed Eisenhower in Rancho Mirage, CA. The Palm Springs desert area is great for exploring. The facility is 'well funded' by private donations... and that alone was a unique experience! The staff on the unit I worked was a blast! They were...

11. What is a good California travel RN rate?

    sjsch replied to leemali79's topic in Travel

    Hey...I think the California blend has not been taken into consideration which makes this an overall rate of $39.47 / hour which is a good so-cal rate. (Calirfornia law states anything over 8 hours gets paid time+half unless otherwise agreed to by al...

12. Just accepted my first contract!

    sjsch replied to Sue Damones's topic in Travel

    Take advantage of your days off...do lot's of getting out and about! Take a camera...start a photo journal of your experience! Share it with your friends back home! Be a sponge...it's such a great opportunity to learn 'other ways' to do the same o...

13. What is a good California travel RN rate?

    sjsch replied to leemali79's topic in Travel

    Wow... Last year in SoCal (OC) the big companies were offering $30-$35 hour (after blending) with housing, medical/dental/life insurance, and travel expenses included. I know you get a tax advantage by taking more in stipend and less in hourly wages...

14. Travel nursing -- is it dead?

    sjsch replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Travel

    Sorry Goss, I called you Guss...Cheers to Goss (and Guss too! why not)

15. Travel nursing -- is it dead?

    sjsch replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Travel

    Thanks BagLady and Goss. I am a fair weather traveler for many of the same reasons. I wanted to advance my degree, and in my home town area, I found I would have to work one full time and one per diem job in order to afford it, and then I couldn't af...