Shiggles!

Shiggles! has 9 years experience and specializes in telemetry, stepdown.

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1. What do travelers think about their assignments!

   Shiggles! posted a topic in Travel

   I am a traveler nothing more. See my free website I started to help travelers out. Click on (survey) or (survey results) The survey's keep coming in with your help, and I keep adding them to the site. Before you take an assigment look to see what oth...

2. Floating to other units while traveling

   Shiggles! replied to lorster's topic in Travel

   I am currently traveling at a hospital in Florida. In the interview they had asked me, there will be some floating to other units. They certainly didn't clarify how much. I know it depends on the hospitals needs and travelers do float first. Wor...

3. Where do I go next? Shands hosp, short term in AZ, Pitt co, NC???

   Shiggles! replied to Beneficence's topic in Travel

   I have heard the Arizona and California are great. I grew up in Florida and it kind of scares me down here. I nursed in Homestead, Miami, now traveling in orlando. Florida Hospitals in Orlando are good, but stay away from there sister hospitals in...

4. Canada

   Shiggles! replied to BackPackerRN's topic in Travel

   I worked in Canada for the past 5 years. I am not sure if they do travel assignments at the time I couldn't find any. But I do know from the hard way, that if you contact the hospital's human resources and tell them what you are trying to do, they ...

5. Traveling RN with my family!

   Shiggles! posted a topic in Neuro

   I have been an RN for 9 years, nursed in Canada for 5 years, now a traveler. When my husband gets his green card we will settle down. He's a stay at home dad and I work. I am new to traveling and have found some bumps in the road with some jobs that ...

6. Traveling RN with my family!

   Shiggles! posted a topic in MICU

   :monkeydance: I have been an RN for 9 years, nursed in Canada for 5 years, now a traveler. When my husband gets his green card we will settle down. He's a stay at home dad and I work. I am new to traveling and have found some bumps in the road with s...

7. Traveling RN with my family!

   Shiggles! posted a topic in CCU

   I have been an RN for 9 years, nursed in Canada for 5 years, now a traveler. When my husband gets his green card we will settle down. He's a stay at home dad and I work. I am new to traveling and have found some bumps in the road with some jobs that ...

8. Horror stories traveling?

   Shiggles! replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   Traveling is fun especially if you are single. You meet so many people, I think it teaches you to become very flexible. You only get 2-3 days of orientation on the unit and you are on your own. But nursing is nursing everywhere you go, all you hav...

9. Stress! How do you releive it?

   Shiggles! replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

   7 bottles of wine a week, or exercise!

10. Difficulty with a CNA

    Shiggles! replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    That's ashame you have that many patients, where I work the nursing assistants will get no more than 4-5 patients during 7-3. There is no aquity so sometimes they will get 4-5 heavy's while another CNA will get 5 walkie talkies. If I have the time,...

11. Difficulty with a CNA

    Shiggles! replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    I here you, but I am afraid it's going to get worse with the "nursing shortage"... Hopefully not. The travel assignment that I am on now, has me floating after 8 hrs, to different units throughout the hospital daily, even to the hospital down the ro...

12. JCAHO vs. non-JCAHO hospitals

    Shiggles! posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just moved back to the states from Canada and am up in the air about JCAHO hospitals. I work in a JCAHO Florida Hospital. First of all, this hospital is always on the verge of not passing their guidelines. I find that this hospital is so caught ...

13. Difficulty with a CNA

    Shiggles! replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    I share your aggravation like I'm sure others do. I am a traveling nurse, but every assignment I give it my all, and I find myself not a very confrontational or assertive person at times until I am pushed to my maximum. I think sometimes it would b...

14. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

    Shiggles! replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I completed an EMT class, and at the time I worked at the Firehouse and did volunteer firefighting. I found it very fascinating and it was easier working with guys. I was on the fence should I go to school to become a paramedic or nursing. I wante...

15. Traveling Nurse with family!

    Shiggles! posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN for 9 years, nursed in Canada for 5 years, now a traveler. When my husband gets his green card we will settle down. He's a stay at home dad and I work. I am new to traveling and have found some bumps in the road with some jobs that ...