smilelikeumeanit

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1. Can't get a job as new RN

   smilelikeumeanit replied to black_butterfly's topic in Florida

   Hey Everyone, We are in an economic depression here and from what I've heard from some hospital recruiters some hospitals picked the wrong time to expand and are paying for it now by having to put hiring freezes out there and reduce staffing on units...

2. Want to do traveling nursing to HI from Florida

   smilelikeumeanit replied to Bella RN's topic in Hawaii

   The travel nursing market seems to be in a slump right now because of the economy, but i'm not really sure if that's absolutely true in every state. What about just a vacation to an amazing beach in latin america? Really cheap, beautiful, nice people...

3. medical and surgical intermediate floors....more like ICU or Med/Surg?

   smilelikeumeanit replied to nuwbee25's topic in MICU

   It definitely depends on the hospital, I am going into some interviews myself for IMC/Stepdown. Usually the bigger the hospital the more critical the patients in the step down unit. I know shands in gainesville is 1:2/3 in the IMC almost like an ICU,...

4. Nursing shortages, Baby boomers and the immigrant nurse

   smilelikeumeanit replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   the VA hospitals mostly operate on 8 hour shifts and I definitely think the doom is coming in a few years....I came back from south america 2 months ago and didn't realize I couldn't be that picky...so much for all those "your career in nursing" book...