LadyRavenRN

LadyRavenRN has 2 years experience and specializes in PICU.

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1. Ridiculous waste of time

   LadyRavenRN replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric

   I am a travel nurse and have found it to be common practice to have to get an order for diaper rash cream. The hospital I am at now gets around this by having it preprinted on admission orders so Dr's just have to check a box for diaper cream of choi...

2. Cross Country vs. American Mobile

   LadyRavenRN replied to jack4408's topic in Travel

   I have worked for both companies. I have had good and bad experiences with both. AM was the first company I worked for. I have been told that a good relationship with a good recruiter is vital for a good travel nurse/company relationship. After a rea...

3. Experience for travelling

   LadyRavenRN replied to PrettyinPink1234's topic in Travel

   I started traveling with only 14 months experience in PICU. I have never regreted that decision. I have now worked for 28 months been in 4 soon to be 5 different hospitals and think there is no better way to learn and experience new things then trave...

4. Advice Canadian Travel Nurse - Work in the USA

   LadyRavenRN replied to lchrist2's topic in Travel

   Apply to more than one agency and find a recruiter you like. I have been traveling for just one year and have worked for AMN, Cross Country, and NursesRX, I also have a recruiter at Medical Express that I talk to regularly. People keep telling me its...

5. Interested in Traveling

   LadyRavenRN replied to AWanderingMinstral's topic in Travel

   My best advice is do some research on agencies and pick one or several to apply to. I have been travel nursing for just one year and have worked with AMN, Cross Country and Nurses RX. Once recruiters start calling they can help with all your other qu...

6. Helpful Tips for the Nurse Traveler

   LadyRavenRN replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in Travel

   I Have been traveling for a year. Before I started I was also terrified but it is one of the best choices I have ever made. I travel with my Husband and our 11 and 12 year old children. My husband happens to be in school right now so he does not work...

7. Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Societies??? Do they exist?

   LadyRavenRN replied to mrnurse2007's topic in PICU

   The American association of Critical care nurses has a pediatric componant. It is not exclusively pediatric though. Check them out at www.aacn.org It is the best thing that I have found

8. Travel Nursing in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

   LadyRavenRN replied to canadian_girl75's topic in PICU

   I have been travel nursing for almost a year in PICU. Orientation depends a lot on the hopital and the unit. I have had two full weeks between hospital and actual unit orientation to just 1 or 2 shifts on the unit. I have worked in Tucson and Phoenix...

9. PICU RN and a parent?

   LadyRavenRN replied to MommyandRN's topic in PICU

   Hi I am a mom of two. I have never worked anywhere but a PICU except to float of course. I love it. Never having worked with adults I can't say from experience that it is the same, but I imagine it's not that different. We are professionals at work a...