Mitts78

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1. Assignment at Stanford

   Mitts78 replied to Codeman906's topic in Travel

   So working your regular sch shift at Stanford will = the pay of OT in KY? And this is a problem? You're getting the same pay for working less hours? This is a problem because?

2. "Tax" Home

   Mitts78 replied to Mitts78's topic in Travel

   So I would consider myself an itinerant traveler? As I probably won't come back to this state unless to visit, etc. My other question would be about my car...do I keep it with this current state? Or do I have to re-register it every 13ish weeks with ...

3. Will travel nursing survive Obamacare?

   Mitts78 replied to Janethenurse's topic in Travel

   I am in agreement. I think the hospitals will make out because of the current uninsured. The only way I see hospitals not making out is that people will now have follow up care, medications, etc therefore less likely to have exacerbations that land t...

4. "Tax" Home

   Mitts78 posted a topic in Travel

   How is "tax home" accounted for? I've read a number of articles...I seem to "get it" than lose it. Is there a time when you cut ties with your current "tax home" and reside in another one? Is there a "policy" of sorts for doing such things? 1) Is it ...

5. Travel to Hawaii

   Mitts78 replied to natashacardiacrn's topic in Travel

   Housing was pd for and you got $26/hr on top of housing? I think that would be great...a working vacation. Does this include car? or did you already have a car? When I get ready to travel, I do not want to be screwed paywise but I am definitely doing...

6. Should I Include my Clinical Rotations in my Resume

   Mitts78 replied to christalmiller's topic in New Nurse

   My nurse residency program thought very highly that it was in there...school, how many clinical semester (or hours of clinicals). Also during the interview thought very highly that I had up to 4 pts during clinicals.

7. Would you drive 1 1/2 to 2 hours for a job?

   Mitts78 replied to Zookeeper44's topic in New Nurse

   I would if childcare wasn't an issue. I would try to work back to back 12s and rent a hotel room or a room out of someone's house. And travel back and forth that way. You surely don't want to work 12 hour shift and drive 2 hrs and then have to be bac...

8. What Do You Think You Needed To Learn in School, But Didn't

   Mitts78 replied to xtxrn's topic in New Nurse

   WOW!!! Not even changing a dressing? using an IV pump (I can see that if you're at a SNF/LTC). My 3rd semester (of a 2 year, 4 semester program) my instructor had me take an admission from the ED, take the report, do the assessment, and paperwork wit...

9. What Do You Think You Needed To Learn in School, But Didn't

   Mitts78 replied to xtxrn's topic in New Nurse

   I don't think size of the hospital/city has a relevance to IVs. I work in a small community hospital (little more than 200 beds) and we have IV teams. And our neighboring community hospitals also have IVTs-with less beds than we do. The only nurses t...

10. What Do You Think You Needed To Learn in School, But Didn't

    Mitts78 replied to xtxrn's topic in New Nurse

    I graduated from a 2 year program. Of the new grads that were hired for our hospital (and we rotate throughout the hospital)-only those students that attended the 2 year program had 3+ pt assignment in clinicals. I think this is probably one of the b...

11. First RN job & it's pay

    Mitts78 replied to Stephen.Stevens's topic in New Nurse

    What people have to realize is that, for the most part, the rate of pay is different compared with cost of living. Of course someone in rural Tennessee is not going to be paid as much as someone living in NYC, DC, Boston, Connecticut, etc. I mean a $...

12. What are your studying habits?

    Mitts78 posted a topic in General Students

    As I am getting older, I find that studying a lot is not cutting it. What are you doing to improve your studying? retaining information? and such? I need tips. Thanks in advance, Paula