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  1. RN license suspended in Maryland

    I'm a Maryland resident. It took me almost two and a half moths to get an expired license re-instated. When I called, they told me my application was "not in the sytem", even though I had received my cancelled check and a post card that they mailed s...
  2. Union vs. non-union

    I agree with Fergus. The nurses at my hospital have taken a very negative view of the recent union proposal, since we work for a hospital that has the brains to realize that if you treat your staff well, they will return the favor. This leads to hi...
  3. Does workplace have impact on how you view nursing?

    There are good and bad hospitals-just because the nurses at one hospital are unhappy shouldn't make you want to quit nursing. I would suggest that you stick with nursing, instead of RT. I think there is a much greater number of career alternatives a...
  4. Travel Nursing from Mexico

    There was a recent article in the AARP magazine and also on their website regarding living in Mexico. It was aimed at retirees, but might have some good information. There are several areas of Mexico with a large American population and good infras...
  5. Caribbean dreaming

    I would like some info on ICU nursing in the Caribbean (yeah, I know-everyone's dream!). Working conditions-staffing ratios? Living conditions and cost of living? Acceptance by the residents? Is it easier to go to the US territory islands? Should...
  6. Full Time Night Shift

    As someone who has done both for years, stick with the three twelves. It is much less stressful and you get nice long stetches of time off. Sometimes I take 25mg of bendryl when I get home in the morning, especially if I have to go back in that da...
  7. ED Career Change?

    I'm an experienced ICU RN who worked in ED's many years ago with an agency and enjoyed it. I was thinking of going to work in ED, but what concerns me is that at my hospital and several others in the area, the ICU's have very few openings but the E...