PrincessPiff

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1. Anyone a new grad working at FLorida Hospital or Orlando Health?

   PrincessPiff replied to Renee4christ's topic in Florida

   I am also caught up in the interview process with Fl Hosp. I went down for the experience RN career fair in May and had a successful interview with the HR person. I was to interview with the unit manager when the HR person noticed I had an ADN and s...

2. Any cath lab RNs required to take the RCIS?

   PrincessPiff replied to inthelab's topic in Cardiac

   Sounds like my lab was. I left there nearly 3 years ago, mainly because anybody off the street who walked into the lab was mixing and giving drugs, supposedly under the doctor's license. We had one girl who was a patient transporter who became a tec...

3. cath lab job

   PrincessPiff replied to NYRN05's topic in Cardiac

   :eek: OMG I can't IMAGINE taking that much call! I thought I took a lot, I usually took 1-2 nights a week and one weekend a month. Our call requirements were 1 weekend and 5 weekdays every 6 weeks, but bonus call was lucrative so I signed up.

4. how to restrain a baby for cath lab procedure

   PrincessPiff replied to hst01's topic in Cardiac

   Typically you don't want to put tape on a baby's skin. It can cause serious skin tears, etc. In most of the places I've worked, we can't tape directly to the skin for ANY reason. We use velcro restraints when femoral access is needed, similar to wh...

5. NICU travel? Anyone having any luck?

   PrincessPiff replied to malenurse122879's topic in Travel

   Enfermera, I would LOVE to hear some company suggestions! I'm also a NICU RN, with some Cath lab thrown in. When I traveled in CA in 2006, my pay was fantastic. I got overtime for over 8 hours in a day, and over 40 in a week. Do you see that hap...

6. Traveling Nurse? What are your thoughts about it?

   PrincessPiff replied to Saflanut's topic in Travel

   I went with a company like that for my first travel assignment, and it was completely misrepresented. I didn't have any idea that I would be going to a different HOSPITAL EVERY DAY. I had ZERO orientation, I was expected to show up, go the the nurs...