raedar63

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1. Computer training for travel nurses

   raedar63 replied to raedar63's topic in Travel

   Thanks for the replies , but how do you get the agencies to hire you when they are listing the specific computer system ?

2. New Grads to ICU- your opinion

   raedar63 replied to emmarin-2003's topic in Critical

   Well your paper is probably completed by now but I just wanted to voice my opinion. I am old school and really think all nurses should be aides for six months prior to nursing school and believe that all new grads should work in the bowels of hell on...

3. 24 hour visiting

   raedar63 replied to ICU4U's topic in Critical

   I feel your pain !

4. You know you're an ICU nurse when...

   raedar63 replied to Fox_RuN's topic in Critical

   You think you are going to have a stroke over the no restraints policies they are pushing ! You really hate to let the newbie take the vents cause you want them all to yourself ! You draw straws with your co-workers for the sedated patients . You gr...

5. ER RN to ICU?

   raedar63 replied to Dbb82's topic in Critical

   I am an ICU nurse that gets floated to ER sometimes . They are really two diffrent areas of care, ICU is very detail oriented where as ER is focused on the presenting problem . I know when I stopped trying to do ICU assessments on the ER PTs things g...

6. Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

   raedar63 replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical

   I am sorry that you get treated like this. Unfortunatly I see it all the time , I am an older nurse and have worked every unit over the span of my nursing career. If I hear this going on I do not hesitate to tell my co-worker how it is! I still have ...

7. CCRN EXAM

   raedar63 replied to henryburdick's topic in Critical

   Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio CD's or vidieos make learning FUN!(they are the same info so do not buy both) Or she has a book that has lots of questons with rationales . I attended one of her two day seminars and it really was great .

8. seriously considering travel/questions

   raedar63 replied to RNomad's topic in Travel

   I worked with a nurse a few years ago that had 4 kids,her husband had lost his job which was causing them to loose their home , so she packed them all up and went west for travel nursing , three years later she and her family are still traveling and ...

9. Indian Health Services

   raedar63 replied to ashleykaye86's topic in Travel

   Where do you apply for jobs such as these ? I want to travel but do not like the thought of a big city ! I worry with travel if there will be enough travel assingments in rural areas. I live in a town with one traffic light and wal-mart is a 25 min ...

10. Any white middle aged travel nurses out there?

    raedar63 replied to bostonbakednurse's topic in Travel

    I wonder about age too, seems "middle age" nurses are becomming scarce. I am looking into travel at 49 years old and worry that age will be an issue .

11. Contracts for Alaska

    raedar63 replied to Lou4's topic in Travel

    I too have wondered about car allowance with travel . Esp with Ak and Hi

12. Computer training for travel nurses

    raedar63 posted a topic in Travel

    Hello, I am very seriously considering travel nursing, I have many years of experience in med surg,med tel and the last nine in a small ICU and ER float. My worry if I start travel is the computer system requirements. More and more job postings I am ...

13. Aureus??

    raedar63 replied to Cougar1113's topic in Travel

    I worked with an Aureus travel nurse a few years back . She had been with them for 1.5 years and sang their praises . I too am looking into travel but all the negative postings I read here and elsewhere are quite frightening ! I am considering Aureus...