llw1066

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1. Leaving travel nursing

   llw1066 replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

   I did this for my last assignment. No AC though, just two fans (one in the ceiling, another small one by my face). Had no trouble finding places to park, and saved a bunch of money.

2. Extension contract, less pay

   llw1066 posted a topic in Travel

   Hi guys, I'm a traveller halfway through my first assignment. It's going well, I work in the ER of a small community hospital and the director and staff are all very happy with me. They asked me if I wanted to extend for another 3 months and I said y...

3. How do you get out of the room politely?

   llw1066 replied to jessimee's topic in General Nursing

   No one expects the doctors to stay in the room and chat with patients all day; we nurses are busy too! I tell them I have some work to take care off, that I'll check on them in a bit and here's your call bell in the meantime.

4. reference letters for ER travel

   llw1066 replied to llw1066's topic in Travel

   Thanks, the idea for me getting their bullet points and then expanding them into a letter worked well.

5. reference letters for ER travel

   llw1066 posted a topic in Travel

   Hi all, I'm set to leave my beloved ER job where I've worked for two years because my family needs to relocate (need to be closer to my elderly mom). So I've decided to travel in the area where she lives. Two charge nurses and two ER docs have agreed...

6. My stutter--my biggest challenge

   llw1066 replied to whit9448's topic in Disabilities

   I stutter. It's mild, and I can hide it much of the time. It gets worse when I'm anxious, which happens a lot because as we all know nursing can be a very stressful profession. The way I deal with it is to constantly work on my speech: by slowing dow...