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I circulated in an outpatient plastic surgery OR and wore long sleeve warm up jacket all the time, because it was always FREEZING. So did the other circulators. They were more concerned about hair...

What about working in a flu shot clinic if you're helping look for something "easy" for your mom? I did that one season & thought it was cake (the clinic maybe had 4-5 patients walk in per hour &...

I felt the same way when I started traveling! I made a list of the cities I wanted to go to, then researched the hospitals in those cities & picked out the ones I like, then call those hospitals HR...

Sinus brady with 1st degree AV block, maybe? Not a rhythm queen, but that's what I see at first glance!

I would suggest a very low heel for the shoes. Something about clicking around in 6 inch pumps doesn't seem professional & even comes off as if you're trying to appear sexy (maybe ok if you're super...

Sure, I don't mind you messaging me at all. I'll tell you whatever info you need:)

Hi travelers! I'm interested in taking a travel assignment to NYC (from Florida). For those of you who have taken an assignment there, I am wondering: 1. What did you do with your car while you...

PPR is based out of my hometown in Jacksonville Beach, FL. Although they are not the travel company I am with (I'm interested in getting out of the Southeast since I've been here my whole life), I...

Seasonal nursing in South Florida hospitals typically runs September-May. This is the general timeframe when all the "snowbirds" from up North are here for the mild winters. I think most of the...

I am literally in the same exact situation as you. I have about 2 1/2 years of experience as a tele nurse, would like to transition to ICU and then travel as an ICU nurse, but right now is a great...

Also, want to add to my comment above, that that was from the perspective of when I was a student and only a few days at clinicals. I have no idea what goes on in L&D on a daily basis & maybe those...

When I was in nursing school a few years ago & did clinicals in L&D, there were no mothers/babies for a few days & the nurses were literally sitting around reading the latest Twilight novel at the...

Hi everyone! I am super excited to say I will be starting my first travel assignment at the Cleveland Clinic in Ft. Lauderdale on a telemetry unit in a couple weeks. Has anyone else traveled there or...

Hey everyone! I'm starting my first assignment in Ft. Lauderdale April 2nd and would LOVE to go to Cali (San Diego, Palo Alto, SF) or NYC next. I already have my CA license but want to get in touch...

Hey Everyone! I really, really want to be a travel nurse (this has been my dream for years now), and I feel like I am finally in a place where I can begin my journey. I have been a tele nurse for...

This was brought up in one of our recent floor meetings (in August) because some of the staff and patients complained about the workers conversing in other languages (we have many filipino and...

Hi BAC! I just sent you a PM. Good luck at Stanford, I know it will be amazing!! Very excited for you!

Oh and I forgot to mention, if the patient soils themselves when the PT gets them up, PT comes running out of the room to the nurse so that the nurse can clean them up. In the meantime, PT is just...

Someone else mentioned PT/OT and from what I can tell, at my hospital, they have it made! They are not present at any of the codes, they simply get the patients up out of bed into a chair or...

You have to have your BSN. But who knows with all the online programs out there now.

Another helpful website that should give information on all the loans you have ever taken out as a student is the National Student Loan Data System http://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds_SA/ . This is...

Hahha! Yes OP, this is true, you really can fill in the variables with whatever you want and the world may never know the answer. Despite my recent post about the ICU nurses being rude (over...

@roma4204, go to ecsi.net for perkins loans, click 'students' and go to their faq's and/or create a login to view the status of your loan. There should also be a customer service number available to...

Also, I haven't paid a single dime to my Perkins loan, nor am I required to. Portions of it are being waived on a yearly basis as I keep up with the paperwork documenting my full time RN status...

The above post that states "the loan needs to be for the nursing program, not another degree" is incorrect. I took out a Perkins loan for my first degree which was in Health Science. I entered an...