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So this question may not totally relate to traveling but I will be starting my first assignment in mid January. I want to give my 2 week notice in beginning of January but the issue is with my charge nurse. We had a girl leave about 5 months back and she was screwed before she left. she gave a 6 week notice and was given all the worst assignments, worst schedule lots of call shifts and basically screwed over by the charge. He also would not relieve her for lunch till 3-4pm when he could "get there" our lunch is cover by the charge nurse only and we only have 1, he is known for being a dictator and vindictive. My other issue is I need a reference letter from him too and with him being the only choice I have no options. Other nurses have gone to management about him to no avail, my benefit is I have played it somewhat smart by brown nosing some but still not in the inner circle. Our manager and director are brand new so i am not sure I should ask them for a reference. Any thoughts? Should I just give 2 weeks and deal with it? Maybe less?

especially if you can start finding assignments that have some floating to cardiac and work your way into competency there, your career will likely be financially better than in ICU.

How would it be financially better?

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Cath lab is basically a super specialty subset of ICU (I've heard it described as CVICU nursing on steroids). Pay is much better for travelers than ordinary ICU. While cath lab is an extraordinarily hot specialty right now in travel, I see it, or at least cardiac cath, as remaining better than bread and butter ICU forever. Kind of like operating room will always pay more for travelers than medsurg. It is simply more training and is worth more due to scarcity and demand.

Remember the law?

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I remember. Good to know it will always have a leg up. Thanks Ned

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Specializes in ICU, and IR.

Yes thats why I want to market myself for both

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