TravelRNMike

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1. Travel nursing

   TravelRNMike replied to RJS's topic in Travel

   During my first contract, I was given 5 patients the first morning I stepped onto the unit. I didn't even know where the Pyxis was, how the rooms were layed out - awful! My second contract hospital gave me two 8 hour general orientation days AND two ...

2. Assignment Nightmare

   TravelRNMike replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Travel

   I'm on my second assignment, and have just renewed for another three months. I had some scheduling problems in DC (worked 10 Friday nights in a row!), but out here in CA, there are Union based regulations against such abuses. I hope you'll give it an...

3. Discrimination Against Men in Nursing

   TravelRNMike replied to Demonsthenes's topic in Men

   New here, and jumping in kinda late, BUT... In my 5 years of nursing, I have yet to see any blatant discrimination in the workplace. Culturally, some female patients will refuse certain types of care from me, but honestly, even that has been rare. As...

4. What field of nursing ??

   TravelRNMike replied to Rivs's topic in Men

   I tend to see lots more guys working in ED, ICU, and Surgery. I jumped right into Oncology and Hospice care, and now I'm on a travel assignment working in a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. Not so many male RN's on my unit, but that's never really been a...