samanthadaisyRN

samanthadaisyRN has 4 years experience.

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1. Labor and delivery travel assignments?!

   samanthadaisyRN replied to Klr0808's topic in Travel

   I'm just finishing my first assignment in Nantucket, MA. It's a critical access hospital (under 20 beds). The LDRP is 4 beds, nurse:pt ratio is 1:1 for labors. Average of 10-20 births/mo, no high risk. Pay is great, manager is great, and coworkers ar...

2. Travel Nursing

   samanthadaisyRN replied to Byhisstripes's topic in Travel

   Definitely talk to lots of different agencies! That was the best advice I got before finally settling on my recruiter. It took me a lot of talking to different recruiters, and honestly sometimes I just didn't like the way they talked or the way they ...

3. Is it usually this nuts getting the paperwork done?

   samanthadaisyRN replied to Ginger45's topic in Travel

   The paperwork part was stressful for me too but I feel like they should have given you way more money for moving bonus and they should pay for any vaccines/boosters you need! What company are you with? Im with medical solutions- who are AMAZING by th...

4. Question about working with multiple agencies

   samanthadaisyRN replied to samanthadaisyRN's topic in Travel

   Thanks for all the replies! This forum is so helpful!!

5. Question about working with multiple agencies

   samanthadaisyRN replied to samanthadaisyRN's topic in Travel

   The companies I really like are medical solutions, fusion, and PPR. I'm also considering IPI. I've talked to several agencies and I went with the recruiters that sounded most genuine, nice, replied quickly to my emails/calls, and gave me honest answe...

6. Question about working with multiple agencies

   samanthadaisyRN posted a topic in Travel

   I'm new to traveling and have been talking with several different agencies tying to figure out which one to go with. I have narrowed it down to 3 recruiters that I really like. My question is, if I do decide to have one of them submit me to a hospita...

7. Young L&D nurse hoping to travel

   samanthadaisyRN posted a topic in Travel

   Hi eveyone! I'm 27 y/o and have been in labor/delivery, postpartum, nursery, for almost 3 years. I live in a small town and work at a very small hospital. I love my job and am very happy with it but feel that I have maybe gotten too comfortable. I am...

8. Help... not sure if nursing is for me

   samanthadaisyRN replied to samanthadaisyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, I just found this post and had completely forgot I ever wrote it!! Just to update everyone I've been an OB nurse for almost 3 years and absolutely love it! I can't believe I ever felt that way about nursing, my confidence has grown so much the p...

9. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

   samanthadaisyRN replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

   PVT really does work! I took the NCLEX tuesday at 2pm and got the good pop up as soon as I checked when I was done with the exam. I was skeptical of it, and I tried it at least 20 times over 48 hours until I got my results that said I PASSED

10. Help... not sure if nursing is for me

    samanthadaisyRN replied to samanthadaisyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your support and advice! I am feeling a little better about things, I really appreciate you all taking time to reply to my post. I am just going to keep trying and hopefully wtih practice, I will become more comfortable and begin ...

11. Help... not sure if nursing is for me

    samanthadaisyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in my last semester of nursing school (BSN track) and I am feeling unsure. I havn't really liked nursing since I started the program- but I am not the type of person to quit sometihng once I've started. I really don't think I like nursing at all...

12. Nurse Entrance Test Score Question!!

    samanthadaisyRN replied to samanthadaisyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thats so weird it happened to you too lcw0829!! I was so worried, have you heard anything from your nursing school you applied to yet? Hopefully it is like others have said a glitch, I guess we will see when we hear back from out nursing schools, con...

13. Questions about nursing school and nursing in general

    samanthadaisyRN replied to TCLA's topic in Career Support

    Hi- I am going for my BSN in nursing as well. I went to a community college for my first two years and the college I went to had an associates degree called pre-nursing. It had all the classes that I needed in order to go to a university and finish m...

14. Nurse Entrance Test Score Question!!

    samanthadaisyRN replied to samanthadaisyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I used the NET study guide, it can be found at eriworld.com There are practice tests inside that are extremely helpful. It gives you a great idea of exactly what the questions are like on the actual test. Just make sure you review, the test is not t...

15. Nurse Entrance Test Score Question!!

    samanthadaisyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just received my score sheet back from the NET and I am very confused about one thing. I recieved an overall score of 85. I got 100% on the mathematics portion. On the back of the sheet, however, it says "Needed Areas of Remediation" and says "Esse...