GulfCoastGal

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1. 1st Assignment= less pay?

   GulfCoastGal replied to GulfCoastGal's topic in Travel

   Well, I ended up taking a contract with Aya Healthcare, and start in a few weeks. It's on a navajo Reservation and the pay is worth it. My recruiter Jace and I were able to negotiate a contract that I was happy with, but it had to be revised three t...

2. 1st Assignment= less pay?

   GulfCoastGal replied to GulfCoastGal's topic in Travel

   I got a call from an agency yesterday and they have an AZ job that will pay about $1600/week take home pay. It sounds pretty good but it's 7 on/7 off and I've never worked a schedule like that. The other higher paying jobs seem to be in CA. TNAA offe...

3. 1st Assignment= less pay?

   GulfCoastGal posted a topic in Travel

   I am currently talking to several agencies- The Quest Group, Travel Nurses Across America, Advantage RN. I'm interested in hearing from others about their experiences with these agencies and how they compare to eachother. TNAA seemed to have less ben...

4. Getting LPN License while in nursing school?

   GulfCoastGal replied to Mommyto2and2's topic in Oklahoma

   I did this in 2003 after I had completed my second semester of nursing school at OU in the BSN program. I can't remember what verification I had to have for the board of nursing, but I took the NCLEX for LPNs and passed. Then I worked for two years a...

5. ??about childrens center OKC

   GulfCoastGal replied to okie2's topic in Oklahoma

   I worked there first as a CNA and then as an LPN for about a year. I think it's great place to work. The nurses are very nice- some abit old fashioned- but good attitudes. The nurses all had to wear white and the CNA's teal scrubs when I worked there...

6. Breastfeeding Question for L&D nurses

   GulfCoastGal replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Absolutely NOT happening on my unit. And also not happening in the last hospital I worked in. I live in a large metro area though, and maybe rural hospitals are different. I also think geographical location can play a part in breastfeeding. Parts of...

7. How does your facility utilize pitocin for post-3rd stage?

   GulfCoastGal replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

   We usually use 20u of Pit/ 1000L of D5LR X 2 bags. But...it's really nursing judgement on how fast to run it in- some people let it run to gravity, some use the pump (which I do). Usually on the pump we run it at 125ml/hr. Yesterday I doubled my rate...

8. Mentoring in PICU

   GulfCoastGal replied to LoriA's topic in PICU

   If your turnover rate is that high, I would focus on more than developing a mentoring program. Why are so many of your nurses leaving? Discovering the answer to this could help you develop an approach that included mentoring/precepting as well as oth...

9. PICU Census

   GulfCoastGal replied to LoriA's topic in PICU

   we have a 16 bed capacity here in OKC. We have been prety steady over the last few months. In fact, we were double the normal (compared to past Christmases) this Christmas. Only every once in a while our census is low. (less than 8-9 pts). We typical...