jillhall

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1. Virgin Islands

   jillhall posted a topic in Travel

   has anyone worked in st. croix, virgin islands? i just accepted a position there. i am a nicu nurse.

2. Am I Getting a Bad Deal?!?!?

   jillhall replied to oneyearrn's topic in Travel

   bad deals come in many ways. first of all the pay rate is important. for specialty areas, i thinking the lowest pay rate i have seen is about $26. however, i would not accept that low of pay unless i decide that i want to go to a particular place ...

3. Poll: What do you love about the NICU?

   jillhall replied to carolina_girl's topic in NICU

   jax, sounds like a good fit for you. i sometimes used to complain about "having to go to work". my son looked at me and said, "why mom, how many people get to go to work and chill with the babies". "you should feel lucky". ever since then, when i...

4. Medical Missions Trips?

   jillhall replied to newflgrad's topic in General Nursing

   :heartbeat has anyone heard of needs for a nicu nurse when it comes to medical missions?

5. Advice needed for the following companies

   jillhall replied to lifezfunny's topic in Travel

   I am just saying, that legally they cannot strike. If patients aren't being attended to, they cannot strike.

6. Advice needed for the following companies

   jillhall replied to lifezfunny's topic in Travel

   i used to feel the same way fergus. but then i thought of it as supporting nurses to get what they want, it caused a "paradigm" shift in my thinking. i have never worked for fast staff, but if i did cross a picket line, i feel that i would be helpi...

7. Advice needed for the following companies

   jillhall replied to lifezfunny's topic in Travel

   :angryfire some nurses get so upset about travelers going in to cover while other nurses strike. i don't understand it. by us going in to work a strike, it is giving the nurses who strike the opportunity to stand up for themselvesand get something ...

8. Travel and Insurance....

   jillhall replied to KatieBell's topic in Travel

   i know suzanne. i just don't know what constitutes a good plan. thanks for the response. you are so great to respond!

9. Travel and Insurance....

   jillhall replied to KatieBell's topic in Travel

   i begin a new travel assignment the middle of next month. this will be the first time that i am taking insurance. i don't know much about what is in a good policy. i have had the same health insurance for the past 18 years, so i have taken it for ...

10. Non-viable baby, born alive -parent won't hold him, what do you do?

    jillhall replied to enfermeraSG's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i haven't seen any hospital policies for this issue. i can only share with you what i have done. i have been in this circumstace three or four times. the first time it happened i was a fairly new nurse, and so i remember this incident the most. i ...

11. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    jillhall replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men

    lol... i am responding to a post that was sort of midway in this discussion. an engineer posted about how people assume her to be male. she said, "sorry for butting in". i responded to her post cause i live in utah too, and her comment reminded me...

12. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    jillhall replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men

    lol... i am responding to a post that was sort of midway in this discussion. an engineer posted about how people assume her to be male. she said, "sorry for butting in". i responded to her post cause i live in utah too, and her comment reminded me...

13. Poll: What do you love about the NICU?

    jillhall replied to carolina_girl's topic in NICU

    i am a nicu nurse of over 20 years. i went straight from nursing school to nicu. lol, my duaghter did the same thing. she has been doing nicu for two years and cannot imagine doing any other type of hospital type nursing. it has been good to both...

14. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    jillhall replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men

    lol.....its fine to butt in. i live in salt lake city. my duaghter in law is a computer engineer. what she hates is getting together with her "peers' (male, white, caucasain, middle age) and when she talks, they don't look at her face......their g...

15. HI! I'm new! Couple questions/Nurses

    jillhall replied to JennieIrene's topic in Hospice

    jennie, you are sooooo welcome. please make a post and let us all know what you are doing and how you are going about it. it may just help someone else in your situation. good luck. hugs