Gary Mendoza

mRNA is absolutely gene therapy, unless you're saying the NIH doesn't know what they're talking about. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4817894/ How about respecting peoples freedom of choice instead of trying to use mandates, tricke...

This is a new scare tactic some agencies (Sharp Medical Staffing) and some hospitals (one of the hospitals in Guam) are using to try and use fear to make you stay because nurses are quitting in high numbers for multiple reasons (burnout, vaccine mand...

As the founder and admin of one of the largest FB groups for healthcare travelers, I have seen three major reasons why nurses are currently leaving their hospitals: 1. Covid burn-out 2. Forced Covid injections 3. Leaving a low paying s...

Way to cherry pick a quote, if you had actually read my entire post you would have your answer, not going to repeat it.

I don't take the flu shot and I have never been mandated to take it, I always just sign a declination and wear a mask, never had a problem. I completely disagree with Ned in that if you want to work in healthcare you do it to help protect your patien...

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Check out GypsyReports.com , there are tabs at the top for different databases for your review. You can choose Facilities to read about different hospital reviews, you can choose Recruiters to read about different recruiter/agency reviews. The websit...

Never heard of them. Personally, I avoid unknown agencies. I suggest finding travel nursing groups and asking for recruiter suggestions. There are even websites that have recruiter ratings / reviews if you look / ask around enough.

I've never seen a traveler that worked PRN, but if they did I would imagine you would be at a huge disadvantage because you wouldn't have guaranteed hours being PRN. They would have to fill the schedule with staff first, next with full-time travelers...

No guarantees with a contract either. I track traveler cancellations and a traveler can be canceled for any reason or no reason at all (shift or contract). Related to contracts, many times facilities will cancel a contract and give the reason as 'low...

mtnNurse, IV skills are always nice to have, but most places I've worked the Med/Surg nurses weren't very good with IV's nor were they expected to be. Most of them would call ICU or ER for hard sticks unless they had an IV team. I wouldn't fret if yo...

Pay for California has dropped in recent years, I let my California license lapse because it's just not worth it to me anymore. If I can't make at least $2,000 / week / net after housing costs in California I'm not interested. It seems a lot of contr...

Most agencies have many of the same jobs because they all pull jobs from a 'vendor' website/database. Some agencies do have exclusive relationships with hospitals and then will 'subcontract' out the jobs they can't fill to other agencies, but the bes...

I'm so sorry to hear this happened to you. There's a site where you can leave reviews for your agency and recruiter as well as that facility you worked so future travelers will be aware of the situations and make informed decisions. You can leave you...

Before I was a traveler, the local police watched out for us and took care of us and in return we'd let them in the backdoor and help them get through the medical clearance process faster, but they cut off the mutual courtesy so our hospital stopped ...

Yup, did an interview for a travel position and she said some curse words, I said some curse words. I took the job , she was the best manager I ever worked for.

No, not all. I'm a travel ER nurse and many ER's don't have anything. When the crap hits the fan we just deal with it ourselves.

Insurance: included (Means it's already taken out of your salary) Relocation: 500.00 (A one-time payment for your travel expenses, probably get it on your first check) Weekly Housing Stipend: 636.02 (You'll get paid this amount weekly, check your con...

Raindrop, Here's an authority on the subject: "How long can I stay? When can I come back? Please note that you will not find this guide anywhere in the IRS code. They are notoriously vague with their terms. As a result, we have striven to develop a f...

I would suggest you contact the ENA (Emergency Nurses Association) and ask if they have any evidenced based info. I know there have been studies and they should have them, if not them then the ANA (American Nurses Association) should have them. As ...

It's not hard, it's super easy, but most hospitals want at least two years experience and I highly suggest at least that much experience too. Just imagine the worst patient you've ever had, now imagine having a full zone of patients like that, withou...

The way they do it in California (and I like it) is 1:4 max for regular ER patients (ESI's 3-5) , 1:2 max for ICU patients (I would say some level 1's and level 2's) , we all know someone can come in and not present as critical, be triaged a level 3,...

Absolutely get a lawyer if you can, a honest and simple response can be twisted and used against you and this has the potential to ruin your livelihood.

I also started out in the ER and I think it's perfectly okay. They are going to teach you what you need and they will not let you go by yourself until you're safe. I'm not one of those that think you need to 'do your time' on a med-surg unit first. D...

Yes, every hospital I've ever worked at allowed people to shadow. I've even asked to shadow and they've said, "we've never done that, but sure" and they just make you sign a HIPPA form and you shadow. You might have to bring up the idea, but they sho...