mrupp3

Thanks for the kind words. I actually heard from my recruiter today and since I was at bayview in the BICU and my background is the CCU, she's looking to place me at the downtown hopkins CCU. I'm a little leary of the place, but the money is good for the East Coast and the bonus is great. I'm a little leary of getting cancelled again though, but I figure I might as well try since I already know their system. Yes, the nurses in the unit I just came from do have a lot of attitude. The one precepting me even cussed at me when I wouldn't give a medication that he had prescribed and he's not a doctor. He was also doing arterial sticks on my patients when he couldn't get a vein for blood cultures. I didn't really understand it. I will be looking into MD law before I start the next assignment.

Okay, so I took my first assignment at John Hopkins in Baltimore and I've been there for three weeks. Well, I travel with another nurse that was contracted with me for 13 weeks on another unit. Well, after three weeks, I thought everything was going well. However, I heard that they hired 7 more people for the unit, so I knew that I probably wasn't going to be resigned, which was fine with me. To make a long story short, a couple of days ago, I received a call from the quality assurance nurse telling me that both of our contracts were cancelled due to "clinical issues." They basically came up with lies about different circumstances and really dumb issues that were not even clinical related such as coming in 15 minutes early (the time I was told in orientation and by my recruiter). Basically really dumb things. So, anyway, I have no clue what to do. I have been living in this apt for 3 weeks, my roommate and I both got our reimbursments for travel and license and she has received two checks for the living stipend. My recruiter told me that the research has told them they are putting the reason as "a scheduling problem" and she is finding us a new assignment. I asked about the housing situation as I'm still here and she has told me to hang tight and have a nice weekend, she would call me on Monday. So, has this happened to anyone? Do you think I have to pay the money back for the travel because the hospital cancelled us? Do I leave the apartment now and go back home until they find another assignment for me? I have to say, this does scare me. Should I look forward to this all the time? I've never heard of what can actually happen to me. The hospital didn't even warn me or tell me there was a problem. I didn't even get to rebuttle. HELP?!?!

Remember traveler give up alot to be at the location. So compensation should be key for them. Not all can go home to their families every night or see their friends as much as they would like to. They are there to help you in your time of need. If they weren't, you would be the one to split the remaining patients between you.

How about the accrediting agency? I'm sure you can make an anonymous phone call regarding the unsafe conditions. I'm sure they would like to hear about it.

I'm thinking of signing @ johns hopkins. Where you suggest I live and stay away from?