During my first contract, I was given 5 patients the first morning I stepped onto the unit. I didn't even know where the Pyxis was, how the rooms were layed out - awful! My second contract hospital...
TravelRNMike replied to NurseJacqui's topic in Travel
I'm on my second assignment, and have just renewed for another three months. I had some scheduling problems in DC (worked 10 Friday nights in a row!), but out here in CA, there are Union based...
TravelRNMike replied to Demonsthenes's topic in Men in Nursing
New here, and jumping in kinda late, BUT... In my 5 years of nursing, I have yet to see any blatant discrimination in the workplace. Culturally, some female patients will refuse certain types of care...
I tend to see lots more guys working in ED, ICU, and Surgery. I jumped right into Oncology and Hospice care, and now I'm on a travel assignment working in a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. Not so many...