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were you able to travel between them frequently. I hate stayin in one place for a long time. do they help pay off loans. what is the pay like?

I get that every where I work. I am a travel nurse and I also work per diem when on assignements. I have reallly learned to go with the flow. If I am doing something the patient reports to me no one has ever done to them I tell them I tend to assess more then I need to. I have had placed not like me because of personality clashes. I have found that if I try to get involved in potlucks, birthdays or what have you then my assertiveness does not offend as many people. Good Luck.

Hi I wanted to address your post. I graduated 5 years ago with a BSN. Prior to starting that program I had most of my GE requirements completed. At the time, I had a child at the age of 9 with mental health issues. I met my current BF and fell in love instantly. He is 7 yrs younger then me with no kids. He went from single man to full time dad. There were days where we were in the same house together but really not together. i would be sitting at the table for hours studing and writting papers. We ended up breaking up after two years. He felt that I was not able to give him what he needed. We remained friends and are now back together. I tell you this becuase I hope you can realize that there will be times where you won't see each other often. You may have to take what you can get at times. Remember that in the end it will pay off. My bf now says he wished he would have waited jsut a lil while longer. We dont take anything for granted and spend as much time together as we can.

I am thinking of relocating to TN. I have 5 yrs expereince in tele. Can someone tell me what the average pay wages are. Thanks Looking at Knoxville area

I am thinking of relocating to TN. I am interested in this facility. Can you tell me the wages for an RN with 5 yrs expereience.

I have to take a pass of fail ekg test. I ahve been told it is very hard. I have to id the strip and incite every intervention for every strip. I have sites for strip reading but I am looking for sites to help with all interventions. I have been told think like a doctor, anticipate every thing a doc would do. Thanks

I can totally understand. I have been a nurse for 5 years. I work med/surg, tele, stepdown. I have seen a lot of the same issues and drama's. Had one the other night. I kept saying to my self why bother. Remeber this: You will make a difference to someone almost every day. You may not see the effects or be told. Your patience, understanding, caring touch will matter to someone. It might not be a patient but a family memeber or a teenager in the hallway who you didnt know was watching. Sometimes I have to remember the lil things to get by.

Hello everyone. I travel with my S/O and we have a mini van. We also have a small dog. We have to take out housewares with us and clothing. Any tips on kitchen gadgets and other things to help make packing easy and condensed. Thanks

Get an account on Delphiforums.com They have a travel nurse forum and one for recruiters to talk to and post to travel nurses. I have seen a lot of postings for OR. Good Luck

Has anyone worked for any banner facilites in AZ. Why is their housing like. Thanked

Hello Everyone. I am having diffculity making a decision. I could possibly go home to MI and not have a contract right away and work per diem places. my agency gets Mi contracts all the time but for immediate starts and since I am on contract till April I cant submit for them until I am done. They say they can get me one. THis is only my first contract with them. So far they have been great. I am in AZ right now and have the great potential for another contract. My bf travels with me and we do alot of things with family during the srping and summer. He wants to go home and I dont think that it is a good idea. Any advice. Thanks so much. Dawn

Hello all. I am being submitted for a position in AZ. I was reading some old posts from JAN of this year. It talked about no work and being cancelled a lot. Any AZ people out there. how are things?

I live in Michigan. I have my whole life.

Hello everyone. I have posted in the past about my "tone" of voice being taken wrong. It is continuing to happen with certain types of patients. The manager and I think that part of the issue is that my assertiveness is taken as aggressive or even condiscending. Can anyone give my suggestions on things I can do to prevent this. I am on the verge of getting fired. I really feel my manager is making way too much out of this. she is constantly watching over me and asking me co-workers about me. please help

Help!! I keep getting called into the office because of "tone of voice". God I hate that phrase. I can say something totally innocent and a patient will say my tone was rude or something. I don't realize it. To me it seems like I am just fine. Does any one else have this problem? I need suggestions for how to better control my voice even how loud it is. It carries. I have always had this problem. Help.

I have to agree. I hate the customer service aspect we are now having to do. I am sorry I am a nurse to take care of you and your health problems not KISS YOUR ASS. I think we need to make it a three strikes and your out. I hate this behaviour. It takes away from the patients who really need us and want us.

I will be working with a nurse extern starting next week for the whole summer. Advice please. I love to teach hands on but I have never had someone all to myself.

I have worked many different places and I think one important factor can affect the success of a med/surg floor. TEAMWORK The place I am at now has fairly good ratios but our acuity is fairly high. The thing that makes our floor a success is our teamwork. We are constantly helping eachother to make sure everyone is doing ok. This has helped us keep our newbies lovign their job. I have worked places that don't have a teamwork approach and I don't last at all. I hate to see one nurse struggling with high acuity or one really bad patient and eveyone else sitting at the desk talking. Just my two cents

I am an agency who works for one of the largest hospital systems in my state. I have a two day a wwek contract with them. it is almost up however i am torn on what to do. the last few weeks the manager has been a down right ***** to me. made me so late on morning that i lost my hotel room. i had to work with her tongiht and this is a step down unit and she was angry when i refused to take 12 patients. then had a fit when i announced that I was taking a break and leaving the floor. i am entitled to another break but i am not taking it becuase i am afraid of what will come out of my mouth if she gives me **** about my break. it s definatly a hostile work enviroment. I take excellent care of my patients but 36 an hour is not worth this. I only have like 4 days left to work on my contract but she keeps putting me on days i have told her i can not work and i am going to have to call in on one of those days. after the treatment tongith and the unsafe enviroment. Should I cancel my contract or stick it out.

I have found that the facilities where I work you have to pull teeth to get a PICC even after trying to rationalize with them that the patient will require a harsh med over a long period of time.

Can anyone give me any sites or info on whether or not you can give vanco in a peripheral iv. A co worker and I were discussing it but I can not find any evidence based info. thanks Dawn

I have been a nurse for almost four years. The unit I currently work on is a busy med/surg/tele floor. I have been called into the office 4 times now for my "attitude" I have been the first person to admit when I have said something that could have been taken wrong. Now I feel like someone is nit picking. The manager even said that people have issues with general conversation. With things such as....When you guys are all just talking and compainring the types of patients you have taken care of you need to stop comparing. She says its like I am always trying to one up everyone. I have traveled in the past and have worked other types of units therefor I have a lot of experience to pull from. I feel like I can't even talk anymore. Innocent stuff is starting to get taken wrong and twisted. Yes I do at times get an attitude. I have appologized for it. My manager says its my tone. Here is my question....How do you handle getting irritated or even mad at work without having the tone or your voice come accross as innapropiate. She is to the point of doing a level one correction. I am looking for ways to catch myself and save my job.

Oh please don't get me wrong....I know that ICU is a very busy place. I do not think for a minute that there is less work and time to pamper. What I mean by everything being done is I know that the foley got emptied and charted. I know what the vitals are at all times. That type of thing. I spend so much time double checking my vitals because experienced cna's can't seem to remember to come tell the nurse that the patient has a temp of 102 or a blood pressure of 80/40 or 200/100. That type of thing. I know ICU is intense and I feel I have good assessment and clinical skills. It's the being in an area that intense that I am not sure of. Hope that clears that up a little.

I absolutly hate drug seekers. I recently had a patient who refused to go home after having an ovary removed via a lap surgery. OMG that don't hurt that much. She was received dilaudid, phenergan and benadryl. Everyone knows that when a patient has these ordered every 4 hours and demands they get them together that it is to get high. The Doctor she is admitted under admits patients to our hospital but does not round on them. The Dcotro that rounds on them sees her and immediatly dc's all of her meds and puts her on lorcet 10's with 1 mg morphine for breakthrough. I speant 3 hours that night calming her down and stopping her from yelling screaming and swearing all night. Mind you I had 6 other very ill patients that could have used some one on one attention like that from their nurse but didn't cause I was too busy playing babysitter.

I have been a med/surg/tele nurse for over three years. I have worked on cardiac floors as well. I am very interested in ICU. I like the idea of being at the bedside more. Knowing that everything was done. What would you expereinced nurses suggest. I was thinking of a job shadow on a CCU unit at my hospital. What types of books would you suggest to prepare myself for this. Thanks any suggestions are welcomed.