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It’s at a smaller hospital where I would get paid 15k a year more than I do now on a med surg unit. They promise me I can cross train to ICU and that will set me up to work in cath lab eventually. I would really want to eventually work in OR or cath lab and be a travel nurse. I currently get paid poorly at my job and there’s not a good unit culture. I don’t know if I should take this position. I want to travel nurse before I have a child and save up. I am 25 and currently work in a stepdown where the ratio is 1:4 and their ratios are 1:5-6 I dunno if the whole line “we can train you in other areas” is just a line. My current hospital said I could do that but there’s no opening. Should I travel or live here and be with my boyfriend and take the higher paying job at a smaller hospital with the potential to train me in cath lab. My current facility has 400 beds and the new one has 75. Will a smaller facility be an advantage or disadvantage in my career?

What is your average take home pay? How lonely do you get? Is the experience worth it? How do you deal with having a partner while traveling? Is housing that hard to come by?

Would people hire you without experience? Did you need certain certifications?

What’s the best specialty to travel nurse in?

True. But it honestly was in relation to my moms friend

True, but I could have been talking about anyone- my mom and I were discussing end of life care because of her friends mom and an accident she had. I wasn't in the store when i mentioned I knew someone like that- I could have just been talking about a story of my moms friend. The patient's of the family member I saw is not on life support- she is not intubation or braindead in any way.

she was kind of far from me- she just looked me in the eyes and looked away- i don't even know if she recognized me cause i was wearing my glasses and had my hair down and was wearing makeup

I really dont put anything out there except for ugly pics of me

she has no proof though. none at all

This was at a busy mall- off the clock

Or can I get fired for it?

I was on the phone with my mom in public and basically talked about how I wouldn’t want to be brain dead and have my family keep me alive forever and how I don’t want tube feeds and to just be a burden to my family. I also talked about how there’s been lots of shooting recently in my town and how in a new unit I will be on I will see lots of gunshot wounds and stories that are on the news. I look over and see my patients daughter (my patient who has been on my unit for like 3 months) standing right next to me. Can she get offended and then I get fired for this?

It is a great opportunity but I would have to make 95k in Seattle to maintain the same quality of life I have here on 60k

Did you get paid more doing outpatient surgery as opposed to being in the hospital? We’re you trained in surgery initially?

Also, how much do you get paid for various differentials?

It can be because of salary, location, culture, etc

I currently live in a suburb in Dallas and have a job opportunity in Seattle to train for cath lab, which are hard to come by. I would make ten grand more a year which would come out to making 70k a year in Seattle. Rent is like 2k a month for 200 square feet in the city. In Renton rent is 1.5k a month for 600 square feet and I can take public transport. I would be leaving my friends and family to go to seattle (my area doesn’t offer a program like this so this is a cool chance). I love seattle and have visited sited ten times in the last five years but I dunno if the nursing culture is good there and if the homelessness and dreary weather take away from its charm i am considering looking at California for opportunities also because they get paid more and have better nursing unions but I know COL is high.

True. I only went twice to this psychiatrist and just went today and he didn’t rediagnose me but we were leaning in the direction of me having anxiety from my personality and how stressful the job can be at times. I dunno how confidently they can say I can safely perform my job because they don’t know me that well. I’ve neevr been hospitalized or taken off work because of mental health issues. No one at work hasn’t mentioned me acting erratic of anything. They mainly tell me to stop stressing because I overthink things because I absolutely do not want my patient to die

Well the clause is kind of like that. It says “In the past five (5) years have you been diagnosed with or treated or hospitalized for schizophrenia and/or psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, paranoid personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, or borderline personality disorder which impaired or does impair your behavior, judgment, or ability to function in school or work?” technically it hasnt impaired my ability to function function in school or work. I have worked just fine.

Additionally, I did not use insurance to pay for my visits at this facility. They did not accept my insurance so I paid out of pocket

So, last hear I went through a horrible breakup and was very stressed about my new job. I have terrible PMS and got very anxious and restless around the time of my period and then would be content and happy during the times I don’t have my period. I have always had trouble sleeping but it got worse when I broke up with my ex and I had a tendency to obsess about my ex and wasn’t able to sleep as well as I normally do (we dated for seven years and almost got married and he left me for another woman) and I needed sleeping meds. I also would have racing thoughts and I would get so exhausted I would sleep for 16 hours. So, I went to the psychiatrist and she said I had bipolar disorder and put me on lamictal. I really disliked the medication as I just was tired and after working on myself and ridding myself of my partner and building a better life for myself I have learned that I was anxious in general (which I deal with by exercising and breathing exercises) and probably get depressed at times because of life and my job (I work nights and sleep tons on my days off). I didn’t go back to the doctor after the first three times and literally I have never done anything reckless with my life or missed work or made mistakes because of this. So I’m renewing my license and it asks about being diagnosed with various psych disorders (bipolar disorder being one of them) “which impaired or does impair your behavior, judgement, or ability to function in school or work.” I want to check no because it never affected me and I’ve never been hospitalized for psych stuff at all. Could the board find out or could I face legal repercussions from this? Also, what happens if I put yes on this question? Should I go back to the doctor to be re-evaluated? My NP asked me what I did and I told her I was a nurse and she asked where I worked and I told her just thinking she was making small talk. I am nervous she has told people about what we discussed and if we know anyone who works with me and that she may tell the board.

So, last hear I went through a horrible breakup and was very stressed about my new job. I have terrible PMS and got very anxious and restless around the time of my period and then would be content and happy during the times I don’t have my period. I have always had trouble sleeping but it got worse when I broke up with my ex and I had a tendency to obsess about my ex and wasn’t able to sleep as well as I normally do (we dated for seven years and almost got married and he left me for another woman) and I needed sleeping meds. I also would have racing thoughts and I would get so exhausted I would sleep for 16 hours. So, I went to the psychiatrist and she said I had bipolar disorder and put me on lamictal. I really disliked the medication as I just was tired and after working on myself and ridding myself of my partner and building a better life for myself I have learned that I was anxious in general (which I deal with by exercising and breathing exercises) and probably get depressed at times because of life and my job (I work nights and sleep tons on my days off). I didn’t go back to the doctor after the first three times and literally I have never done anything reckless with my life or missed work or made mistakes because of this. So I’m renewing my license and it asks about being diagnosed with various psych disorders (bipolar disorder being one of them) “which impaired or does impair your behavior, judgement, or ability to function in school or work.” I want to check no because it never affected me and I’ve never been hospitalized for psych stuff at all. Could the board find out or could I face legal repercussions from this? Also, what happens if I put yes on this question? should I go back to her and get re-diagnosed? My NP asked me what I did and I told her I was a nurse and she asked where I worked and I told her just thinking she was making small talk. I am nervous she has told people about what we discussed and if we know anyone who works with me and that she may tell the board. I should have never received treatment or told her anything truthful about me. If only I had remembered this question on the renewal.