Selke

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  1. Panorama City, CA?

    Selke posted a topic in California Nursing

    I've been offered a travel contract at Kaiser at Panorama City, CA in OB. Can anyone tell me about it? I know nothing about it. Not sure if I want it but have to tell them by late Monday.

  2. Lompoc, CA?

    Selke posted a topic in Travel

    Any information about hospitals in Lompoc, CA? L&D positions? I don't know a thing about it but the contract pays well and it's not far from the coast. I"m seriously considering it and...

  3. Lompoc, CA?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Travel

    Thanks for your words of advice, Wendy79. The job in Lompoc fell through; I think it was filled by another agency, but I'm giving that name out to agencies as a potential place to go. Do you know...

  4. How fast is too fast?

    Selke replied to sweetcheekers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ohmigosh, this sounds so unsafe and scary. I just feel so strongly about this issue. Can you even read a fetal monitor after that short orientation? Sounds like you won't even have a resource nurse...

  5. New Mexico

    Selke replied to Nursing2Travel's topic in Travel

    I just finished a contract at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock NM with Anderson & Bates Supplemental Staffing and was paid $34/hr. They paid all my housing expense, all utilities,...

  6. Getting into Yale

    Selke replied to terea RN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    From what I understand there are more nurses in Acute Care than the other specialties. I heard from a student who just graduated that most of that faculty prefer RNs, although one of them prefers...

  7. Getting into Yale

    Selke replied to terea RN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    terea RN, Are you an RN? I am only commenting on this thread because I saw the "RN" in your name. Admissions is different for GEPNs and RNs, and is less competitive if you are an RN, I think,...

  8. Stupid things your school does/did

    Selke replied to MountainMan's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just glad I changed graduate programs before having to do pelvics with my classmates -- I was humiliated enough doing the PE with a young classmate at my last program (although I'll have to redo...

  9. Seeking info on Global Scholarship Alliance

    Selke replied to llg's topic in General Nursing

    Pretend to be a private investigator. Maybe you could get a couple of nurse acquaintances to contact this company and pretend they are looking to work for them, to find out that way what they're...

  10. When your supervisor is incompetent.....

    Selke replied to PrisonrNurs's topic in General Nursing

    Have you documented all these events in writing? Saved paperwork? Do you have a union? If so, call your rep ASAP. Your union steward will likely advise you to start a paper trail, among lots of...

  11. Have you ever been made to feel useless and incompetent?

    Selke replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I had to leave the midwest state I was living in and went to the west coast where I discovered there are actually nice, intelligent, educated nurses who did not treat people like that, who would not...

  12. Inventions for Nurses

    Selke replied to ryanfocker's topic in General Nursing

    Ooh, yeah, uniforms done at work! Decent sized lockers, one for every nurse, would be an improvement too. Like a concierge service for the staff! The hospital should also have discount rates...

  13. Inventions for Nurses

    Selke replied to ryanfocker's topic in General Nursing

    I'm waiting for the Star Trek scanner device the medical officers used to wave over the body parts and apparently got lab and other diagnostic readings. I'm waiting for some genius to make the two...

  14. How to shut up people who gossip !!!!!!

    Selke replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    This is a great quote that I'll put in my quote file. Thank you for sharing this. Has anybody ever had a manager or charge nurse who is really like this (like this quote)? (I haven't.) Are any of...

  15. Have you ever been a patient?

    Selke replied to Bluehair's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the "lack of control" is HUGE, especially when you literally can't move from your bed, if you're tied up in traction, had orthopedic surgery, &c. Small things like having your bedside table...

  16. Have you ever been a patient?

    Selke replied to Bluehair's topic in General Nursing

    I've had several surgeries and hospitalizations, including childbirth, and nearly died once. Yes, they influenced me going into healthcare, although initially I wanted to be a surgeon. You know, all...

  17. Financial benefits of traveling

    Selke replied to katieglo's topic in Travel

    I was about to post asking about information re: taxes and travelling. Thanks for the website -- I'll check it out. I moved from the east coast back to the midwest in August 2006 -- well, I list my...

  18. Driving to Alaska

    Selke replied to Medic15251's topic in Travel

    Which agency did you sign with? What area of nursing? If you feel more comfortable telling me privately, please PM me. Thanks!!! I heard from a friend that the ferry ride to Anchorage (with your...

  19. Plain Tree hospitals?

    Selke replied to RN ColbyJack's topic in General Nursing

    I very briefly worked in a Planetree hospital in New England last year and was not impressed. Of course one Planetree facility is probably different from the next one. The decor and lighting...

  20. Baby Steps to a goal of becoming a Nurse Midwife?

    Selke replied to DesertRain's topic in Nursing Career

    Bethany - I'm in the Chicago area right now for awhile. You can be a doula and say you'll work certain shifts, or only be on call certain times when you have childcare. I think even just having the...

  21. Nursing Buisness Cards?

    Selke replied to kcheng's topic in General Nursing

    Just to clarify: I thought the OP was referring to cards to give out to other nurses or for business or personal reasons, but NOT to give to patients. I never give out my personal information to a...

  22. Nursing Buisness Cards?

    Selke replied to kcheng's topic in General Nursing

    Probably not a good idea to put your employer's information on your cards. If your position required business cards, your hospital would make them up for you. If a supervisor at your job saw personal...

  23. unhappy doc/letter to editor

    Selke replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Well, some of us aren't privileged enough to be able to put "Dr." in front of our names. We would if we could. We scrape along trying to survive and get the education we can. There may be a terrible...

  24. Anyone read "Listen to me Good"?

    Selke replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yes! I just read both "Why Not Me? The Story of Gladys Milton, Midwife" by Wendy Bovard, and "Listen to Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife," by Margaret Smith. They were great. If you...

  25. New to Allnurses; Healthy Work Environments

    Selke replied to Nurse53's topic in General Nursing

    What's the difference between this "30 minute down time", and the breaks that nurses are SUPPOSED to get: 30 minutes for lunch, and 15 minutes for each 4 hours worked? Many nurses don't get their two...