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I did; Seattle-WA.

Wait...what? 'IntelyCare', a "healthcare scheduling and staffing platform" authoring an article on nurse burnout?? Am I missing something here?

If you have only 16 credit hours and you want to work in a non-clinical setting, I would say go for it. My opinion is that the BSN (I have one from a top rated University BTW) is a useless, fluff degree that will not expand your clinical skills or k...

My experience was gleaned from working multiple hospitals in multiple states, but granted, NYC/Philadelphia are two parts of the country I've not worked. That said, after the COVID mass exodus, it's been my experience that in just about every other ...

^^^Not sure where this is (BSN for bedside)?? As permanent and travel staff, I've worked over much of the country (Midwest, East, South, Southwest, West Coast; no one asks, cares, or even knows that I have my BSN. Personally, I can't recommend in g...

Warning, rant ahead! I was previously a travel nurse but came off the road for a few years. Recently however, I got itchy feet and decided to take a travel assignment in a neighboring state. I am an experienced traveler, have held numerous state l...

Raindrop, kudos to you. It sounds as if you shut down this ignorant nurse recruiter and I'm betting she wasn't at all expecting this response. She had obviously figured that you'd sit quietly why she carried on her interrogation and browbeating. O...

Career OR RN here. Over the years, I've worked with many mediocre surgeons, a few exceptional ones, and a few, mostly incompetent surgeons. From my perspective, I don't see a whole lot of oversight from the medical community (other surgeons) or any...

There has been such an exodus in the wake of Covid from permanent staff, that most HR departments and hiring managers would now look seriously at any carbon based lifeform with an active, unencumbered RN license.

East Seattle here!

Haha, I think I worked for the same hospital system! I was a long time employee and had a small outstanding balance because I was waiting for additional insurance reimbursement on a medical claim. Even though it was for a few months only and I comm...

This has been a pet peeve of mine for a long time. While pay for nurses has gradually increased over the years, the medical/dental plans that many healthcare employers offer to employees, have been gutted to the point that they are almost of no valu...

Haha! What...personal responsibility for your actions? "Would you care to supersize that"?

I've walked in your shoes and totally get it! Working full-time consumes so much of our life, time, and energy (physical and emotional) to the point that if you're miserable at work, you're also miserable at home. I've had periods in my life of sig...

The vaccine debate aside, I knew from day one of my first job many years ago, that I, and everyone else, is replaceable from an employer's perspective. I feel that to think otherwise is somewhat delusional or stems from an inflated sense of self-imp...

Haha of course Emergent! Very much looking forward to it.

Davy Do, hands down!

H.E...'double hockey sticks' NO! The nano second that I am financially able to retire, I plan to do so. I'm a career RN with 30 years already invested and there is no conceivable way that I am going to give another 10-12 years working full time in ...

I am an RN and have extensive surgical experience in Level I trauma facilities. For the last several years though, I have worked in the OR of a Level III hospital and have been glad not to have the stress and chaos of surgical trauma. Recently, how...

Actually, that's not true. When I travelled, I received travel reimbursements, contributed to a 401K, had a few vacation days, and was offered medical/dental. Honestly, I just don't really see any disincentives to not travel.

When I board an airplane, I don't question the pilots' or flight crew's motivation. They could be doing it for the money or the love of flying, it matters little to me. My only hope is they are all highly competent, skilled, experienced, dedicated,...

Somehow, these reports especially, alway seem to mysteriously disappear. This is even more true when the doctor is an absolute tyrant, mean SOB but a high revenue generator for the hospital..."incident report, what incident report?'

For the money all day, every day and I have absolutely no shame about it. Does this make me an incompetent or uncaring nurse, you be the judge. I do enjoy using my clinical skills and knowledge to help people when I can, but that warm, fuzzy feelin...

I've said this for a very long time also. With the advent of corporate health care, hospitals are now patterned on the business model and the business model always serves the dollar first. This is an extension of our capitalist system which values ...

Borrowing from Star Trek, a hand held phaser with adjustable pulsed energy capable of stunning a human or complete vaporization could have come in real handy over the years. Kidding, not kidding!