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  1. getting frustrated--VA jobs

    cvryder posted a topic in Travel

    I've been working in Richmond, VA, this assignment, and while I don't like the hospital, I love being here. I don't want to settle down just yet, but I'd like to stay here on a travel basis, just...

  2. getting frustrated--VA jobs

    cvryder replied to cvryder's topic in Travel

    No, I am not gonna work for the Evil Empire....and I already work for a big

  3. peripheral dopamine...eek!

    cvryder posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I was always taught that dopamine should only be infused through a central line (CVL, PICC, whatever). In every facility I've worked in previously, you had to have a specific order to give it...

  4. Travel Companies (On Assignment)

    cvryder replied to midimples's topic in Travel

    I've been with On Assignment for my last 3 assignments and they are great! The only reason I would think about leaving them is that I'm having trouble finding assignments where I need to be right now...

  5. Something good to say

    cvryder replied to cvryder's topic in Travel

    I don't know how you'd prepare for the PBDS. I only found out about it a week before I went there, and didn't know it would be "one and done" for travelers. It was HORRIBLE. I've expressed my feelings...

  6. Telemetry monitoring

    cvryder replied to Bwick's topic in Cardiac

    I've worked in several facilities that use non-RN monitor techs. These techs are thoroughly trained and watch the monitors for 8-12 hours. Believe me, they know what they're looking at! I try to...

  7. they don't tell you EVERYTHING!!!!

    cvryder replied to momjacksonlpn's topic in Travel

    I worked for TNS for my first assignment but changed companies after that. It wasn't that TNS treated me poorly (they were great) but they didn't have enough assignments where I wanted to go. I've...

  8. Has this happened to you?

    cvryder posted a topic in Travel

    My last three assignments have all happened rather rapidly, and housing has not been in place at two of them. The one exception has been in Greenville, NC, where my company apparently doesn't let you...

  9. housing Q

    cvryder posted a topic in Travel

    Both travel companies I've worked for (TNS and On Assignment) have provided housing with all the amenities (private, fully furnished, utilities, phone, and cable paid). Since it's just me traveling...

  10. Fail Pbds?

    cvryder replied to mojofla's topic in Travel

    What Ragan said, basically. Write down everything you can think of. You won't have much time, though. The good thing I learned is that PBDS is supposedly good for a year so if you pass it you ought to...

  11. Supplemental? Millenia?

    cvryder posted a topic in Travel

    Anybody know anything about an agency called Supplemental? I never heard of them but a fellow traveler where I am now has been with them for a couple of years and is pretty happy with them. From what...

  12. EZ hold use in femoral sheath removal

    cvryder replied to ustfhh's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I worked on a cardiac floor for several years and am just completing a travel assignment on another. On the first unit, when I started we were using the standard gauze + stretchy tape. Later down the...

  13. Mucomyst iv

    cvryder replied to msn2008's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I've worked cardiac for several years, ICU off and on, and have given mucomyst *only* po. Never heard of it being given IV. One hint, though...the best things I've found to mix it with are grape juice...

  14. Any opinions on these hospitals?

    cvryder replied to Beneficence's topic in Travel

    I worked at Inova Alexandria in ICU. It's not a bad ICU but it's very badly managed. I considered going to Falls Church but was warned off by a friend who broke her contract there after I left...

  15. Fail Pbds?

    cvryder replied to mojofla's topic in Travel

    I took and (praise be!) passed the PBDS at Pitt Memorial in Greenville, NC. I scored "limited but acceptable" which I guess was good enough. At least one person in my orientation group did not pass. I...

  16. They quit on me!

    cvryder replied to JRapha'sRN's topic in Travel

    I've had the same recruiter with my company since I first started talking to them. The one from my former company calls now and then too, trying to lure me back. On the other hand, another company I'd...

  17. eICU

    cvryder replied to patccrn's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yeah, that too. Boy, do I miss them, even though I'm working in a teaching hospital now and have residents on hand (or sometimes underfoot LOL) all the time. If I get a chance to travel to another...

  18. recruiters

    cvryder posted a topic in Travel

    A lot has been said about recruiters, and I do have to add some things. I just had a phone call from the one I worked with at my last agency. I left them for a couple of reasons, one being financial...

  19. eICU

    cvryder replied to patccrn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm a travel nurse and my last assignment was in a hospital that has had eICU for over a year. I loved it! I work nights and most of the time when you knew what a patient needed you could just call up...

  20. Anyone with any info about OnAssignment?

    cvryder replied to waynerrn's topic in Travel

    I'm on my second assignment with OA and they have been GREAT! Last one I had a lot of trouble with my housing and they really worked with me on it. My recruiter calls me every week just to check in...

  21. doing stuff differently

    cvryder posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I initially posted this on the travel nurse forum but haven't had many replies, so I thought I'd bring it over here too as some of y'all seem to be travelers. Going from one hospital to another I've...

  22. Hospitals in Havre de grace MD and New Bern, NC

    cvryder posted a topic in Travel

    I've been looking at my next assignment and so far the there hasn't been one where I really want to go, but my recruiter has been talking to me about Havre de Grace, MD, in what they call a...

  23. doing stuff differently

    cvryder posted a topic in Travel

    Going from one hospital to another I've run up on some interesting differences and expectations of what nurses are allowed or expected to do. The only constant seems to be a sort of "what's wrong with...

  24. How do you document care?

    cvryder replied to RNforLongTime's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've used several computer charting systems over the last few years in different hospitals. Some are pretty good, others seem to have been written by aliens. At a couple of hospitals I've used one...

  25. psych meds in ICU

    cvryder posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I can understand doctors taking mentally ill patients off their psych meds if the patients are heavily sedated. That only makes sense. But when the patient is concious, even if they are vented, why in...