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  1. Blood Stream Infections

    cvryder replied to brutuss7's topic in MICU, SICU

    Boy oh boy, does that hit home! I would say most of our septic patients come in that way. Like we could prevent that, when they don't even get to ER without being septic in the first place! Nursing...

  2. Hospitals in VA, any experience?

    cvryder posted a topic in Travel

    Has anyone had any experience with UVA or Martha Jefferson Hospitals in Charlottesville, VA? How about any of the hospitals in Richmond, also Carilion in Roanoke and the VA Hospital in Salem? All...

  3. Hospitals in VA, any experience?

    cvryder replied to cvryder's topic in Travel

    I'm Critical Care, more or less cardiac in nature but currently working in MSICU in Alexandria. Have done ICU, PCU, and lots of cardiac tele. I absolutely HATE med/surg tele. I'll go where ACLS is a...

  4. any experience with nursesRx?

    cvryder replied to dratdee's topic in Travel

    I second nightingale's opinion re: On Assignment. I'm on my first assignment with them, having been recommended to them by several nurses on my last assignment which was with another company. I'm...

  5. Inova Fairfax in VA vs. Banner Health Mesa

    cvryder replied to piperknitsRN's topic in Travel

    If it's Alexandria, I think the manager (who has been interim for like 1 1/2 years) is on vacation this week. It took over a week for her to call me because her kid was sick at the time. We just got a...

  6. any experience with nursesRx?

    cvryder replied to dratdee's topic in Travel

    No, I would not. I almost went with them, but their positions seem to pay less and they don't supply fully furnished apartments; you have to drag your own dishes, pots and pans, and linens everywhere....

  7. floating assignments

    cvryder replied to scarpbooker06's topic in Travel

    It appears that floating travelers is pretty common. I don't know whether the rationale is "they travel, they should be used to anything" or "our regular people would complain so we'll float the...

  8. Inova Fairfax in VA vs. Banner Health Mesa

    cvryder replied to piperknitsRN's topic in Travel

    I'm at another Inova hospital (Alexandria) and like it. DC traffic sucks, period, but Fairfax is no worse than anywhere else. The system-wide orientation is the toughest I've ever been

  9. Anyone work for American Mobile?

    cvryder replied to danroRN's topic in Travel

    I have heard nothing, repeat NOTHING good about American Mobile. I'm working right now with a nurse who stopped traveling because of them, and I talked to several during orientation who had worked for...

  10. Traveling to Dc

    cvryder replied to kimaboogie00's topic in Travel

    I'm going to Inova Alexandria MSICU with On Assignment. I was with World Health but they do not have much of anything in VA and what they had paid very poorly. VA is a compact state which makes my...

  11. What nursing Managers fail to see

    cvryder replied to Nursekat64's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have been in nursing now for 20 years, and I've had a LOT of managers. Some have been wonderful. Some have been awful. Most of them have been somewhere in between. Among the awful: the...

  12. Rules that make you go Hmmmmm...

    cvryder replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    JCAHO, which a number of us refer to as "that outfit that makes it impossible for us to do our jobs," has only ONE job, as I see it--to perpetuate their own existence. Therefore they must come up with...

  13. Rules that make you go Hmmmmm...

    cvryder replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    ....and I had a massive allergic reaction to both the hand cleaner and the soap they used within 3 weeks of starting work at one facility. I was allowed to bring my own hand cleaner, and I found that...

  14. compare and contrast agencies?

    cvryder posted a topic in Travel

    I completed my first assignment just before Christmas. I went with World Health and was at University Hospital in Cincinnati. It was a pretty positive assignment except for the fact that I had to move...

  15. What is it about Med-Surg that you don't like?

    cvryder replied to RazorbackRN's topic in General Nursing

    Horrible staffing patterns, too many patients too sick, not enough help, and another thing no one's mentioned yet...the things you need are NEVER where you need them when you need them, but somewhere...

  16. Travel pay is SO confusing!

    cvryder replied to mimirn12's topic in Travel

    I don't know what companies you're dealing with, but I got a MUCH better deal on my first assignment, $34/hr and I *did* get the free one-bedroom apartment. (Unfortunately I had to move in the middle...

  17. What company do you use?

    cvryder replied to Ragan's topic in Travel

    I went with World Health for my first assignment and they were wonderful to me. I'm having a little trouble finding another assignment through them but that may be because I'm a bit picky about where...