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I just took my first dose of Topamax for headaches and I am really nervous. Do you really feel "stupid"? I feel like I have a lot of trouble concentrating and trouble word finding because my head is pounding all day every day. Are the side effects wo...

When I worked in Chicago I used an agency called AMR pronurse. They always had work for me and paid well. I also liked them because they worked in the staffing offices of the hospitals so I always got the pick of shifts I wanted. I think they might h...

This procedure should be done under anesthesia but is sometimes done under moderate sedation. It is really uncomfortable so have GA is great for the patient. If your facility does double balloon they should have the equipment to fit the scope(long en...

There was a prior comment that said Virginia Mason has a poor ratio. I have worked there as a traveler for almost 6 months. They have a really great ratio in my opinion. On most MS floors the ratio is 5:1 and on a few it is 4:1. I have not met one tr...

If anyone is near chicago AMR pronurse is the best agency around here.

I thought about doing registry at a hospital, but I really like having the option of going to another hospital if census is low.

I meant to say also that most of the time it is the agencies job to call you when you are cancelled. The type of phone call you can expect to receive is....This is so and so from agency A this hospital has cancelled you, but I have needs at this hosp...

I work per diem and this is what I do. I have 3 agencies (even if you only want to work a little more than 1 is a good idea). I call and tell them the facilities I want to work and my available times. a few things happen from there... 1) I get a call...

So I just started doing agency and I put in some availabilities. I gave several days for days and pms. I am with 2 agencies and the first agency could only book me for one day. I go the other agency and they book me for all the days. Then I show up a...

Healthcare personel is a chicago based agency. I am with another chicago based agency AMR pronurse and they are totally on top of things. I have been using them. It is awesome because they are the staffing office for many of the hospitals and outpati...

One agency is intelistaf and the other is healthcare personnel.

Honestly I have great respect for Medical assistants and CNA's, but they are very different. You absolutely can't have Medical assistants doing RN work. It would be like saying a doctor could be a veternarian. Both jobs have training, but they are tr...

An little update. yesterday I picked up a shift for another agency. I was previously scheduled for yesterday at loyola, but I obviously couldn't work there. After I got off of work I recieved 4 messages from the agency that staffed me at loyola...the...

For a Nurse to administer BCG or Lupron the MD is suppose to be on campus. This could be in the OR or doing rounds. Many times BCG and Lupron are scheduled as Nurse visits. My office manager did not want to reschedule BCG so she had the MA do it. The...

I am going to start agency in about 2 weeks so I can have more flexibility with school. Needless to say I am nervous about what to expect. I honestly don't know how all of this works. Can anyone give me insight...Also I need to buy health insurance a...

I am on with 2 agencies because that was I heard was a good idea. With the 2 agencies do I give them the same availability? I will be able to work wednesday,Thursday, friday and sunday. So do I tell both agencies the same days?

I honestly don't mind MA's being called nurses. A lot of patients don't know what a medical assistant is just like they don't understand what a CNA is in the hospital. What gets me is when MA's are practicing outside of their scope.

depends on where you work and what kind of office. I work in an office in Evanston Illinois and took a $3 an hour paycut. I do figure in though that I get lunch provided twice a week from drug reps. Also we are a speciality office and the docs give u...

We are referred to as "nursing staff". I am the RN and there is an MA. I have actually been yelled at for delagating to the MA. She answers questions and sometimes does things that are so far out of her scope. I went on vacation and the office manage...

I am asked the LPN vs RN questions a lot. No matter where you want to work you are limiting yourself with an LPN. Also for both RN and LPN and office is going to want experience and it depends on what you want to do. A specialist office is going to b...

I am totally in the same position. I am the only full time nurse in our busy urology office. There is one other RN that did surgery scheduling for 10 years and cannot function as the other nurse. Anytime I need time off they generally give it to me b...

Anyone work for HCP?

I am a RN. Do you usually get enough work? I feel like this is a stupid questions because of the nursing shortage, but something I worry about. I am cutting down my hours at my job now to 16 hours, but still need a comparable income.

What chicago agencies are recommended?