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Actually just stumbled across it one day while researching some nursing agency stuff. Like the board view. However, some of the topics get a little hot and some of the threads are pretty vicious. C -

I know Favorite Nurses has traveling LPNs. Check them out. I applied on-line a few years ago and am still working with them. Good Luck. Cathy

Please explain.

I presently worked part-time as staff, and for 2 agencies. They both contact me on Monday (so, Sunday night I figure my schedule for the week) and I give a couple days to one and a couple days to the other. I seems to work well for me. It still allow...

I presently work for Favorite Nurses, I think they are great. They really seem to have a grip on what's going on and I mean it's all the time. I always have plenty of options and if I'm cancel at one site they usually seem ready with another assignme...

Sorry, I disagree with the concept of unconscious sedation and etomidate. Yanking on a dislocated shoulder ALWAYS invokes a grimace with etomidate, therefore, there is some consciousness going on. The dosing, while being exact, also is going to effec...

Sorry, as a part-time staff ER nurse with 7 years with the facility, in Cleveland, I make 26.98/hr. What the deal is with the other 2 cents - no one can answer. As an agency with this experience, and of course ACLS, PALS, BLS, I make 39/hr weekday 1s...

I've worked for Favorite Nurses for about 2-3 years now. I agree, their great. I just love my recruiters. For some reason, Favorite Nurses seems to have it on the ball over my other agency - MSN. They always seem to know whats going on no matter what...

I have found that agency is the perfect adjunct to school because of the flexability. I'm not sure I would be able to trade that part very easily. Cathy - Cleveland

I have found that signing up with more than one agency works well, provided you are a good calendar keeper - and I mean GOOD. Two is just about the max for me, each day has it's own abbreviation for which agency I'm working for that day and which fac...

My name is Cathy and I am from Cleveland. I have been working as an agency nurse for about 3 years. Yes, I have had some hard times with staff, recruiters and facilities. But, I have to say, the good far outweight the bad. I fully enjoy the schedulin...

As a preceptor of the "new kids," here is what I have found to be the difference between a nurse who makes it and one who doesn't. Learn to see the BIG PICTURE. This is learning the subtle, the pt. is going to crash signs: agitated, restless, decreas...

Theory? In ER? Not where I'm am. If it is not published clinical research no one wants to hear it. Nursing models to some extent but that's about it. Our ER docs even conduct their own clinical research, outside of medications, to decide best practic...

In Cleveland, beginning ER RNs, no matter the education, get about 20 per hour. Most experienced/senior staff/charge get about 27-30 per hour. Needless to say, it takes a while to reach the higher levels. Cathy, RN, BSN, Cleveland

We use Etomidate for conscious sedation. The bad part is it causes respiratory depression if not calculated to the ml and even worse, there is no reversal agent. The good news is it's half life in only about 7 minutes and I can bag anyone for that lo...

I come from a 24 bed, 40,000 per year, suburban, soon-to-be ghetto, level 3 ER. As far as patient assingments go, we used to have primary nursing, 1 nurse to 4 beds. It worked very well. However, the senior staff found it quite amusing to let the new...

Consider your orientation pay a raise. Cleveland's orientation rates can be pretty bad. But I just kept reminding myself that the perks of agency AFTER orientation are well worth it! Cathy, RN, BSN, Cleveland

Well, working for agency in Cleveland sounds a little different. Yes, you can can get all the perks: selecting your own schedule, picking your hours and facilities, higher pay, no mandatory OT, no politics. Bad points: possible cancellation, usually ...

I have found working for an agency to be pretty slick - pick my own schedule (important because of 5 yr old child), better pay, preferred facilities, no BS, and, you generally get a challenging assignment (which I like because time goes faster). That...

I don't agree with suzanne4's reply. I have personally worked as a local traveller in Cleveland and found the financial end of things quite rewarding, including the tax benefits on my year end W-2's. Traveller pay isn't so bad either. Cathy, RN, BSN,...