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I've posted this question on the traveler forum; so I'm posting it here if I can get a quicker response: Is there anyone here ever worked or currently working at Shady Grove Adventist in Rockville, MD; more specifically the PICU. Any information is ...

you liked Arnold Palmer? i hated it there..i was bored in their PCICU

UVA has a new grad nursing program that is 6 months w/ a preceptor and 6 month probationary period. I did it 8 years ago.

Ark kids is doing away with travelers at the moment.

where are you driving from in Indiana and to where? I drove from northern VA to South Bend in 9 hours..i had a portable dvd and listened to movies on the drive. some people do book on tape/cd. if you have any friends or relatives, see if they'll g...

I did three Peds CVCIU assignments: All Children's in St. Petersburg, FL earlier this year and Arkansas Children's last year and Medical University of South Carolina several years ago. Orientation for those facilities was one day hospital and two da...

I'm looking for any information (good or bad) about Riley Children's PICU and Peds CVCIU. Are the units traveler friendly? Do you get the to get a good pt assignment or get dumped on? How is traveler scheduling done: along with the core staff or fill...

Any travelers worked here. Need the scoop on orientation, any testing (BKAT/PBDS) required, how are travelers treated, scheduling, etc.

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Thanks for letting me know: greatly appreciate it. What's the area like during the summer? Lots of Nascar fans around?:D

Thanks for getting back to me. Were the assignments given fairly or were the travelers given the chronics (GT vented trach patients?) Were travelers allowed to take CVICU patients (new post-ops) or allowed to take the complicated, sick patients? ...

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My old hospital had a Critical Care Float pool and an Acute Float pool. So whenever a pool nurse is needed, its from the CC Float and they get about a 6 week orientation and they rotate to each ICU and get about a week on each unit. I worked in the...

95 may be your best route..if you can time it so you get through the md/dc area late at night, traffic is pretty clear (anytime after 11pm). i drove from NH to VA in about 8 hrs and it was mostly night driving.

less people to deal with...different medical service teams (chief, many residents, and med students..about 10 people on each service), administrations isn't around, less family members and visitors

I'm looking for any information (good or bad) about Riley Children's PICU and Peds CVCIU. Are the units traveler friendly? Do you get the to get good pt assignments? How is traveler scheduling done: along with the core staff or fill in holes? Wha...

Consider the Tampa area. I agree with above poster about ORMC. You feel like your license is on the line.

Orlando Hospitals suck: Orlando Regional and Florida Hospital. Pay is low, even as a traveler and you feel like your license is on the line. I thought Tampa and St. Petersburg weren't too bad. I felt appreciated at All Children's in St. Pete and w...

This was an adult CVICU?

im not sure about the nicu other than it's busy as hell, but from nurses who have worked in the picu...turn around and walk away. thats why they are paying so much because they are desperate and no one wants to work there. your license seems to be ...

How about an 11 year old girl who was on vacation and ended up with a severe head injury after falling off a cliff. She ended up in the PICU for 6-8 weeks, intubated, ICP monitoring, craniotomy for severe head swelling, and neurological storming. W...

I worked in the PICU and Ped CVICU, and liked them both. It's near the Downtown area and close to the College of Charleston. There are some shady areas, but I think most university hospitals live in the shady areas. Just be sure to have your PPD d...

Go to Cove Point Foundation - Congenital Heart Disease. You can order this field guide from that site. It's written by the cardiologists, surgeons, and others I use to work with. It's a cool site and manual.

I caught it twice last December and was sick for the entire month:angryfire Not a good thing to have twice in one month, especially when you are a travel nurse. Thought I had strep at one point..thankfully it wasn't.

You know you're a peds nurse when you look for scalp veins in a newborn at home. You know you're a peds nurse when you feed your niece facing you in your lap and burp her using the chin hold (this is true with me and my cousin who is also a ped nurse...