zipporah

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  1. Travel Nursing-Need Input

    I figured this out myself recently by picking 2 travel companies and comparing their benefits. Some travel companies have more assignments than others and so many travelers sign on for more than one....
  2. seeking input from critical care nurses

    ER and ICU are quite different but both exciting. I am an ICU nurse working in CVICU and enjoy the detail that I have on my patients. My job is a job of detail. The ER has a more cursory establish...
  3. Taxed vs Non- Taxed Hourly Wage

    I am traveling locally now and so took my stipend as wage because it isn't "free" to me now, I live in my home. I pay tax on that stipend while I am at home. And I pay more tax when it is a stipend...
  4. agency usually gets paid more because you are starting with no orientation, you just hit the floor and go and you will be cut if they can cut you. Then comes travelers who have their shifts...
  5. wanting to travel but not quit where I'm at?

    I met a number of travelers who worked "the season " (nov-april) in florida and then returned to their northern homes and worked the rest of the year at their former places of employment. The key is...
  6. Taking first travel assignment

    you'll be ok, noone knows everything. If you assist others they will assist you so just be a good team player. Look for other travelers too because there seems to be a kinship. I have over 20 years of...
  7. Brugada syndrome??

    I am thinking that Brugada syndrome indicates a Left anterior desending coronary(LAD) artery lesion implicated in sudden cardiac death, it is indicated on an EKG as ST depression? or elevation? in...
  8. Returning wasted blood to a line?

    It is a shame to transfuse our patients to replace phlebotomized losses. There are risks to transfusion that are dose dependent and involve morbidity and mortality. The presence of lines doubles the...
  9. Lesson Plans Teaching Plans

    I have had some interest in content for CNAs also. There was an excellent article in an AJN inthe last year I believe on dehydration in older adults. Having left my educatiom position I gave it to...
  10. Florida pay

    I got 34.50 in naples for cardiac surgery recovery but I know that is high for
  11. new mexico pay

    So Greywolf, DO you get overtime on that last shift? Your contracts are renewed every 2 months? If you find your ownhousing, does your rate of pay go up? Are you working nights? Is it common in...
  12. $23/hr to travel?

    I worked in florida last year in Naples in cardiac surgery. They needed nurses and so the travel company was offering a good wage. (34.50) It was an idyllic place to be in many ways and I remember it...
  13. Something good to say

    I took the PBDS in naples florida. Travelers that "flunked it" didn't have a job. I got a copy of my results, don't want to do it again. I wondered if it would become standard. Nurses only need 1...
  14. Driving to Alaska

    Could I ask how you negotiated the sign on bonus? Did you ask? Did they offer? Does a big sign on bonus mean a dive job? What unit will you work? Have ou been at this for awhile? These sign on...
  15. I am a travel nurse in the US wanting to enjoy a work vacation in New Zealand. I haven´t been successful in finding a travel company on the internet and so have wondered if I would need to travel...
  16. 9 months exp.?

    There are not always nurses nice enough to help a traveler, sometimes they dump on you and and aren't available to help. I have been there. I worked in a hospital in Philadelphia that if you could...
  17. floating assignments

    I am keeping track of floating too and am interested in hearing what goes on in other parts of the US. In tacoma, wa, travelers float in turn, in philadelphia and naples fla, travelers float first...
  18. Post-Open Heart Surgery Job

    Naples Community Hospital, there are 3 surgeons, it is a seedy little unit right now but they are getting thier new 11 bed unit soon, not sure
  19. CCTC vs. On Assignment

    I struggled at first too thinking it was such an important decision which company i traveled with but if you have done some good research, pick one. A recomendation is good. You won't be able to...
  20. Benefits And Bonuses

    Maybe I can finally get an answer from you knowledgable people! Who pays this sign/ completion on bonus? The hospital or the travel company? DOes this bonus always equate with a lesser pay rate? I...
  21. Anyone work for American Mobile?

    I am drawing the same conclusion about smaller companies paying more. But the larger companies have more contracts. I have spoken with my recruiter about submitting my resume to where I want to...
  22. Waning to go to Australia

    I have had the same question and have figured that it won't be a US travel company that sends us to the down under. They bring nurses in to the states. I think there are travel companies out of...
  23. Post-Open Heart Surgery Job

    Naples Florida also has a CVRU. In fact they getting close to moving into their new unit. They send pts out quickly if they are doing well or to the icu if they are not for the most part. Maybe...
  24. CCRN advice Need

    I passed my CCRN in 1991 and had taken a dynamite review class but I think the key to success was the Core text for AACN and enough experience to put it all together. I know the test has changed some...
  25. swan lines

    There are some good guidelines about wedging swan ganz catheters. Don´t inflate over 15 seconds or over 4 respirations, don´t inflate with over 1 cc of air. Yes, pad correlates to pcwp in some...