surgnurse2006 replied to MJN2007's topic in Travel
If you are still interested in OR travel nursing I have been doing it for over a year now and have had really good experiences. Contact me @ [email protected] I can give you more info if you need...
surgnurse2006 replied to registeredin06's topic in Travel
Just did a 4 month stint in Hawaii on Oahu @ Queens Medical Center. Some things you should know if your going. Culturally it is very different than anywhere in the mainland. Traffic on Oahu sucks, I...
surgnurse2006 replied to cardiacbeeatch's topic in Travel
You must make sure everything is spelled out in your contract before you sign anything. There is a website called www.highwayhypodermics.com You will find alot of useful information here. There are...
surgnurse2006 replied to sassipisces's topic in Travel
Go to www.highwayhypodermics.com look at there list of companies. I have chose 3 of the top ten companies to travel with. Talemed has been very good to me. If you need a good recruiter @ Talemed ask...
surgnurse2006 replied to nrsman1's topic in Operating Room
The perioperative staff nurse is a professional care giver who assures responsibility and accountability for nursing actions for neonates to geriatric patients which include, but are not limited to :...
surgnurse2006 replied to allie83's topic in Operating Room
You should get no less than 6 months orientation in my opinion,with a little scrub action thrown in as well. Have you talked to your supervisor and told her how you feel? Maybe she would be willing to...
Hello everyone I would like to see where our hospital falls in regards to call pay. We get $3.00/hr for carrying the beeper and a $20.00 callback if we are called in and a minimum pay of an hour if...
surgnurse2006 replied to livingintheor's topic in Operating Room
We take call 5 weekdays per month including 1 friday. We are also required to take 1 weekend per month for a total of seven days per month. Our weekend starts on saturday morning and ends on monday...
It's been a month to the day that I lost 2 of my friends and co-workers. It happened in a tragic auto accident. It's still hard for me to go to work and know that they are not there. It helped me with...