fizz2Nurse

Of course the popular media and thinking may disagree but... I actually heard that from a Hospital CEO and it took me a while to realize he was right, but the complete thought is not finished. There is no nursing shortage! There is only a shortage of...

Well I would respectfully disagree since assignments like the recent ones in Billings that paid in excess of $50 per hour regular time were not open to people with less experience. The were adamant about this. Some hospitals that have exceptional rat...

Lots and lots of places will take you with just a year experience, just be prepared to not have as much discretion in assgnments or make the top pay. Be prepared for it to be very stressful for you when you face new things and new policies. Be prepar...

The day off thing is why if I only need one day off... I'll call in sick. Tht doesn't apply anymore because I strictly work agency now but as staff I couldn't get days off even weeks in advance. I called staffing once and told them that because of a ...

For one with the gum, I always have gum.... forbidden or not and keep from chewing it when with a pt. Easy to keep under the tongue. Do you think the pt wants to smell the last drink/instant snack I grabbed in the two second break I had or my breath ...

If you want the ER, go to the ER. The floor experience you've had is invaluable but it's always the risks and opportunities you don't take that drag on you later. What if you turn down ER and later have trouble getting in? Or then they want eperience...

Where in Wyoming if I may ask? Would love to go Wyo. Thks

One thing to add for those who are interested: No, I have not done this but have met some who do and are major proponents of it: This would be incorporating yourself and maximizing your allowable reimbursements and taking a lower taxable wage. You be...

Really you have to remember that what a company offers as reimbursement is one thing but tax rules are another. Let's say you travel 2000 miles round trip for your assignment. The current IRS mileage rate is about 50.5 cents/mile. This would allow yo...

The floors killed me too... especially with so much walking. Expen$ive but worth it: MBT's More roll, more cushion. First few days makes the new muscles ache. Then I was way better.

Somehow I'm missing the idea here. Yup, 1:8 max and I ONLY work night shift, also different acuity - no vents, dedicated RT and lots of other help. The problem with basing a comparison on strictly nurse to pt ratio is that it really doesn't tell you ...

Chare: exactly right, but the excess referred to is the excess days of reimbursement. The allowable limit per day is set in IRS publication 1542. If the reimbursement is within that limit - the standard is $39/day for meals and $99/day lodging there ...

I wouldn't go so far as to say you shouldn't have accomplished what you have done. I've met very many good Filipino nurses and I'm sure you can do very well here too. I did say in my post that there is a demand for nurses and you can do well. Just re...

Calcualte the total dollars, remeber to deduct a small amount to cover the employers cost for paying payroll taxes out of the previously untaxed amount and take the whole thing as pay. if the agency doesn't like it - there are a LOT of other agencies...

There is no 'rule of thumb" or set distance. The IRS rule is that it must be REASONABLE that you need the lodging and cannot safely return home, Therefore the lodging is required For example: In many areas of the country traveling on an interstate in...

The agency is cleary giving you some ill advice..... oh sure they can give you the money, but if they don't tax it then you become responsible for the tax. Since you will be driving home every night you are not incurring a cost for lodging. If the ta...

Especially be nice to and help your aides/techs. Do this and two things happen - the best aides always want to work with you and those that are not the best sometimes seem to put in a bit more effort when working with you - the aides can bail your bu...

Definitely the pay. The facility I worked at paid DOUBLE that rate that the local hospital paid their RN's, and it was practically unlimited overtime. It was also both easy and challenging. Routine was easy, assessing and treating urgent or emergenci...

Sounds like the IM's know too much personal. But beyond that remember that the ones that are jerks about it are just pros at being....jerks! They're there because they are manipulators that enjoy other people's misery. The real good thing to do is al...

Ah, the thousand dollar question. But frankly, Nurse pt ratio isn't everything. Previous assignment night shift: 1 nurse to 6 pts, no charge, no unit secretary, one aide for 25 pt's, no iv help and often out of supplies. One RT for whole 200 bed hosp...

Whatever you do you probably want to stay away from Cheyenne. The hospital has a very bad reputation and attitude toward its staff. Just my opinion and experience. Wyoming's "problem" if you will is housing. With the huge influx due to the enrgy boom...

I'm just going from gut feeling here and a few things I've read, but wouldn't Texas be the best state to be from if: You're a traveler with: 1) a permanent tax home in Texas - not just permanent home but tax home 2) Texas has no state income tax and ...

Welcome to public healthcare. The problem is one of accountability. While you listen to all the bandwagon jumpers talk about "Universal" healthcare these facilities have no incentive to be better or profit. No desire for competition and that's the ty...

MSN contracts with PHS (Prison Health Services) a lot and I done an assignment with them. In Washington a company called Cascade Healthcare Staffing staffs for King Cty Jail, Snohomish Cty Jail, Monroe Correctional Facility and McNeil Island. Last tw...