NurseguyFL

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  1. Wiping Butt...

    NurseguyFL replied to Chicagoan's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree. When I first got into nursing I used to be grossed out by this all the time. I was always putting Vicks vapo rub under my nostrils to avoid the smells, especially with the C-dif...

  2. Question about travel assignments

    NurseguyFL replied to jamonit's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I'm aware its no different now. Most travel assignments require that you have some experience in whatever specialty area you seek to work in. The reason is that the hospitals are paying a...

  3. Wiping Butt...

    NurseguyFL replied to Chicagoan's topic in General Nursing

    I couldn't have said it any

  4. Are all nurses that wear white dorks?

    NurseguyFL replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I like black scrubs. I'd like to know why some people believe that the color black is more scary to patients than any other color. I've seen nurses wearing some pretty hideous colors and prints on the...

  5. Anyone graduate from the BCC Nursing program??

    NurseguyFL replied to angchick's topic in Florida Nursing

    I heard they changed their admissions criteria about a year or so ago. They now use a point system that is highly favorable to students who have already completed all the prequisite courses and who...

  6. New England transplants

    NurseguyFL replied to bousue's topic in Florida Nursing

    Depends on where you will be working. If you're in peds you will see a lot of trauma cases (mostly minor fractures) and URIs. However, if you'll be working with adult patients you're going to see a...

  7. "ratios"? and pay in California?

    NurseguyFL replied to NewJA's topic in California Nursing

    I know I am coming in on the back end of this discussion, but I want to add my 2 cents to a comment Lizz made about ratios in California. Yes, the law is a good thing but what others have said about...

  8. Need LA area info, please :)

    NurseguyFL posted a topic in California Nursing

    What can anyone tell me about the 90068 zip code (Barham Boulevard)? I'm not very familiar with Los Angeles and my agency is offering to put me up in an apartment there for my next travel assignment....

  9. im giving up..;( any advice? please

    NurseguyFL replied to davoni444's topic in Florida Nursing

    No matter which school you apply to you are likely to find yourself on some type of waiting list if you are applying to any public college in the state of Florida. Nursing has a longer waiting list...

  10. help with contract

    NurseguyFL replied to nurseontheloose's topic in Travel

    Sylvia, This advice is much appreciated. I was tricked into signing a bad contract because I am a first time traveler and didn't know better at the time. I will call up more agencies in future and...

  11. help with contract

    NurseguyFL replied to nurseontheloose's topic in Travel

    Sylvia, You certainly don't play games with any agency. I like your style. I am a new travel nurse and could have benefited from your techniques if I had read them 2 months ago. I am surprised that...

  12. Travel Insurance - what can i get instead?

    NurseguyFL replied to shortstuph0's topic in Travel

    You know, Medic15251, I am glad you posted this information. For a while there I thought it was just me imagining that these agency ads all seem to advertise a wonderful hourly rate---until you get...

  13. Need LA area info, please :)

    NurseguyFL replied to NurseguyFL's topic in California Nursing

    Thanks for the

  14. Thousand Oaks, CA area????

    NurseguyFL replied to FNimuaeMae's topic in California Nursing

    Since you guys are so familiar with the Woodland Hills area could you elaborate a bit more on it, please? I have a choice of staying there or in West Hollywood. I know Woodland Hills is the better...

  15. Bethesda Memorial - Boynton Beach, FL

    NurseguyFL replied to famurn's topic in Travel

    I used to work in the ICU at this hospital a few years ago. There was the usual politics and BS, but it wasn't a bad place to work. The place was clean and we had a decent supplies and fairly new...

  16. Male nursing books

    NurseguyFL replied to staygold's topic in Men in Nursing

    I agree about Men In Nursing magazine. Total waste of time and

  17. Thinking of going agency

    NurseguyFL replied to asilmk's topic in Agency Nurses

    Based on your post, I think you really mean that you are interested in travel nursing, not agency nursing. I recently started traveling and I like it. You have total control over where you work and...

  18. Difference between travel and agency??

    NurseguyFL replied to nursern20's topic in Agency Nurses

    To add to Nightingale's comment, travelers usually sign a contract for a specified number of hours per week. Per diem agency work offers no such guarantee. If you plan to do per diem work its always a...

  19. Bethesda Memorial vs Boca Raton Community

    NurseguyFL replied to famurn's topic in Florida Nursing

    Good for you. I used to work at Bethesda. It isn't a bad place to work, especially now that they've gotten rid of some of the bad apples that used to be in management there. Boca Community is not a...

  20. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    NurseguyFL replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I've been hearing about this mandatory BSN thing for years and I seriously doubt it will ever happen. I admit, it would be nice if we all had the same standard educational background, be it a BSN or...

  21. ABGs and Heart Failure

    NurseguyFL replied to Megsd's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    km5v6r and emtb2rn hit the nail on the head. Pulse Oximetry is an unrealiable method of monitoring this patient's oxygenation. The patient's hx of smoking and anemia are just two of many reasons I can...

  22. need help with heart arrhythmias

    NurseguyFL replied to Tnurse3329's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is no easy way to learn this stuff. You are going to have to get down and dirty with the material and really LEARN it because it is going to come back at you big time when you get into your...

  23. travel company playing games

    NurseguyFL posted a topic in Travel

    I was trying to figure out the most economic way to do transportation for a travel assignment in California. I do not wish to drive cross country because that would be racking up too much mileage on...

  24. Is there a new role for NPs on the horizon?

    NurseguyFL posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was just reading this article in the news today: http://www.comcast.net/news/health/index.jsp?cat=HEALTHWELLNESS&fn=/2006/09/27/485857.html&cvqh=health_shortage According to the article,...

  25. Organ Donation and Homosexuals

    NurseguyFL replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    Very well said! The gay/straight thing really doesn't mean a whole lot these days because there are a lot of people out there, representing all points on the Kinsey scale who're doing all sorts of...