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Hi CarebearRN, when i first was a traveler, i couldn't think of any questions to ask myself during an interview and wow did i get surprised! first and for most you want to know what is the nurse to patient ratios they practice, if team nursing with an LVN and CNA or just all RN's. Then you need to know what their expectation is versus their system of charting, admitting, discharging and if the staff welcomes travelers. make sure the manager tells you to contact her for anything, if she doesn't mention this, then ask her yourself who to contact in case an issue arises. Us travelers can be used as scape goats for the staff so be careful and know right away what the standard procedures are in that facility. Last, make sure if you want to do over time let them know right away so they know they have someone to depend on to fill in low staff slots, management loves that. i think that much sums it up until you settle in. Good luck!

thank you linda!

thanks so much for your help and guidance..i hate myself for being so nieve and trusting..thought only people like that existed in books and movies! may i borrow your stick sunnyjohn?

how do you do that? is that 6/12's every other week? or everyweek?

I DID! and didn't get paid!!!!!!! what a nightmare!RRRRRRRRRRR!!!

I'm just glad to be out of there and back with normal people that follow standards at a hospital!

oh i'm so glad i saw this post, i sent out my resume and the application on career builders, they are looking for part time and full time RN's but reading how the health system is there..why do they need nurses? no IV's for dehydration? were is the doctor? don't they have an on site physician? i don't think i want to work there any more thanks for saving me the grief! the only thing i guess we can do is see if the accident was their fault or the spinning tea cups! LOL

it is a plastic surgical institute here in southern california.

glad to know it's not just me feeling like i am hanging by a thread on a day to day basis ...i took up legal nurse consulting and will start my business soon...I just hope my blood pressure drops back to normal after that career move! I really wish that if administration expects us to work that hard we should receive bi weekly health spa treatments added to our health benifits...wouldn't that be a PRO nurse objective!

tell me if this is right...the SURGICAL TEAM: OR techs circulating in the OR for abdominoplasty, liposuction, and breast augmentation..is there something missing in the picture?

Hi All! I need advise concerning the ins and outs of a registered nurse independent contract worker, is $60-70.00 per hour normal? Considering they take no taxes and we pay our own benefits. I will be the recovery nurse, pre op nurse, and post op follow up clinic nurse all wrapped in one. I am planning to do this with my next job in the plastic surgery center in Brea, Ca. thanks!

Well taken! I will be calling the administrator Monday for a return call after contemplating this career move with your advice at hand. I wll get to know the surgeons likes and dislikes and will enjoy giving health teachings and discharge follow up. I will always make sure all is well before dishcarge! LOL Thank you so much..God bless!

Thanks for your greatly appreciated experince in this field of nursing, what an eye opener! I realy need a change from the hospital system..the stress has advanced me into a pre hypertensive stage! From what i have been through, it might turn out be a new (stress related) breath of fresh air!

Hello all! Just reading up hear on these interesting topics and wondering if anyone can please advise me. I was currently offered a job in a plastic surgery clinic as a circulating and recovery nurse. i am interested and need a change. i have worked Med/Surge, Ortho/Neuro, and PCU for the last 3.5 years a an RN. Any advice to what i may get myself into? Thanks, Liza

Thank God for this nurse site and all the nurses who come together and help each other. i never knew what i had is essential hand tremors..wow..and there is hope! i always have to deal with this especially starting an IV but i never had a severe problem with it..just patients think they scare me! i have an appointment on monday with PCP and will make mention of this..thanks all and beary-nice! God Speed!