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I am in the process of signing the contract for my next assignment, but I am having a few issues. Because Christmas and New Year's fall within the weeks of my contract I requested to know which one I would be required to work or take call. At first...

I finally landed my first travel nurse position! I will be traveling to Annapolis for 13 weeks at Anne Arundel! Can anyone provide me with any information about the hospital and the city itself? Thanks in Advance!

I will be in the surgery department doing pre-op. Any basic information about the hospital or the area would be great, like weather, eateries, night life, and things to do.

I am looking to get started as a travel nurse. I have been talking to four companies for a month now and I haven't received a bite on anything. I think my app has been submitted to about six places and still nothing. It's making me think twice abo...

We only give Bicitra if a patient hasn't been NPO for at least 6 hours. So mainly when we get patients from the ER they have to have Bicitra. We do not give it with anything just straight up like a shot! Adding something does defeat the purpose of...

Does your PACU continue to do surgeries if there aren't any beds available in the hospital? This is a chronic problem at our facility and our patients are in the recovery room for hours.

We start all of our PCA's in PACU. Although today I have an order to start the PCA if the patient can't tolerate PO fluids or no pain control with Lortab. So if this patient needs the PCA they won't get it until they get on the floor.

Are there any travel nurses with a home state of Missouri? If so, which company do you travel through? Have your experiences been good or bad?

What travel company are you with?

Yes, I want to start traveling but I don't know which company to choose. I got a call back from American Mobile, but after reading all the negative experiences I'm not sure I want to proceed with this company. I just need the lowdown on the differe...

I have been looking for a new position with 12 hour shifts for the last two months. My background is mainly in outpatient as a GI nurse for 4 years, and now I work in a doctor's office, and I have been here for about 9 months. I have applied for a ...

I have been offered a position on a med/telemetry unit and I am a little nervous about the position. When I applied for the job it was listed as a cardiovascular short stay unit doing CV procedures, but in actual reality it is an inpatient telemetry...

I have been working in a office setting for nine months now. When I was offered the job it was almost a $2 pay cut, and I just told the human resources manager that I couldn't afford the pay cut. They called me back the next day and agreed to match...

I was told that my orientation would be 3-4 weeks with the option to extend if needed. During the orientation I will have one shift in the ICU. At this hospital they don't use travelers so it is the regular staff that will float over into the ICU o...

Office nursing is always an option. I work for a dermatologist and plastic surgeon. Before this position I worked in a gastroenterology lab.

What exactly is a walk through state?

Things may get better with HCA. The CNO over Research is a very good nurse and administrator. She is the type that will actually listen, and she is not afraid to jump in when someone is in need. Before Baptist closed she was the CNO there and she ...

HCA hospitals are all about making a profit, and not in patient care. I worked for HCA for three years, and I'm hoping I won't have to work for them ever again. They don't really care about staffing issues. They are only interested in how much mon...

Until December 2006 I was a charge nurse in a very busy GI lab for four years. We had 3 procedure rooms, 3 prep rooms, and 7 recovery bays. If we had a busy clinic I would staff with 2 nurses in admitting, 2 nurses in recovery, and 1 nurse per proc...

Just interested in hearing from dermatology and plastic surgery nurses! Would like to know if anyone is selling cosmetic products and if so, which product line?

What is the difference between a physician's assistant and a nurse practitioner? Which one makes more money? Are there in online programs to become a physician's assistant?

All of our GI patients stay for at least one hour. If they are doing fine after thirty minutes we give them somethink to drink, and they have the option of crackers as well. We monitor VS every 5 mins x 3 and then every 15 mins x 3.

I am very leary of the company. One minute you feel like you can trust them, and the next minute you don't know what's going on. However they are big on promoting young nurses, which I am. Right now I am being considered for a management position ...

At our facility our nurses do not advance the scope. Occasionally our GI technicians will advance or hold the scope during colonscopies.