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1. need health insurance-help

   grouchy replied to bignur1's topic in Agency Nurses

   https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/ehi/Alliance?allid=Adt24091&type=IFP&sid=SLIH1-117597 http://www.healthinsurancesort.com/health-plans/fortis.htm...

2. need health insurance-help

   grouchy replied to bignur1's topic in Agency Nurses

   You can do what I did - buy what is called "catastrophic" coverage, which is much cheaper than standard insurance. This is a good deal if you are young and healthy, but not a good deal if you have...

3. Please recommend fun, different travel opportunities

   grouchy replied to grouchy's topic in Travel

   BTW, Wilmington does sound awesome! It's funny, because I've been meaning to watch that classic movie "Cape

4. Please recommend fun, different travel opportunities

   grouchy replied to grouchy's topic in Travel

   Thanks for the advice. I never even thought about Cape Cod Hospital - duh! Does anyone have any advice on specific reservations in terms of assignments or regional areas that they enjoyed? That's...

5. Please recommend fun, different travel opportunities

   grouchy replied to grouchy's topic in Travel

   BeautifulB, Thanks for your response. I've seen ads for the hospital in Martha's Vineyard in Nursing Spectrum Magazine. It does sound great, but they are looking for someone who can do medicine, icu,...

6. Please recommend fun, different travel opportunities

   grouchy posted a topic in Travel

   Hi, I'm an RN. My background is mainly hospital (tele, ICU, med-surg) and some home health. All adult, no kids or OB/Gyn/L&D. I've always worked in an urban or suburban setting, usually in a...

7. Ever have one of your patients threaten to sue? Scared!

   grouchy replied to nurscee's topic in General Nursing

   I'm so glad I read this thread! Many of you have come up with excellent verbal replies to defuse or counter the situation. The kind of stuff I wish I'd been smart enough to think of myself. I would...

8. Any cool protests coming up?

   grouchy posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Hi, I'm an RN who just quit my job, and will be taking the summer off, before getting a travel position. Would like to do some traveling, and plans are wide open. Would love to attend any...

9. Covering tele for a non-tele nurse

   grouchy posted a topic in General Nursing

   What is my legal liability for covering tele for a non-tele nurse? I work on a short-staffed unit, where this is happening more and more often. I don't have time to assess and intervene on behalf of...

10. How does your hospital schedule surgeries?

    grouchy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a stepdown unit where we send people for cardiac caths, angioplasties, stents, and pacemaker/AICD placements. This place is so screwed up that we do not know what times any of our patients...

11. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    grouchy replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work with lots of antibiotic-resistant VRE/MRSA/VRSA/ and C diff patients - which means I'm always convinced that I have the first signs of any or all of the above. ;-) When I get home, I fling my...

12. ALL NP's PLEASE READ THIS!

    grouchy replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

    P.S. I had to take Bio, Chem, Anat & Phys., Physics, Statistics, and a special Organic Chem for nurses as part of the prereqs to get a BSN. Check the prereqs for the programs you are considering....

13. ALL NP's PLEASE READ THIS!

    grouchy replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse, you're going to be in and out of people's rooms fast, too. As a hospital RN, I do not have a chance to sit down and talk to people; it's move, move, move to make sure they get the minimum...

14. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grouchy replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thank you! I like your screen

15. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    grouchy replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Do not tell your cardiac nurse that you are not having chest pain, then tell your son that you've been having chest pain all day, and noone has done anything about it. Your nurse does not appreciate...