MissAnthrope

Just a poll - and I do mean ICU pt assessments. I've been places where it was q2, some where it was q4, some where it was once a shift and then q2-q4 "unchanged" check boxes. Currently my facility's policy is q4 head to toe, with no option for "unc...

Anyone care to tell their horror stories? Such as technology (meaning lack thereof), rudeness from staff and patients, etc? Obviously no names/identifying details. Thought it would be interesting to hear other experiences. I'm not liking my curre...

No experience with Valley, but I currently work for TRS. You're welcome to message me privately if you have any specific questions and I'll do my best to answer. I worked with a fellow traveler with Valley and she recommended it highly, gave me a nu...

Some (hopeful) humor: From the great novel The House of God: "The patient is the one with the disease." Meaning sometimes they live because of what we do, and sometimes they live in spite of what we do.

Absolutely! Great book.

I had an 87 year old lady once, post-op, doing fine considering. She wasn't very talkative, kind of grumpy looking. But me being the person I am, that is a challenge to me. I'll pick and pick at someone until they talk to me about something. So ...

My very first code blue ever as a nurse was a post cath pt. The wire had perforated the artery (unsuccessful angioplasty attempt). It was small enough, but large enough at the same time, that he got back to his room, and to me, was there for thirty...

Traveled with CC and am signed up but have not travled with AM. I never had a single problem with CC, my recruiter checked in with me almost twice weekly and I never had to wait more than a couple hours for a callback from him if I left a message (d...

I thought opiates/narcotics can cause hypoventilation by decreasing respiratory drive (rate) and shallower breaths (thereby lowering the Vt)? a one liter Vt is no bueno on a 65kg vent pt.....:uhoh21:

Do a google search for continental nurse travel...i can't remember the address. I looked into Australia as well since they're having such a need and you can get basically an "express" ticket into the country if you're a nurse. Someone said, and I t...

It feels to me like more and more new nurses are coming out of schools. We've hired, in the last four months, twenty new grads in our two critical care units alone. There will always be certain areas that run short - dialysis, long term, psych, etc...

I like the point someone made about bedsie nursing being just a stepping stone to grad school, CRNA, etc. Part of the main reason we've lost so many experienced nurses (and therefore hired twenty new ones) is that so many are going on to Master's De...

Grew up in San Diego....gosh I miss it. I lived in the Kearny Mesa area/Clairemont area which at that time was some of the most affordable apartments...due to being near the community college and the University of San Diego. Not sure about how it is ...

Seems like the midwest as a whole is trying to phase out travelers. ACH was always a big one for travelers. Its a fabulous hospital...my son was a patient there twice and I can't say enough about how great it is. Consequently a lot of people want ...

I went to get my I-9 notarized today, and the notary refused to fill out the section where she verifies my birth certificate and ID. She notarized the signature I gave, but that's it. Spoke to my recruiter, who said that the form clearly states tha...

It helps to remember "ROME." Respiratory, Opposite: meaning if the ph is down and the cO2 is up (moving in opposite directions), or vice versa, it's a respiratory cause. Metabolic, Equal: meaning if ph is up and bicarb is up (moving in equal directi...

I wonder if it's fair for me to be a nurse and yet support universal health care..at least in theory anyway. Don't I spend most of my shifts internally complaining about people who abuse the system? We see it every day. But yet, I wonder sometimes...

You're not alone. Although I am looking in a tri-state area, all I keep getting are bum leads or specialties I'm not qualified for. When I started the traveling process back in Feb, I could have had my pick. Now, good luck. I'm sure if you're abl...

Thank God it's not just me...I say that because I've been technically "unemployed" for almost a month now, waiting for a company to bite! I'm hoping that this is just a product of it being the end of the fiscal year (budget time) and also the fact th...

Cross Country quoted me 2400 a month for NYC housing stipend. Depending on where you go, that's not much.

Welcome to the boards! I am in Northwest Arkansas (beautiful place, BTW - hint, hint!!) but know a bit about LR/Hot Springs area. There are a lot of hospitals in LR - major one is University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) which is the loca...

I consider my journey to be nothing less than divine intervention - seriously. I went to LPN school at the age of twenty while I was living with my boyfriend (later husband) who was an albatross around my neck, in every way imaginable. You never s...

As a traveler, you're at a facility to fulfill a need, and generally that means working what they need you to. Some facilities are probably more considerate than others, but as a general rule travelers should not expect to be considered first for sc...

There's the infamous "So-and-so needs some pillow therapy" statement (meaning you wanna hold that pillow over their face...)

Anyone traveled with this company or talked to them? They do assignments in the UK, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. If not this company, has anyone done travel nursing in the UK? Would be interested to hear some experiences or advice.