JoeMacERRN

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Check out Talemed.com. I'm traveling with them and things are pretty cool so for first month of my travel career.

I did sign with TaleMed. They are flying me out and paying for rental car for my 13 week assignment. I am excited about my first travel job. As soon as all the details were worked out, and signed the contract, I got my Alaska RN license, shoot! The...

I actually passionately hate nurse killers. I never would spend a dime reading a book about one. I've devoted most of my life to helping others, EMT-P to RN, and because of these freaks, we now need FBI backround checks, fingerprints cards, adult an...

if the physician truly believes that he/she is right and the policy is wrong, we need to try to change the policy rather than just ignore it. i'm having that problem where i work right n do some research on joint commission standards on what policy y...

Folks, I just received a list of ER openings and the hourly wage was between $29/hr to 32/hr. Also only offered $500 relocation money. This is pretty close to the top of a Staff RN wage scale at a decent hospital anywhere. Is this the sign of the tim...

BTW, your question about honor...you should say accountability!! Accountability is a trait that seperates good nurse's from great nurse's. Anyone can be trained to watch a monitor, start and IV. But when a mistake is made, it takes alot of character ...

Over my 23 yrs of ER nursing have been to court once, but I've been deposed in discovery hearing by shifty lawyers many times. Alot of stuff never makes it to court. If you are asked to go to a discovery hearing, that doesn't mean you'll end up in co...

Well, all the hoop jumping, ( and I'm still jumping), I interviewed with 3 hospitals and got 1 offer. Heading to Maine in 10 days for 13 weeks. It's $44/hr but that includes the housing stipend, travel expense, rental car. I put an ad on Craig's list...

Yes I'm really tired of hearing the same pitch, and then spending 2 days filling out applications, sending reference requests, faxing ACLS, TNCC certifications.I went thru 2 agencies with no solid offers in 2 weeks. Then signed up with 2 more, I hav...

Travel company tells me they have a ER job in Anchorage. They are offering $48/hr. Only problem is my housing, travel, insurance, rental car, all are coming out of that $48/hr so it puts me at new grad pay..$30/hr. I'm new to traveling. This will be...

Fellow nurse's, M or F, old or young, pretty or not, please lets work together. Don't give up on this profession. Not only is it a decent wage earning job, but it's the most righteous job you could be involved with. We are on this earth to help one a...

The same thing happens with overflow if your doing triage, or not. You put people in hallways, you do EKG's ASAP, and use your critical thinking skills to match wits with obstacles. Once all the rooms are full you go back to your basic triage. So th...

yes, I know of 2 hospitals in Iowa that "meet and greet," and pt's go straight back to a room if available. The bases for it is all about pt satifaction. Pt's don't want to be triaged .They want to see a doctor. So to keep them happy, you try to get ...

I'm just getting ready for a travel assignment also. I have 23 yrs ER experience. Done the busy Level 1, and currently in a small community level 4. Our census is dead. I don't know how they can afford to keep the doors open. One pt on the floor and...

Yeah I'm just starting the hunt on travel jobs. Have talked with telemad, but not impressed with the package they offered. Also have read acouple of negative posts on other forums about them. You never know, it's a jungle out there. Tax incentives, s...

ChicagoNIT...I'm with you. This beat down on our fellow nurses' all needs to change, just like healthcare in general is changing. Those bad attitudes neeed to be checked at the door. Or those folks will be looking for new jobs. Believe it...Press-Gan...

I also can't figure out the question. Addiction is a mental illness. What is unethical about it?? Stealing narcs is a crimminal offense, a feloney. Swiping meds for saline is unethical yes, deplorable yes, illegal yes. If people ignore the signs arou...

This has been a topic recently in our nurses station. What happened to the work ethic?? The fact is there is a generation gap going on in nursing these days. I'm "old school," which means professionalism has been drilled into me. As has accountabilit...

YES! You will experience more in 1 yr on med surg than any othe floor. No brainer!!

You should have plenty of documentation to cover yourself. however, it may come back to bite you also. If your trying to get relief, and what you have isn't working, 8/10 pain 1hr after pain meds would get me thinking. After another pain med administ...

Low morale just comes with the territory. Not all can be fixed with food bribes though. What helps is recoignition from the docs and managemet regarding wow well the staff is doing with high acuity or high census, the usual reason for bumbed out work...

Yes Vit K is a dangerous drug to give IV, but it is an acceptable route per the PDR. And that is what the lawyers go by. Consider this, if you had someone in hypovolemic shock, cool, clammy, pallor skin, from a GI bleed, and they are on coumadin. ...

Good luck guys, be sure and buy some nursing liability insurance. When your working off your license, you'll see how much difference there is between being a tech in a busy ED and being an new grad RN.