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I wouldn't hold my breath on steady work in Wisconsin for travel nursing. Most hospitals have not been hiring for quite some time. As a Wisconsin native, I had to move out of the Wisconsin/midwest to find a decent full time job.

Stay away from Intelistaf! They use to be a decent company when I worked for them several years back, but since they combined with MSN...the company totally went down the drain. I did one assignment earlier this year because the assignment was not fa...

As an ER travel nurse who will work his last travel nurse shift tomorrow night...will be "retiring" from travel nursing and going back to staff nursing. I have been a nurse since 2000, ER nurse since 2004, started traveling Jan. 2009. I have ACLS, P...

I would say you need some good luck if you want to work at Froedtert. Yes, it does have a good medical/nursing reputation. I have heard many nurses like the 7/70 program. Yes, they do have alot of CVICU positions because last year they opened up a n...

Not too much hiring going on anywhere in the state for new grads or experienced nurses. And the positions that do become open are for part time. There are positions in the Milwaukee area...mostly they are with Aurora Healthcare...which I wouldn't rec...

I worked for American Mobile only once, on a 6 month assignment in Florida in 2001-02 snowbird season. My information might be a bit dated, but still hopefully helpful. Deciding the best company for each person is different. In my experience, I have ...

Don't get me wrong, Travel nursing is alot of fun...but the travel/agency nursing sector has taken a big hit. Not alot of jobs and pay/benefits are seriously depressed. I am coming off the road again and taking a permanent job for awhile. It is quite...

I would look at Technical Colleges that have nursing programs. They usually have BLS, ACLS, and PALS that are very reasonally priced.

Hello all, I am interested to hear about any personal thoughts, opinions, and experiences regarding the University of Chicago Medical Center. Open to all, but anything about the ER and the ICUs would be great! Thanks ahead of time!

Not too much action in Nursing at any level in the Green Bay area. Things are tight, there area few clinic, home care, and long term jobs here and there, but nothing that great. The hospitals do not LPNs anymore. Might have a little better luck in t...

As working the front lines of travel nursing...The travel nurse market continues to be down...(both in pay and locations) most likely will be like that for a long time to come. Of course recruiters will say there are a ton of jobs. That is their job ...

Do you work at Froedert? If so, I should get to know you! Yes, Froedert puts openings on their website, but unless you know someone who works there, they never will look at your resume! For the past 2 years I have put my name in for ICU/ER jobs...but...

St. Mary's and Meriter have the L&D units in Madison. Both are pretty decent sizes, do not remember the exact numbers. Not to put a damper on your hopes...but nursing in the Madison area is pretty well frozen over! Even the few smaller hospitals ...

At the hospital based oncology clinic, our protocol is 10 ml of saline and 5 ml of Heparin for de-accessing. I never have pulled back when accessing. Heparin itself has a very short half (2-3 hours). So if you flushed it through, it really would not ...

It is just the state of affairs of nursing in Wisconsin.....we have a nursing surplus in the state...and hospitals are not hiring...they just keep cutting staff and making the nurses who stay work twice as hard! Not going to be changing for awhile!

I would have to Aurora Healthcare is one crappy employer. They are just a big corporation to make money. Aurora is all about making money, awards on the wall, and getting good PR in the media. The day they come out and care about them employees...I w...

Safe Patient / Nurse ratios!?! What are those!?!?!

Agency Nursing does have many positive points...which is why I did it for awhile. Of course, with the economy still in the toilet and hospitals continuing to cut staff, agency nursing continues to suffer big time. Two out of the 3 nursing agencies I ...

I am of the school that any experience you bring to the ER, the better you will be successful! I have been an ER nurse now for 5 years. I worked for 4 years on a big and busy medical/telemetry/oncology unit. I did medical/surgical travel for a year b...

I have gone to 4 ENA annual conferences and 2 leadership conferences. I do think they are worth it!!! You get to network with nurses from across the US...you realize that you are truly not alone out there. Alot of nurses deal with the same issues tha...

I have worked for Medical Staffing Network (MSN) in the past and still keep in touch with the company. I have not worked out of the Madison office...but the branch manager worked at another MSN office that was close to my home. Never had any issues w...

Actually you will have to contact both states. Illinois Board of Nursing requires verification of original license ( CA ) and current state license (FL). If you print out the packet from the website, you will have to send in a verification form to bo...

I hate to say, the Madison market is pretty much closed! UW hospital has had a freeze for over a year, and the other 2 hospitals will have the occasional opening or two! Not much happening in the whole state. And most likely there won't be a pick of ...

Ditto!

I would have to agree with DI...Aurora is not that great of a system to work for. Couple of pros...largest healthcare network in Wisconsin, so alot of ability to transfer, electronic medical record which is cool, some decent education opportunities.....