Shiggles!

Shiggles! has 9 years experience and specializes in telemetry, stepdown.

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1. What do travelers think about their assignments!

   Shiggles! posted a topic in Travel

   I am a traveler nothing more. See my free website I started to help travelers out. Click on (survey) or (survey results) The survey's keep coming in with your help, and I keep adding them to the site....

2. Floating to other units while traveling

   Shiggles! replied to lorster's topic in Travel

   I am currently traveling at a hospital in Florida. In the interview they had asked me, there will be some floating to other units. They certainly didn't clarify how much. I know it depends on the...

3. Where do I go next? Shands hosp, short term in AZ, Pitt co, NC???

   Shiggles! replied to Beneficence's topic in Travel

   I have heard the Arizona and California are great. I grew up in Florida and it kind of scares me down here. I nursed in Homestead, Miami, now traveling in orlando. Florida Hospitals in Orlando are...

4. Canada

   Shiggles! replied to BackPackerRN's topic in Travel

   I worked in Canada for the past 5 years. I am not sure if they do travel assignments at the time I couldn't find any. But I do know from the hard way, that if you contact the hospital's human...

5. Traveling RN with my family!

   Shiggles! posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   I have been an RN for 9 years, nursed in Canada for 5 years, now a traveler. When my husband gets his green card we will settle down. He's a stay at home dad and I work. I am new to traveling and have...

6. Traveling RN with my family!

   Shiggles! posted a topic in MICU, SICU

   :monkeydance: I have been an RN for 9 years, nursed in Canada for 5 years, now a traveler. When my husband gets his green card we will settle down. He's a stay at home dad and I work. I am new to...

7. Traveling RN with my family!

   Shiggles! posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   I have been an RN for 9 years, nursed in Canada for 5 years, now a traveler. When my husband gets his green card we will settle down. He's a stay at home dad and I work. I am new to traveling and have...

8. Horror stories traveling?

   Shiggles! replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   Traveling is fun especially if you are single. You meet so many people, I think it teaches you to become very flexible. You only get 2-3 days of orientation on the unit and you are on your own. But...

9. Stress! How do you releive it?

   Shiggles! replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

   7 bottles of wine a week, or

10. Difficulty with a CNA

    Shiggles! replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    That's ashame you have that many patients, where I work the nursing assistants will get no more than 4-5 patients during 7-3. There is no aquity so sometimes they will get 4-5 heavy's while another...

11. Difficulty with a CNA

    Shiggles! replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    I here you, but I am afraid it's going to get worse with the "nursing shortage"... Hopefully not. The travel assignment that I am on now, has me floating after 8 hrs, to different units throughout...

12. JCAHO vs. non-JCAHO hospitals

    Shiggles! posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just moved back to the states from Canada and am up in the air about JCAHO hospitals. I work in a JCAHO Florida Hospital. First of all, this hospital is always on the verge of not passing their...

13. Difficulty with a CNA

    Shiggles! replied to NurseWi_JennJenn's topic in General Nursing

    I share your aggravation like I'm sure others do. I am a traveling nurse, but every assignment I give it my all, and I find myself not a very confrontational or assertive person at times until I am...

14. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    Shiggles! replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I completed an EMT class, and at the time I worked at the Firehouse and did volunteer firefighting. I found it very fascinating and it was easier working with guys. I was on the fence should I go to...

15. Traveling Nurse with family!

    Shiggles! posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN for 9 years, nursed in Canada for 5 years, now a traveler. When my husband gets his green card we will settle down. He's a stay at home dad and I work. I am new to traveling and have...