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  1. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    ertravelrn replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Zoe, Is there a preferred time to sleep? I kinda just take advantage of anytime I can sleep. About the turkeys, we have a bunch of wild ones running around, but usually they are in pairs and they...

  2. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    ertravelrn replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Zoe, I thought of you the other day...I was coming back from the senior meal and I had to wait while the turkey finished crossing the street.......lmao......I love living in the country, I love...

  3. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    ertravelrn replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Thank you everyone for your encouragement. I really need it. Zoe.....we slept with the windows open last night, is so quiet......no neighbors to speak of. ate a horrible breakfast, but will make up...

  4. Travel Nursing Naive...

    ertravelrn replied to cfortune84's topic in Travel

    cfortune.........howdy I am in Oklahoma, and traveled from here to CO. had no problem getting my lic. there........not sure about other places. I agree with the two years of experience. As a...

  5. vents and sedation?

    ertravelrn replied to emmycRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is off subject, but had a trached and vented patient that slept on his stomach.......really never could figure out how he did

  6. least "stressful" type/area of nursing?

    ertravelrn replied to amjbrick's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the observation unit of the ER. It is generally for patients that don't need to be admitted, but that can be helped in less than 23 hours to feel better, or the CP pts with normal ekgs,...

  7. I know I can . . . . BUT . . . .

    ertravelrn replied to BabyEnjoli's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked with several nurses that have had disabilities. One was involved in a mva and had a brain injury, she was slow in her speech, but knew what she was doing. The other nurse had either ms...

  8. New Traveler to Colorado?

    ertravelrn replied to elmay's topic in Travel

    I just finished traveling (for five years) in the state of Colorado. Where are you going to be stationed? Colorado Springs? I traveled up and down the I-25

  9. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    ertravelrn replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Congrats to all you that have quit and stayed off the cigarettes for so long. Right now I can't think past a day at a time. If I thought I could never smoke again, I would probably start again. So,...

  10. Housing allowance question

    ertravelrn replied to theresa_b's topic in Travel

    to date, I have only traveled where I have relatives that will let me stay with them for the length of my contract. That way I get to keep the housing stipend. I usually give my family some money,...

  11. Ethical dilemma

    ertravelrn replied to GooeyRN's topic in General Nursing

    What you did was right, and you put a lot of thought into it. My own experience was a Dr that wouldn't let my MIL come home on hospice......his stance was life at all costs, so he finally had to d/c...

  12. attracted to one of your patients?

    ertravelrn replied to pisces_girl18's topic in General Nursing

    Not a problem I have faced....have met many patients that I could be friends with though. However, my former mil was a nurse in cicu, and there was a very non-compliant patient on tele, so they had...

  13. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    ertravelrn replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Zoe, I didn't know what they were at first, then my dh pointed out that they are bats, so now have a bat house that I can't wait to get put up. I love my bats, they eat the mosquitos....lol TY for...

  14. Forced Overtime

    ertravelrn replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at one hospital that required 4 hours a week OT if you were needed. Which really meant.....on call......however, they could only make us work the 4 hours to make 40 hour week. I tried...

  15. Healthier Living Thread Part IV

    ertravelrn replied to Tweety's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hello Everyone, I am enjoying reading your posts...... Heres me...stopped smoking four weeks ago.....still not happy about it, but do feel better...find I enjoy breathing.....lol Now am working on...

  16. nurses working overtime in hospitals

    ertravelrn replied to Bobbie Hall's topic in General Nursing

    I worked an overtime shift last night. The hospital had a need and I wanted the money. Simple as that. I used to work OT because I felt like I needed to pitch in and help. Now, I only do it when I...

  17. I Never Remember....

    ertravelrn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been placing leads on folks for 12 years now and I still recite this when I put them on. I assume I can do it without reciting but just in

  18. 75 Questions on the NCLEX

    ertravelrn replied to TheDude,RN's topic in General Nursing

    Tazzi, I am with you.......the worst two days of my life. Some of us went for a drink after the first night, cause we knew it couldn't get any worse. Middle of summer, room full of people,...

  19. Last day of orientation was today...WHAT A DAY!

    ertravelrn replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations.......you survived. I hope your first day on your own goes good. Enjoy being a Nurse, look for the

  20. ER Patients

    ertravelrn replied to vonxojn's topic in Emergency

    I can feel you. I am in the obs unit of the ed tonight. The folks placed here with CP are upset that they have to stay the night. If you felt that you were sick enough to come to the ED, then...

  21. moving to tulsa

    ertravelrn replied to fuzzsmommy's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Hi, Congrats on moving to Tulsa. I just moved back here after being in Colorado for five years. I work as a traveler in OKC. I come to the city work my three days and then back home. Lots of good...

  22. Thoughts on Maternity nursing.

    ertravelrn replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have never thought of a nurse, in any area of nursing, as anything other than a professional nurse. We, thankfully, all have different loves in this very wide open field. I personally do not like...

  23. Rental cars when traveling/ room mates

    ertravelrn replied to cruisernurse's topic in Travel

    I will be going from Oklahoma to California, and plan on driving. I also plan on sightseeing on my way.......probably not much, but some. My husband will be going out with me, and then fly home. I...

  24. Confused by it all

    ertravelrn replied to ertravelrn's topic in Travel

    Cruiser Nurse, I am planning on doing my own housing and what I have found so far is extended stay motels. They have kitchenettes in them, and they are around $500/wk in the bay area. So, if I get...

  25. Confused by it all

    ertravelrn posted a topic in Travel

    Hi, I have been offered a job in California as a traveler, the pay is 23.00 hour and 1180 a week for housing. Is this right? the pay sounds low.