Cherry Soda

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1. Travellers treated better? opinions please

   Cherry Soda replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

   I think it truly will blow up in her face. I don't think the two travellers will be renewing their contracts and will be leaving soon. Meanwhile, the staff is falling apart and I think a couple of...

2. Per diem questions

   Cherry Soda replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

   I am seriously considering per diem status. Being a full time staff nurse is just awful.

3. Travellers treated better? opinions please

   Cherry Soda replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

   Ouch Peeps Sounds like you had a horrible experience. Glad you found prn nursing more to your satisfaction.

4. Travellers treated better? opinions please

   Cherry Soda replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

   Renerian: You have some good ideas. Believe me, I am upset enough to say something to my manager. I guess the right time will come up when I can mention it without it sounding like sour...

5. Travellers treated better? opinions please

   Cherry Soda replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

   MollyMo I don't think it's right to treat travellers/agency as slave labor. That's not fair to them. They do have to make an amazing transition, and quickly. Staff deserves the praise too, and...

6. Travellers treated better? opinions please

   Cherry Soda replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

   Agnus: Manipulation! Yes, that's the word. Perfect. That's what I was thinking of. It just left a strange feeling in my stomach.

7. Travellers treated better? opinions please

   Cherry Soda replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

   Mattsmom: "This is part of the dysfunction within our hospital systems and is management's way of intimidating us and keeping us down. They promote night shift against day shift, agency against staff,...

8. Travellers treated better? opinions please

   Cherry Soda replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

   3rd shift guy: "Bottom line, there are good travelers and bad travelers. Treat them well, welcome them, don't cop a resentment about the money they make, and they usually work out just fine." Yeah I...

9. Travellers treated better? opinions please

   Cherry Soda replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

   Cheerfuldoer: "When I did traveling nursing, every assignment but one was nice...treated well by both staff and management. " It seems like you had good experiences travelling. Maybe I should try it....

10. Travellers treated better? opinions please

    Cherry Soda replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

    SJoe: "Maybe you should resign, then come back to the same place as a traveling nurse, as others have done. " That sounds like a good idea. The travellers are immune from the politics, the...

11. Travellers treated better? opinions please

    Cherry Soda replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

    I really like the travellers/agency on my floor, they are good nurses. Staff takes the harder patients and the travellers/agency are the first to float. These travellers always pitch in and help the...

12. Travellers treated better? opinions please

    Cherry Soda replied to Cherry Soda's topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone else had an experience similar to mine?

13. Travellers treated better? opinions please

    Cherry Soda posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Staff Nurse. My unit has a few travellers/agency nurses. They are all good nurses and work hard. One is new. She's already *****ing about the hosp., etc. *****es about nursing, wants to be a...

14. Call bells in my sleep

    Cherry Soda replied to flowerchild's topic in General Nursing

    Yah. I dream about work and never feel rested I hear the monitors and IV pumps going off. Vent alarms and BIPAP alarms too. ::sigh::

15. 200 lb MONSTER!

    Cherry Soda replied to Furball's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a show like that a looong time ago! Wasn't there hair and teeth in the tumor?