merner1012

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  1. Starting WGU 04/2018

    merner1012 replied to ChristineS2004's topic in Western Governors University

    My bf and I are both hopefully starting 4/18 as well. Nervous about starting, it's been about 8 years since school for us but we need to get it done. RN to BSN for now. Waiting for the last...

  2. Northern/Bay Area Cali travel

    merner1012 posted a topic in Travel

    Just looking for some info on traveling to the Bay area or northern cali for our next assignment. My boyfriend and I travel together (ICU and tele/MS). Our recruiter has told us about CPMC-Pacific...

  3. Napa CA Queen of the Valley

    merner1012 replied to monday2016's topic in Travel

    The area is great, but the hospital is not doing well. They've lost 75-80+ staff RNs over the last year or so mostly to Kaiser down the road in Vallejo, who pays them about at least double what their...

  4. California licensure endorsement verification

    merner1012 replied to Kirstinalyce's topic in Travel

    Both my boyfriend and I are originally PA RN's as well. California cashed our checks on the same day, 3/23/15. My boyfriend used PA's new electronic verification to send to California. I used my...

  5. Any companies pay for rental cars?

    merner1012 replied to michlynn's topic in Travel

    I haven't heard of any reimbursement for cars, but like the other responder said- you can negotiate for money for that but it will come out of your pay somewhere else. The highest I've heard from...

  6. Any Help Appreciated!!

    merner1012 replied to JRiestra82's topic in Travel

    I've been traveling with Cross Country now since December 2014 with my boyfriend and so far it's been a pretty positive experience. It definitely helps to have a good recruiter that communicates well...

  7. Timeline for endorsing RN license to CA

    merner1012 replied to zornzo's topic in California Nursing

    No letter that I know of, but I'm waiting on my mail to be looked through. They send everything to my home address in Pennsylvania and I'm working in Oregon. I'm hoping there's not an issue since I...

  8. Timeline for endorsing RN license to CA

    merner1012 replied to zornzo's topic in California Nursing

    So my temporary license was issued on 5/7/15, but my status on Breeze still shows "Pending" and "Open". I've emailed and called multiple times without any luck, although I wasn't expecting much to...

  9. Northern/Bay Area Cali travel

    merner1012 replied to merner1012's topic in Travel

    Nice... Good to know and thank

  10. Northern/Bay Area Cali travel

    merner1012 replied to merner1012's topic in Travel

    Kateyes7- Pay was (obviously) a good bit higher than here in Oregon, I want to say around $35/hr base pay(for CPMC), and the housing we were quoted at about $2650/month for each of us individually....

  11. Timeline for endorsing RN license to CA

    merner1012 replied to zornzo's topic in California Nursing

    California got my information in the Breeze system on 3/23/15, and just as of today 5/7/15, I was issued a temporary license! My original license state was PA, but I'm also working in Oregon now so I...

  12. Potential Travel Nurse

    merner1012 replied to limitlesslisa89's topic in Travel

    Thanks so much, I really appreciate

  13. Potential Travel Nurse

    merner1012 replied to limitlesslisa89's topic in Travel

    Yeah we're not impressed with the recruiter so we may be either getting a new one with CC, or signing with a different company all together. It's not been a bad experience, but our recruiter can't...

  14. Potential Travel Nurse

    merner1012 replied to limitlesslisa89's topic in Travel

    icuRNmaggie- Just curious about the travel stipend you got with Cross Country because I travel with them now with my boyfriend and we both only got $300 each way for the travel, and we went 2,500...

  15. UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing '09'

    merner1012 replied to kellyjo1414's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Just curious, is Shadyside still doing care plans? They did when I went there, but these PBL things sound a whole lot like a care plan and then using the sim lab to act it

  16. Not sure what to do here... any advice??

    merner1012 posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    Hi everybody! I'm relocating to MI and I have about 1.5 years in neuroscience/neurosurg and I'm pretty sure I have a job offer coming to me at Providence ER. BUT, I currently work at a HUGE health...

  17. Not sure what to do here... any advice??

    merner1012 replied to merner1012's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Thank you both for the replies, I really appreciate it! I'm assuming to hear about the job offer this coming week, but in the mean time I also interviewed at Providence Park for a neuro progressive...

  18. Ever have an addicted patient complain about post-op pain medication?

    merner1012 replied to Munch's topic in Neurological

    I know of specific patients that are NOT allowed to have an IV at all- per the MD! And yes, this does happen a lot I'm sure. I work in neurosurg and we had a young patient on our unit for MONTHS...

  19. SE MI employment for exp. ED RN

    merner1012 replied to EDRNknl's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Providence hospital in Southfield just expanded their ER, they have 6 new positions (night shift I think) from what I'm told. Not sure about the pay or anything

  20. I've sent in my application and had my fingerprints done

    merner1012 replied to Anoetos's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I recently got my license in MI as endorsement from another state. MI sent me a letter saying they had received my application and gave me a "client number" of sorts that I could log into online and...

  21. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    merner1012 replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    In response, I'm sorry you had a poor experience at Shadyside and just fyi, no I'm not some "well-off" student in ANY way. I went to Shadyside all on my own dime through loans. And, I'm not super...

  22. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    merner1012 replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    To the above poster, you're way off base. I went to Shadyside and I have close friends and family members that went to CCAC at the same time that I was at Shadyside. The clinical experience you will...

  23. Anyone getting the Tuition Forgiveness @ UPMC Shadyside??

    merner1012 replied to jrp216's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    McRN, I started out at shadyside with having the tuition forgiveness and then decided to get off of it because I had so many grants to cover the costs and didn't want to be stuck with only working for...

  24. RN jobs in Pittsburgh area

    merner1012 replied to MichelefRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I actually just finished working at a LTC facility- found it to be an experience but also NOT what I want to do with my career, I'm just dying to get into a hospital and I'm so frustrated! Thank you...

  25. RN jobs in Pittsburgh area

    merner1012 replied to MichelefRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I've literally applied to every UPMC job posting since February 2010, and I have never gotten any responses from them... is this because I am a new grad? (June 2010) I know plenty of the people I...