beachgirl01

Hello again, got another question...I just started a med/surg travel nursing job and so far it is going very well...the unit I'm on gave me 3 days of orientation with a preceptor before I went on my own, which I feel was enough. However I've heard t...

The same thing happened to me last year...I got hired by a place but was never able to work any shifts, so I didn't put it on my resume...I figured it was pointless to do so since I never actually received a paycheck from them or anything. I ended up...

I was wondering if anyone has any experience/knowledge of working in a plasma center as an RN...I'm currently interviewing for a position at a plasma center near me, so I'm curious about the good/bad aspects of this type of work...I've never donated ...

I personally wouldn't take the job...I think that's way too little orientation, and 6-8 patients with no tech or HUC would be really rough, I think.

This question isn't really related to OB nursing so I hope no one minds me posting this here, but anyways...I was wondering how common it is for women to go into labor and have their baby at a different hospital from where their obstetrician normally...

Thanks so much...I'm sure the other hospital is fine and I will probably end up having it there, not sure that it's worth the trouble of finding another doctor this late in the process; I just hope I don't go into labor while I'm at work or something...

I'm currently a nurse working in Texas but there's a possibility I may have to move to Florida soon due to my husband's job...we would be in Fort Walton Beach which is close to Destin I believe. My Texas license will expire March 31 of this year, and...

I can't help you with your question but I thought I'd say that I really love Pittsburgh too...I visited there for the first time in December and I loved it except for the cold, that nearly killed me, being from Texas, lol. I wanna go back.

I'm pretty much the same way, I only tell people what I do if they ask, and even then I'd really rather not tell them, for various reasons, one of which being that I don't want them bugging me with medical questions; also because I've never felt like...

I have a question...I'm in the process of applying for jobs, I'm currently doing travel nursing but am looking for a full-time permanent position starting late November. I am also about 8 weeks pregnant, and I'm wondering if I should mention this dur...

For those of you who have left bedside nursing and found nursing jobs outside the hospital, in places such as clinics, community health, insurance, etc., how did you go about finding and landing these jobs? I've been browsing online job postings, and...

Hello everyone, I have a question...I just started a new travel assignment and have had one day of orientation with a preceptor; I'd rather not go into details but I did not do well, had a lot of trouble staying caught up and on top of things, and I ...

Yes, only 10 weeks to go, I'm counting it out. Oh actually I didn't know what it stands for, I just thought it sounded neat, lol...but that is really cool; yes you definently have to protect your self from backstabbers in this profession. Your daugh...

Wow, how appropriate for me to have found this thread today, because this just happened to me last night when I worked, for the first time since I first started working as a nurse over a year and a half ago. And though I've been feeling pretty down a...

Hi, I can relate to your post in a lot of ways, you sound a lot like me actually. I'm also very self-conscious and socially anxious at work, still lack a lot of confidence in myself, even though I've been a nurse for about a year and a half; and my f...

Thanks so much loricatus, that's helpful; I love your name & avatar by the way. Things seem to be going somewhat better now, I'm really hoping I can just make it through this 11 weeks or so then find a non-travel job afterwards.

Thanks so much everyone, that helps a lot...yeah I think one of my mistakes has been not inserting the needle a little farther in after getting a flash of blood. Thanks again :)

This may not be the right forum for this question but I wasn't sure where else to put it I've been working as nurse on med/surg floor for about a year and a half now, however for some reason I still have the most horrible IV skills. I usually have to...

No, you're not weak, you obviously work on a very busy, stressful floor...some people seem to like that environment, but others of us don't...it probably just isn't a good fit for you. I don't intend to stay in med/surg for much longer if I can help ...

Wow you sound exactly like me...I am very quiet and introverted and I think I tend to have an angry look on my face when I'm concentrating oh something, and many times people have told me to 'smile', or don't look so glum, etc. I'm also forever being...

Hello, I was just wondering if anyone knows of any travel nurse companies with med/surg assignments in or close to Pensacola or Destin, Florida? My boyfriend wants to take a temporary assignment with his company to Florida starting in August, to a p...

Thanks so much for the info...unfortunately I won't be able to go to Florida this year...but hopefully someday!

I've been traveling with American Mobile since February and so far I have no complaints, they've all been very nice/helpful. Although at the beginning when I was having to get all my paperwork together, it was kind of frustrating because the lady tak...

It depends on what you want, if you want to go far away from where you currently live or stick around someplace closer. For me the first travel assignment I took was fairly close to my hometime, which made me feel better not to have to start over som...

Oh my, I am exactly the same way, I was just thinking about this actually. I just finished my second night in a row, but before this I had had 4 nights off in a row, which was great but I'm always terrified right before my first night back after bein...