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  1. Does anyone else just take their housing?

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in Travel

    I'm new to travelling. My husband kicked me out six months ago, I lived with friends and then took a travel job close to home (1.5 hours) in hopes we could reconcile with space. I'm low on funds and...

  2. Travel nursing and relationships..How do you make it work?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to Lunalitsa's topic in Travel

    So I didn't have money for a security deposit or first month's rent and am otherwise financially unstable. I'm sure I'm losing money by taking company housing but it's a hassle that's not mine to...

  3. How long can you be with one hospital as a travel nurse?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to Sunnysandy's topic in Travel

    I'm extending my first 13 week contract and feel like I've found my new home. Maybe it's still the honeymoon phase but I wouldn't mind settling down here! It was anxiety inducing waiting for my...

  4. Is 2 years Psych Experience enough to Travel?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to learning247's topic in Travel

    Yes! Psych is my baby and I've been in psych for 7 out of 8 years. (I had a meltdown about 4 years ago and my life went to $hit so I ended in LTC for a bit.) I think traveling was a good idea now...

  5. Are Termed Contracts Becoming a Trend?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to guest940422's topic in Travel

    I made a med error a couple weeks ago and was TERRIFIED I'd get terminated. Thankfully it was just a scolding from the resident, the weekend attending and an apology to both patients involved. I was...

  6. Best travel nursing companies

    pinkiepie_RN replied to nvick's topic in Travel

    I'm with a sister company of AMN (Nurses Rx) and have heard people complain about them but I haven't had any problems. My recruiter left and I was assigned a temporary recruiter for about a week...

  7. Oh, you quirky night shifter you!

    pinkiepie_RN replied to dannibeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a problem with shifting my sleep schedule. Often I'm just off a day between shifts and it's almost not worth it to convert back to a day schedule. I slept from 0900-1200 on Saturday, did...

  8. Epic class

    pinkiepie_RN replied to Nurse.German's topic in General Nursing

    You can't just take EPIC training outside of a hospital course. My hospital just went to EPIC and we had tons of online modules and 12 hours of in class training. I didn't really learn that much and...

  9. I'm bipolar, can I be a psychiatric nurse?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to Frybot's topic in Psychiatric

    I have bipolar disorder as well as anxiety and have been a psych nurse for most of my career. I went into psychiatry because I was good with psych patients, but I think part of that comes from being...

  10. Do your Doctors wear lab coats?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to Jules A's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in a teaching hospital and while they don't wear them all the time, residents do wear them as well as attendings. I mostly see them worn by residents when they're on call (for storage, like...

  11. How many hours is your shift?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to motor_mouth's topic in Psychiatric

    The general scheduling for my unit is 2-8s and 2-12s to equal 40

  12. How long is your commute?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to the nurse who lived's topic in General Nursing

    31 minutes without traffic, 45ish between traffic and parking and walking to my building. 27 miles of almost 100% highway

  13. Grumpy at change of shift (11-7)

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey I know this is going to sound really silly, but here goes. I'm fine all shift but when day shift comes in, all bright eyed and bushy tailed - it gets to me. All I want to do is give report and...

  14. When you just don't want to go to work....

    pinkiepie_RN replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    This i probably not a favorable response, but sometimes I just don't go in if I feel bad enough. I have bipolar disorder and I'm not trying to cop out of my own behavior, but I frame it as a mental...

  15. New to camp nursing...former psych nurse

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in Camp

    I've been teaching allied health/first aid/health care careers to high schoolers for 5 months. I was a psych nurse with typical medical emergencies on the unit for 2.5 years. I've just been hired on...

  16. Camp nurse uniform

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in Camp

    What do you wear to camp? I just got hired on and forgot to ask the director what I should be wearing. I assume it's probably khakis and a polo, but I have no idea. What do you guys wear to camp as...

  17. Calling previous NM for interview - want old job back - advice?

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I left my previous job for a valuable teaching experience but it didn't work out - I didn't have the background and they wanted me to pursue more teacher education. I'll be returning to school in the...

  18. Has anyone taken a Patient Experience Profile assessment?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to jobhunting's topic in General Nursing

    I just took one of these today. It's one of those Likert type tests where you get a patient situation or moral value and select whether it "always applies", "mostly applies", "sometimes applies" or...

  19. DUI in March - never thought to notify BON

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I received a DUI back in March and accepted a plea for the First Offender's Program; my DL was revoked and I was forced to enter a DUI ETOH/drug education class which I still have not yet completed....

  20. How do you schedule yourself when working 8's and e/o weekend?

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Simply said. I'm wondering how to schedule myself at my new job. Now, they might go ahead and schedule me however they want to, but what would be your ideal schedule when working 8's and every other...

  21. How do you schedule yourself when working 8's and e/o weekend?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    It'll all be 3-11 shift!

  22. Freaking out about contract job

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in Travel

    They're being ridiculous about my housing. They've jerked me around and now hopefully I'll have 1 room-mate and be splitting $1600/month in rent with said room-mate but I start the contract on...

  23. What does it take to be a good psych nurse?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to paulschwinn's topic in Psychiatric

    I think it helps to be able to drink the kool-aid sometimes. You know, jump on the boat or the crazy train and accept things that you wouldn't normally accept outside of the psych ward. I don't know...

  24. Working evening (3-11) shift - what do you do with your day?

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'll be starting a 13-week contract on 2nd shift in about a week's time and it's been a while since I've worked 3-11. I know I could sleep in all day, but what do YOU do with your day-time while...

  25. Working evening (3-11) shift - what do you do with your day?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    You like to nap, don't