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1. best about agencies

   burntnurse replied to burntnurse's topic in Agency

   well EDDY i think your response presumes an awful lot; like i'm a "total idiot" which, beleive me, i am not. sounds like sour grapes to me. tell me did you try and fail?

2. StarMed & Nursefinders closing several offices

   burntnurse replied to eddy's topic in Agency

   i've worked for nursefinders for 5 years and in this area they are the best to be had as far as i'm concerned, but of it all depends on the attitude of the people in any given office. my office managers are both terrific (i work out of two offices o...

3. best about agencies

   burntnurse replied to burntnurse's topic in Agency

   hi laura when i get flack about money i ask if they get vacation pay, sick pay, health insurance and the like BECAUSE I DON'T. i pay my own health insurance, so i make sacrifices to have my freedom. that usually shuts them up. i guess your more tole...

4. best about agencies

   burntnurse replied to burntnurse's topic in Agency

   hi laura thanks for responding. i myself have never traveled but i have worked with travelers. it's a great way to see the country, but it can be a long 3 months if you end up in an assignment you hate. that's my fear. and i wouldn't want to go alo...

5. best about agencies

   burntnurse posted a topic in Agency

   i'm interested in what would be the perfect agency. if this was a perfect world what would you look for in an agency? i'm considering opening my own and a would really like to attract good nurses by making them love working for me. so come on folks,...

6. dying with dignity

   burntnurse replied to burntnurse's topic in Safety

   thanks for your input everyone. i know its a complicated subject. but the problem is #1 the doc's don't seem to have the jewels to go against the families or even speak frankly with them. #2 social workers seem to bring their own religious and moral...

7. Dragon Lady

   burntnurse replied to TNcanNURSE's topic in Safety

   i for one do not think anyone should have the right to abuse anyone else and beleive me i am the most tolerant nurse in the world and usually give the patient every benifit of the doutb but if a patient is a/o and verbally abusive i feel we have the ...

8. dying with dignity

   burntnurse posted a topic in Safety

   what is it about the american psyche that makes death we have to make death such a incredible difficult state to achive. i'm not talking about killing people, i mean allowing the sick and elderly to just fade away with dignity. why does the govern...

9. What do you think? Is your health plan one of these?

   burntnurse replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Safety

   yes you are lucky that you have the money to put in fatcat's pocket. i think it is immoral for anyone to make a profit by gouching consumers. i feel the same way about for profit hospitals and nursing homes. there are many people suffering and dyi...

10. StarMed & Nursefinders closing several offices

    burntnurse replied to eddy's topic in Agency

    hi eddy interesting that Nursefinders is closing offices in your neck of the woods. i'm on the east coast and had a problem in december before christmas. the work dried up for about 2 weeks. i only work for NF and i love my office manager but the ...