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Im currently on a travel assignment in Va with Medical Express. The assignment is fine, but the housing situation has been horrible. When I arrived my housing wasnt ready. I found this out by calling the leasing office of the complex. Apparently anot...

I wont let AMN sour me on traveling. Other travelers here have reached out to me and been so kind. I will research other companies and facilties. To say I have LEARNED a lot is an understatement.

I must also add Dato and other staff members seem to misinform the students that "according to the state they have to have a certain amount of b.s.n clinical hours". My classmate actually called the state and they negated that with a quickness, lol. ...

The clinicals are usually on Wednesay although I know this has changed a bit, b/c some were allowed to do the Lead/Mgmt clinical on an alternate day an attend another clinical. This helped them complete the clinicals faster. This was not the case wh...

I refused to move in and told my recruiter , who told me, "Just move in and we will have you moved ASAP". I refused why should I move in to move out? (Little did I know at the time this was the apt they had leased and there would be no switching this...

Hello, I know some people pm'ed me regarding City Tech however I dont have enough post counts to reply. To sum it all up. I have since graduated from Tech, however I still dont feel their B.S program was worth the time. I felt I had a lot o...

I attend City Tech. I will graduate hopefully in Fall 2010. I would not attend this school again if I knew then what I knew now. The program may be one day a week but it is not designed for the working nurse. There are clinicals for Leadership, Urban...

Hello, I am on my 1st 6 mos on the job in an acute care facility. I really need some advice on this pt and if I did the right thing and also what else could have been done. This has haunted me since I left work this morning. Pt is 95 y/o with dx of...

They were thick and yellow. I really thank you guys for all your responses. From the responses here and the responses I got from seasoned nurses I know I have a better idea of what to do next time. It's not just about me CMA though I also want the b...

I wish I knew. I had a dx of PNA, not sepsis. The P.A was like the pt is probably septic. But at least I know for the future what to do. Thanks you though.

I spoke with a neighbor who has 20+ years of experience she told me next time check BUN Creatinine Na+ K+ and to flush the foley and then to come back back to the PMD with the info and to refuse to give fluids until they do something else, like press...