wanderlust99

wanderlust99

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  1. Nurse knowledge and Ibuprofen vs. Tylenol

    wanderlust99 replied to DantheMan9's topic in Patient Medications

    "If you have any stories to share of a time where your knowledge or experience proved to be extremely important in a certain situation, feel free to enlighten us." ---is this a

  2. Started first travel assignment. Totally stressed, is it just me?

    wanderlust99 replied to lupe's topic in Travel

    I've been traveling over 4 years and I'm really nervous about the job I just started. But I know if I give myself 1-2 weeks I can get through it. I think I've burned out on the large hospitals with...

  3. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

    wanderlust99 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I cut corners daily. Of course that article was written by a manager who probably implemented a dozen additional tasks to her staff causing them to cut

  4. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

    wanderlust99 replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    I got a pen and a calendar. No.

  5. Assessments every shift?

    wanderlust99 replied to Ntheboat2's topic in General Nursing

    A good assessment can be completed in under 2 minutes. Do it first thing in the morning, no matter what. Your license is at stake! And most nurses do their AM assessments, so patients will notice...

  6. Facebook while on the clock?

    wanderlust99 replied to maureen924's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I can tell you from many years of experience and working at many hospitals as a traveler, patient care is not any better because the hospital has facebook

  7. Anybody LIKE working holidays?

    wanderlust99 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    not technically a holiday and I don't ever have a big party for it or anything, but I will never work another birthday again as long as I can help

  8. Thanks for taking the time...

    wanderlust99 replied to RN58186's topic in Nurses Rock

    wonderful story thanks for sharing

  9. Most stressful and least stressful nursing specialty in the hospital?

    wanderlust99 replied to Donnuh's topic in General Nursing

    I find neuro ICU to be the most depressing. I've worked in dozens of places as a traveler. The most stressful was this awful tele unit I'd get floated to on one contract. Most of the nurses didn't...

  10. The flu shot making people sick

    wanderlust99 replied to psu_213's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't like how hospitals are forcing their staff to get vaccinated. Doesn't seem right. I did get the flu shot this year, but hearing stories about contaminated prednisone and deaths from it, it...

  11. HELP! 1st time travel help

    wanderlust99 replied to letsgosavelives85's topic in Travel

    my "blended" rate in CA has been around $40/hr for the past 2 years. I've done 8 assignments in CA. You should be making in the high 30s or low 40s. Lower in San Diego, like 20s. Try a different...

  12. VIP treatment. Ethical dilemma for paper?

    wanderlust99 replied to metfan's topic in General Nursing

    In my experiences working at various hospitals, the VIPs were treated the exact same in regards to their care as anyone else. Care in the sense of their medical treatment plan. The only difference...

  13. Clinical Failure

    wanderlust99 replied to student1919's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    yikes. Doesn't look good for you. If that's one piece of advice for any nursing student or potential student, it's to never ever be late for clinicals. Ever. Get there 30 minutes early if you have...

  14. Over 60, seasoned nurse, fired for not being a "Robot RN."

    wanderlust99 replied to Wise Woman RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd hire a lawyer and sue for age discrimation. Ka

  15. Leave you family for nursing??

    wanderlust99 replied to litebrightgirl's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't think nursing is really worth it to be

  16. The nurses every co-worker hates

    wanderlust99 replied to RNGriffin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A quick glance at your post and I am already offended by it. Maybe that's your problem? If you don't care that you offend people by what you say, own it and accept that people just won't like

  17. Name Badges Worn Backwards

    wanderlust99 replied to westieluv's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know, there are dozens of other things that goes on in the nursing world and in hospitals that frustrate me. To me, name tags and uniforms debates are silly arguments and are part of the...

  18. Question about marijuana use as a nurse

    wanderlust99 replied to sasha_t's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If you're smoking on your off days you will test positive. There's no way of knowing when a hospital screens you for drugs if you are using only on your off days, you will just show up positive....

  19. Not sure what to do. Licensed RN working as tech.

    wanderlust99 replied to Spikey9001's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Agree with the others. Look elsewhere. If they valued you at all, they'd hire you as an RN. Hopefully you can get a good reference from a charge nurse or another nurse if you think there's a chance...

  20. If you could do it over again, would you still have gone into nursing?

    wanderlust99 replied to jay65's topic in Health, Stress Management

    No. I want to do something else but I can't figure it out. 7 years and while it's been interesting, it hasn't been a happy 7 years. I'm ready to quit, but have no other means of making the money I...

  21. Movin on

    wanderlust99 replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    What about taking a travel job on a med surg or rehab unit in CA first, to see what area of CA you like and if you like it all. CA has ratios so it's only 4-5 patients. If you like the hospital you...

  22. Waitressing as a pre-req?

    wanderlust99 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I waited tables at age 18 and the similarities are definitely there. You start off by introducing yourself, and instead of saying server, you replace it with nurse and it's pretty much the same...

  23. I feel like everybody hates being a nurse!!!

    wanderlust99 replied to hershdawg's topic in General Nursing

    I hate it! The only thing I like about nursing is the opportunities it has given me in that I was able to move across the country and have many job opportunities. Otherwise I'm starting to become...

  24. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    wanderlust99 replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer them. If I have a patient come in from a facility where they are obviously never bathed, then I do a bed bath. I soak the patients in water and the bed is typically soaking wet too. I give...

  25. Soooo, I quit

    wanderlust99 replied to TX911's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't had a chance to read through the responses yet, but what about a charge nurse giving you a reference? Or even a fellow staff nurse who occasionally does charge? I don't know what area of...