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  1. Frontier clinicals

    smallnurse10 posted a topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Hi everyone: I am a per diem L&D RN, and a FNP. I am going to start working as a nursing professor at a community college in the Spring of 2019 teaching obstetrics. Since I will have the summers...

  2. Taking a pay cut to go into your choice career

    smallnurse10 replied to NGYSUN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I just accepted a full time tenure track nursing instructor position at a CC. It pays less than half of what I was making working part time as a nurse practitioner, but I HATE my nurse practitioner...

  3. What to put in a cold cover letter

    smallnurse10 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi and thanks for reading my post. I am a labor and delivery nurse that will be graduating from my local university's family nurse practitioner program in May. I would like to continue to work in...

  4. Banker to nurse - Would you make the switch

    smallnurse10 replied to xinah's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Call the hospitals in your area and see if they would be willing to let you shadow to see if the career is for you. I have had several people shadow me mostly high school students but it can be done....

  5. Banker to nurse - Would you make the switch

    smallnurse10 replied to xinah's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in L&D and really enjoy my job. I would suggest shadowing a nurse in mother/baby & L&D to see if it is for you. Many potential RNs in women's health realize it isn't really want...

  6. Asking a higher rate

    smallnurse10 replied to guest769224's topic in Travel

    In the last two months I have seen 3 jobs that paid $2800 per week after taxes for travel assignments in California and Washington state for 36 hours per week. If I wanted to work 48 hours per week...

  7. Financial benefits of travel nursing: real or imagined?

    smallnurse10 replied to DetC's topic in Travel

    Maybe it's your specialty? It's just a thought. I'm a L&D nurse but I'm making double what I did as perm staff and my current job is so much easier. I'm working in a low cost area of ca and...

  8. grad school and travel nursing

    smallnurse10 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Travel

    This year I got a scholarship that covers half of my tuition which has been really wonderful. I take out loans for a 1/4 and then pay the other 1/4 out of

  9. grad school and travel nursing

    smallnurse10 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Travel

    I'm doing this right now. I am an FNP student and just started working as a travel nurse in January. I'm only 3 hours from my home and return to do clinicals on my days off. I am negotiating with...

  10. 7 months and I can't do this anymore.

    smallnurse10 replied to nursetobe2013's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just want to post a follow up to my previous post. As a high risk L&D nurse, I understand your fears and frustrations because I too felt that way when I was new to the specialty. I cried after...

  11. What specialty/job would this be?

    smallnurse10 replied to catelynjo16's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Maybe try childbirth education. I know several L&D nurses that transitioned from childbirth education and still do it on the side because they love the teaching aspect. Also, taking a lactation...

  12. 7 months and I can't do this anymore.

    smallnurse10 replied to nursetobe2013's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sorry it's been tough, but I think it is fairly common to feel this way when you are new and working in a high risk facility. I also started in a high risk facility and felt this way for a good...

  13. What's your speciality?

    smallnurse10 replied to adpiRN's topic in Travel

    Thanks Ned. To me it is commuting distance, but it's not feasible for me to travel home after each shift. The assignment is 3.5 hours from my home and I will be staying there in my RV unless I have...

  14. What's your speciality?

    smallnurse10 replied to adpiRN's topic in Travel

    I have four years of experience and work as a L&D nurse. I just started my first travel assignment and submitted my information to three hospitals and had three job offers. I was actually quite...

  15. Staying prn at "home" hospital

    smallnurse10 replied to Lovelymo79's topic in Travel

    I just started my first travel job 3.5 hours away from my home and still work per diem at my home facility. I never have trouble getting hours so I don't think it will be an issue. We will see how...

  16. New to the Travel Game

    smallnurse10 posted a topic in Travel

    Hi Everyone I have been a nurse for 3.5 years and have worked labor and delivery for the past two. I work on the west coast (not California but close to it) and want to try traveling. I really LOVE...

  17. New to the Travel Game

    smallnurse10 replied to smallnurse10's topic in Travel

    Thanks for the responses. I will look into Trinity Health Care and Travel Nurse Across America. I just want to make a little more $500-$1000 a month to cover my expenses that will increase like...

  18. Arizona Nursing Student- fish out of water

    smallnurse10 replied to momof3jboys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I love L&D and felt that way before school, during school and after. I had to work on a telemetry floor for over a year before the L&D dept at my hospital would hire and train me. When I...

  19. Midwifery

    smallnurse10 replied to momof3jboys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The midwives I work with always scrub in at night or if they are busy then a family medicine resident will be called. It is probably hospital specific vs. state

  20. Grad School while Travel Nursing

    smallnurse10 replied to Traveldee's topic in Travel

    I am going to FNP school part time and will graduate in 2016. I haven't started clinicals yet but will begin Spring 2015. I am an L&D nurse and looking to start traveling around the same time....

  21. Do you scrub and/or circulate c-sections?

    smallnurse10 replied to cosmicmama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We circulate for sections and other surgical procedures but rarely if ever scrub. We have surgical techs that only work on our floor. We also do pre-op and

  22. Renown Hospital New Grad Question

    smallnurse10 replied to bbyjaden's topic in Nevada Nursing

    SNF pays more on average than the hospitals in Reno. To me a job is a job. Nursing is going to pay you less no matter where you go, so if that is what you want the experience has to come for...

  23. Question about Renown

    smallnurse10 replied to HappyGirl2011's topic in Nevada Nursing

    They don't hire new grads into the ER, but they do hire new grads which is a plus in this

  24. For those with a BA in another field, but have an ADN...

    smallnurse10 replied to Black Jade's topic in General Nursing

    I also have an ADN and a previous BS. I'm taking my last two pre-reqs this semester for the RN-BSN program at my local college. They don't offer the RN-MSN option. It will take me two semesters for...

  25. Renown Hospital New Grad Question

    smallnurse10 replied to bbyjaden's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Are you relocating just to find a job? If so then you may have trouble at Renown. I was able to get an interview because I had lived in the area previously and all of the recruiters and managers...