ERMeg

ERMeg

ER, Float (MS, SD, CCU, OB)

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  1. Working with Alaska Natives

    ERMeg posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    Hi All, I just took an ER job in Sitka, Alaska working at Mt Edgecumbe SEARHC Hospital. It is a facility for Alaska Natives (Eskimo and other tribes). Any tips/cultural advice for working with this...

  2. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    ERMeg replied to Chico David's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LOL! So glad you all can feel my paper hat pain!!! I forgot to write the best part though.... That freakin construction paper beanie was our GIFT for nurses week AND hospital week that year!!! Cheap...

  3. What is the dumbest most degrading, most unprofessional thing...

    ERMeg replied to Chico David's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Never had the pleasure of scripting thank goodness, but: One year for nurse's week one of the administrators made a bunch of white construction paper nurse's caps which the staff was MANDATED to wear...

  4. it is OK to make a good salary!

    ERMeg replied to rnnursesandy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I left South Central MI because I couldn't make any money and started travel nursing. I was making $28/hr in the ER. Avg wage across the states I've traveled has been more like $32. Have rates gone up...

  5. About to a Start PCNP program and Overwhelmed

    ERMeg replied to Jaybird310's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi Jay, It sounds like you and I are in a pretty similar situation. I am also a 24 yr old ER nurse starting grad school for NP this month. More importantly I am also feeling pretty dang overwhelmed. I...

  6. Working with Alaska Natives

    ERMeg replied to ERMeg's topic in Agency Nurses

    Unbelievable! What are the odds of you reading my post here? Awesome! Thanks so much for your reply- I'm sure we'll talk a lot more in person. See you

  7. Wasilla Nurses

    ERMeg replied to 123student's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, I hate to give bad news but $25 is a pretty low wage to live on in AK. Of course that would depend on what other benefits are being provided. I'm in Sitka, AK, but have family in Anchorage....