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Compact Licensure is pending in PA. It passed the Senate last week 50-0. We need nurses to write their state representatives in support so the House will vote on it. Are you with me? You can write your state representative by using this form. Only ta...

Ned, Most nurses in PA do not belong to a union and haven't gained many benefits, if any at all, despite advocacy by the unions. The strike staffing argument has been made for years but I don't see the benefit in PA, so I think that argument is self-...

I'm happy to say I've registered for the Vegas Traveler's Conference. Very much looking forward to it! I also thought about renting a car and driving to Barstow California for my live scan while in Vegas. Anyone ever done that? Would be great if the...

NedRN, Thanks for the update and your efforts. BTW, googled your name and found the IC forum. Thank you. Some great information. Classicaldreams

Michlynn, I'm preparing to travel this fall and have bookmarked the following for future reference. Have you checked any of these links? Hotel Engine - HotelEngine.com Find Corporate housing for Traveling Nurses and other medical professionals throu...

NedRN, Thank you again for the information. Will google you as suggested! I know it is possible, so planning while learning the travel nursing ropes will hopefully help me land in a better financial place. Yes, going 1099 seems to give me the heada...

NedRN, That sounds very interesting! Thought about contacting some of those livescan mobile facilities, but instead decided to just fly to Sacramento and do it all in person. I want to start traveling asap. I'm busy doing my homework and plan to hav...

Hi NedRN, Yes, I've read about CA verification, so that is why I'm applying now to AZ, MA, and WA, to avoid that whole waiting on CA mess. NJ has three different checklists to complete for license endorsement, all three being different. I had to con...

Hello, Sorry for the late reply. I was locked out of my account for a week. Just a quick update. Looks like Needles, CA, is the closest livescan station from Vegas. Here are my notes; Needles Sheriff Colorado River Station Needles CA 92336 909-326-9...

Ned, Thanks for the info. I plan to take everything with me so I can overnight it in Vegas after the LiveScan is completed. Will be sure to send receipt. Looks like the Bartow Sheriff's Dept. does LiveScan. Will confirm here after I call them tomorr...

Hi vanurse1022, Thank you for the list! How do you know if the job is day or night shift? How has your housing been? No, I don't work for the VA. Just knew someone who did and he had quite the story to tell. I'm in a Philly hospital right now. You k...

VAnurse1022, Yes, please e-mail me a list. Thank you! Are you driving to all these destinations? Do you rent a car if you fly? Have a soft spot for our vets, but was hesitant because of the horror stories I've heard about the Philly VA, and of course...

Hello NedRN, I just wanted to thank you for the enormous amount of information you have provided here over the years. Thank you! I'm a fairly seasoned RN (10 years) in a city ICU and I am officially read to embark on my travel journeys! Was researchi...

Hi VAnurse1022, I am ready to start travelling after 10 years in the ICU. Have thought about travelling through the VA for years, so will complete the application today. How long have you been with them and where have you gone? What is housing like? ...

I have to agree with the OP. What drivel and you have to pay for it too! This whole BSN is bs. I have a BA and did that type of stuff many years ago. Sure, it was helpful and interesting 30 years ago. It is insulting, at this age, to pay to produce ...

Hey all you neuro nurses. I have a question that is haunting me. I worked with a TBI patient in a trauma ICU a few weeks ago. Patient was s/p cranie, readmitted from rehab after change in mental status. Discovered his VP shunt was infected. VP shunt ...

You could of restrained him while on the bipap. We do this for a few hours until family comes in to help. COPDers need several hours on a bipap to reverse a bad ABG. Did anyone do a Chest X-ray to assess for CHF/pleural effusions? Sometimes these pat...

TonyaM73, Sounds like you had a team approach, and everyone was on board, so job well done. The process can be time consuming, so kudos to you, as I'm sure it was stressful. But you did the right thing, everyone was on board. Sounds like you did a th...

Leslie, I agree, 55 mg in an hour is not unreasonable for a hospice patient or perhaps those who are opiate naive, but on what this poster wrote, this sounds like malpractice. Was this nurse repeatedly bolusing him over the course of an hour?" So i...

55 mg MSO4 in an hour? I've had families ask me to do this kind of thing and I refused. I don't let the patient suffer, but this is malpractice and unethical. Can you imagine if the media and SBON hears about this? What was this nurse thinking? Clas...

Dear TonyaM73, Just coming from a RRT perspective, do you know the results of the blood gas and his/her history well? Was it the patient's attending that signed the DNR and how thorough were they in their assessment of the situation? I always ask que...

Hey crna1982 just wanted to thank you for the info. It did help. The patient was a TBI, so trusting his movements was part of my concern. Classicaldreams

Thanks for the reply. Yes, it was ordered to loop at 15. But seems to me a dangerous practice to leave it unclamped, considering the patient was not sedated, and it's only purpose was for therapy. Thoughts????

You are welcome. After a few years, it is interesting to look back over your development as a new nurse. You'll learn to tune out those negative comments that aren't valid and learn from those comments that have merit. I once worked with a brillant...

Kudos for you! You are not alone. Some of us feel this way too. I still cry, some times out of fear and some times out of empathy. Classicaldreams