mrdoc2005

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  1. Tax time

    mrdoc2005 posted a topic in Travel

    Hello everyone!!! Hope you all had a great Christmas. I need some help with tax deductions. I am new to traveling, just started traveling in Nov., and I am not sure what I can count for deductions....

  2. Highest hourly rates seen $$$$$

    mrdoc2005 replied to surething1's topic in Travel

    depends on where you go and what kind of demands you have. I have been a nurse for 3 years and I tell my recruiter not to even tell me anything below $35 + housing and insurance and most of those had...

  3. Nightingale nursing??

    mrdoc2005 posted a topic in Travel

    does anyone use these people or know anything good or bad about them. they got my contact number somehow and keep calling me. Kinda annoying but at the sametime I understand the recruiter is just...

  4. Travel LVNs?

    mrdoc2005 replied to 2bNurseZato's topic in Travel

    I have just started traveling myself so I may be wrong here but I don't think LVN travel or atleast not to most places. Again I will be the first to say I can be wrong on that. I know most states...

  5. Virginia Mason

    mrdoc2005 replied to spottybug's topic in Washington Nursing

    always float travelers, watch out if you have a dayshift contract, they are known for giving you a day contract then putting you on nights about a month into it just to bring in more travelers to work...

  6. Need advice STAT!!!!!!!!

    mrdoc2005 replied to icunurse42066's topic in Travel

    check the handbook very carefully. most of them state you must float if asked. Now with the hours I am not sure but again make sure you know what the handbook/rulebook states. Keep in mind...

  7. Tax question?

    mrdoc2005 replied to SDALPN's topic in Travel

    depending on states but most of the time you have to pay both states. Your resident state is much less than the other. I working a mill job in GA. when I was in school and lived just inside AL. That...

  8. Waiting List

    mrdoc2005 posted a topic in Alabama Nursing

    I was wondering did any of you have to be put on a waiting list for nursing school. I was in on the first try. I will say that I had a good GPA and the cut off for my class was 3.2. I heard we had...

  9. Doctors, Nurse, NP's, PA's... who is the happiest group overall?

    mrdoc2005 replied to Izzygal's topic in General Nursing

    Izzygal-- I finished my BSN and started working in May. So far I like it. I think a lot has to do with where you work and who is around you. For example the hospital trained me on days then moved...

  10. Should BSNs be paid more?

    mrdoc2005 replied to edcampbe's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I don't understand..... Why are you against a peer making more money than they currently are. That is what you are saying by saying NO. If nurses do not start pulling together that we are...

  11. Should BSNs be paid more?

    mrdoc2005 replied to edcampbe's topic in General Nursing

    I second

  12. Should BSNs be paid more?

    mrdoc2005 replied to edcampbe's topic in General Nursing

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will find that all nursing programs are required to have x number of clinical hours in their programs. This number is...

  13. Should BSNs be paid more?

    mrdoc2005 replied to edcampbe's topic in General Nursing

    BSN should make more than ADN. I know I am going to get yelled at for that statement, but more school should equal more pay. I am not saying that a BSN makes you a better nurse. That all depends on...

  14. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

    mrdoc2005 replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My school changed insurance comapanies between semesters my last year. We went from doing almost anything to not even able...

  15. EKG book

    mrdoc2005 posted a topic in Cardiac

    Hey guys, I just finished school and took a job at Vanderbilt on a stepdown unit. I did not learn much about ekg in school. I am looking for a good book to teach me about how to read them. Any...

  16. EKG book

    mrdoc2005 replied to mrdoc2005's topic in Cardiac

    Thanks for the

  17. Lenght of a stethoscope

    mrdoc2005 replied to mye614's topic in Cardiac

    When I was shopping I went to littmans website. They have a study published on there that says the length of there tubing will not effect the sound quality of there scopes. However, they did say...

  18. Nursing in Tennessee???

    mrdoc2005 replied to Nads 75's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    You can go to LPN school. It is around a 1yr. Then there is ADN RN which is around 2 yrs. Or, the BSN route which is around 4-5 yrs depending on the school you go to. I am don't know anything...

  19. Public Misconceptions

    mrdoc2005 replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    A little off subject but I just had to say: When doing my preceptorship in March I had a nurse inform me "It is YOUR JOB to get the pts family and doctors coffee when they come in". I mean the women...

  20. difference between Nurse Anesthetist and anesthesiologist

    mrdoc2005 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    My two cents: There is nothing wrong with saying I worked very hard, went to school (while my friends played and bragged about their new 30K car while I had a piece of crap) and now I am being...

  21. Injections- still pull back?

    mrdoc2005 replied to angelbyte's topic in General Nursing

    most of the new immunizations state that but that is all I have

  22. Health insurance for retired nurses?

    mrdoc2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

    WHen you retire from a hospital do you get to keep your insurance like most professions do? I am just a student (until the end of this month) an I was doing my preceptorship last night when the...

  23. Health insurance for retired nurses?

    mrdoc2005 replied to mrdoc2005's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for your replies......although not what i wanted to hear. I am just really shocked by this because most of the companies around here do (mills,

  24. Need Job Advice..

    mrdoc2005 replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in LTC and hospitals as a tech/cna and I personally thought it was easier working in the hospital. Mainly because you will normally have a lower ratio and when you do ADLs you normally...

  25. Being an RN with an Associates Degree or a Bachelors Degree.....

    mrdoc2005 replied to caseyrb's topic in General Nursing