ShimmaShimma0304

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  1. hours and pay I can expect with agency

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to LaughingDog72's topic in Agency Nurses

    Hi. My husband and I are thinking of moving to Tulsa in about 2 years. I just started working agency in April and I really like it. I work for MSN and I've had no problems whatsoever. What...

  2. A Letter from my Congressman!!!! (about H-1B program)

    ShimmaShimma0304 posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    A letter from Jim McCrery 4th district, Louisiana May 25, 2004 Dear Ms. S.: Thank you for contacting me regarding illegal immigration. I appreciate your taking the time to share your views with me. On...

  3. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Did I say that I thought all nurses should be paid the same? I don't recall that. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the first sentence of your post. ??? Okay... re: the Chinese gov't: Okay... Here's an...

  4. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Good LORD!!! You are STILL missing the freakin' POINT!!!! (I am NOT talking to you anymore... it's like beating my head to a bloody pulp against a brick

  5. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Torachan, I'd LOVE to work with you, an Aussie (or anywhere else, for that matter), because I love people and people from other countries fascinate me. I hope you understand what I was talking about...

  6. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Okay... I want ONE job. I don't CARE where the people are from, Torachan. That is SO not the POINT. My point is the drive behind the hospitals doing this. If it continues... WILL we have jobs to...

  7. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    This is an INFORMATION GATHERING site to post. You can be so snotty with your replies. Because you keep saying over and over that you've have 25 years' experience. Well, la dee da. Some of us only...

  8. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    There are FOUR... count 'em... FOUR hospitals here in my area that HEAVILY rely on agency nurses... that is who I have to rely on to work (right now... today... and for a couple more years while I...

  9. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    I think you missed the point of my email. I was asking for opinions/experiences as I am a NEW agency nurse. I realize you can't rely on just ONE agency to allow hours. I realize things will...

  10. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.hireamericancitizens.org/nusing000.html (that's the article about so-called nursing

  11. AGENCY nursing???

    ShimmaShimma0304 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone else work "strictly" agency??? I live in Shreveport, LA and the monopoly of agency work is done by ONE hospital system here that has 4 hospitals in the surrounding area. HOWEVER, there are...

  12. AGENCY nursing???

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Randy, LOL... Yes, I hear ya! I'm wanting to move sometime within the next 2 or 3 years to someplace NICER. I absolutely DO NOT like it hear at ALL. I'm not from here and I do not want to stay...

  13. Migraines...what helps you?

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    I used to get migraines but discovered I can't drink diet drinks that contain Aspartame. (it's a common side effect) however, I've heard that Feverfew (which you can purchase at a healthfood store)...

  14. Opinion re: getting a new patient at the end of your shift

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes, I agree. And I *did* do what was absolutely necessary to be done before I left. I just wasn't going to stay for an additional hour (or whatever amount of time it took) to complete the admission...

  15. Opinion re: getting a new patient at the end of your shift

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I spoke with the nurse manager on that unit a couple of days ago about the tension and aggravation I received from the 11-7 nurse and she said that I was absolutely in the "right" about leaving the...

  16. Opinion re: getting a new patient at the end of your shift

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    THANK YOU! I wanted to put some BOOTS ON when that lady tried to tell me that I needed to do the admission assessment paperwork! (because I was being fed a bunch of BULL!) I got a patient at 3pm...

  17. Opinion re: getting a new patient at the end of your shift

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It's CLASSIC for E.R., ICU, OTHER floors to send patients at shift change... so THEY don't get anymore patients put on them on the shift they are already on. Classic, classic, classic... I've worked...

  18. Nurse Patient Ratio

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to TMEEKEE's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    7-3, 3-11, and 11-7 shifts... as well as the 12 hour day and night shifts... the ratio is 1:6 where I've experienced nursing on med-surg units... that's anywhere from CA to WA state to

  19. Nurse Patient Ratio

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to TMEEKEE's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Most places I've worked in my 8 years as a nurse involved on medical-surgical units... the ratio is usually