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I would like to know a little more about this topic as well. Bc I want to try travel nursing but I have 2 pugs (25lbs) and a German Shepard (70lbs). How hard will it be to get a house. I would even be willing to pay a portion of the rent if I could get a fence or something

I have 4 years of med-surg, psych, and geriatrics experience. I also have my case managers certification.

I have been looking into travel nursing and have signed up with a few travel agencies but I am still a little confused on how it all works. 1) how do you get an assignment?2) how do you get your pay? How is it figured? Experience, or what?3) I have a house and pets...I know they allow pets but what about 3 dogs? How do you get a house that is pet friendly, like a fence or something? Do they offer that?4) realistically, how is the pay? I live in MS currently and nurses make NOTHING here! For mine and my husband's salary, we only pull about $55,000 per yr. If he were to quit and go with me, could we easily keep or stay close to our current salary?Thanks everyone!

I have gotten a very nice offer from my local Gentiva HH. I currently work as an RN at a local hospital but I am not happy at all. The problem I have is all of the company reviews I have found are horrid. They range from unimaginable paperwork, to no home life bc of the paper work or being on call, to just being plain mean to the nursing staff. I want to leave my current job d/t the new job having better hours (day shift) and closer to home. But if the reviews are true then why would I leave my current job only to be hounded with sooo much work, on calls, and micromanaging that I am again unhappy?Do I need to address these acquations with the manager before accepting the job? Or do I need to turn it down all together? Or go into it and find out on my own?Does anyone on here have any experience with Gentiva HH? Any advice would be great because I am sick with worry that I am leaving a stable job I know for one I don't! One evil for another, u know!

Thank you all for your comments. I have a few comments for things that were said. 1) I live in Mississippi, where start pay for an RN is around $17 per hr, so $25 is very good. 2) There are no RN jobs available where I live...none! All of the hospitals are on hiring freezes and only open positions when absolutely in dire need of a nurse. That is how I got the current position. And there are only 4 hospitals in a 100+ mile radius of me, so there aren't many options to choose from. 3) Average DON pay around here is $22-$28 per hr. Thank you all for the comments, maybe that will clear up a few of your questions!:redbeathe

hey everyone! rn from booneville, ms, but i work in corinth, ms. specialty: psych and geriatrics

hello fellow nurses, i really need your help and advice about taking a job that may affect my livelihood. i am an rn that is sooo confused! please help, if you can! back story: i have been working at a psychiatric group home for over a year as the nursing supervisor. the job wasn't great, the pay was lousy, and the hours sucked. but it was 5 minutes from home, i loved my patients, and my boss was a good friend of mine. i worked very hard at my job, was on call 24/7, but it still wasn't enough for the owner. they wanted me to work more for less and i became of tired of promises of raises and it getting better next month and next month. i got their state licenses for them, filled the facility with patients, and ran the nursing dept. but no thanks or raise or anything. so i found another job. now, i am working at a hospital, psychiatric unit for 6 mths now, that is about 40 minutes from my home and the pay was double what i was making at the group home. but i have even worse working hours, i work 8-10 days straight with only 2 days off. but the hospital has great benefits, good insurance, decent pay, and good co-workers you can depend on. but the drive is long and the hours suck bad. so, today, my old boss at the group home, calls and asks me what it would take to get me back. she has already offered me $25 per hr (more than i make now), m-f, become the don, insurance, and paid vacation. i told her everything would have to be in writing and it would have to start the day i do. but i fear that if i take this job back, even with the benefits, i will still be in the same boat i was in when i left. on call, stupid requests from the bosses, called in at all hours, lousy co-workers, and the owner still wanting more and more of me because they are "giving" me more. i loved my patients and my boss, but the facility owner was too demanding and always wanting more than any one person can possibly give. but it was close to home, and they are willing to meet my demands. as with my current job at the hospital, i am the new person, and i get the crappy jobs and crappy hours with no say in how they work my schedule and i have been having to do 8-10 days straight with no time off and driving 40 minutes one way, 10 hour shifts per day. sorry, it was so long, but i really need some advice and i am having trouble seeing past my options. do i go where i am at home and have authority but the owner treats me like crap? or do i stay at a hospital where i am nobody with no say in my career, just do what we say and let the tenured nurses set my schedule and when i can have time off or not. the tenured nurses set their schedule then i get what days are left. and yes, i have talked to my supervisor...she allows the nurses to set the schedules. thank you all, and any advice would be great!! frances, rn

SORRY FOR THE MISSPELL IN THE TITLE LINE...I WAS RUSHING! :hdvwl:

hello fellow nurses, i really need your help and advice about taking a job that may affect my livelihood. i am an rn that is sooo confused! please help, if you can! back story: i have been working at a psychiatric group home for over a year as the nursing supervisor. the job wasn't great, the pay was lousy, and the hours sucked. but it was 5 minutes from home, i loved my patients, and my boss was a good friend of mine. i worked very hard at my job, was on call 24/7, but it still wasn't enough for the owner. they wanted me to work more for less and i became of tired of promises of raises and it getting better next month and next month. i got their state licenses for them, filled the facility with patients, and ran the nursing dept. but no thanks or raise or anything. so i found another job. now, i am working at a hospital, psychiatric unit for 6 mths now, that is about 40 minutes from my home and the pay was double what i was making at the group home. but i have even worse working hours, i work 8-10 days straight with only 2 days off. but the hospital has great benefits, good insurance, decent pay, and good co-workers you can depend on. but the drive is long and the hours suck bad. so, today, my old boss at the group home, calls and asks me what it would take to get me back. she has already offered me $25 per hr (more than i make now), m-f, become the don, insurance, and paid vacation. i told her everything would have to be in writing and it would have to start the day i do. but i fear that if i take this job back, even with the benefits, i will still be in the same boat i was in when i left. on call, stupid requests from the bosses, called in at all hours, lousy co-workers, and the owner still wanting more and more of me because they are "giving" me more. i loved my patients and my boss, but the facility owner was too demanding and always wanting more than any one person can possibly give. but it was close to home, and they are willing to meet my demands. as with my current job at the hospital, i am the new person, and i get the crappy jobs and crappy hours with no say in how they work my schedule and i have been having to do 8-10 days straight with no time off and driving 40 minutes one way, 10 hour shifts per day. sorry, it was so long, but i really need some advice and i am having trouble seeing past my options. do i go where i am at home and have authority but the owner treats me like crap? or do i stay at a hospital where i am nobody with no say in my career, just do what we say and let the tenured nurses set my schedule and when i can have time off or not. the tenured nurses set their schedule then i get what days are left. and yes, i have talked to my supervisor...she allows the nurses to set the schedules. thank you all, and any advice would be great!! frances, rn

I took the NCLEX RN yesterday and I am A NERVOUS WRECK!!!! It stopped at 75 questions. When the computer cut off, I wanted to throw the monitor!!:angthts: All I could think was "NOOOOO!!! I failed!! Why not just one more question to let me prove myself!! I know I can do it if you just give me one more!!!" So, I came home, and began to research about the scores. I have heard a lot of things about getting only 75 Q's....either you did really good....or really bad! But now, I want to know something else: ?? Does the topics and content of your test have any bearing? I know that they go from easier to harder and mine did, but I DIDN'T get a wide of variety of Q's. They consisted of: 15-20 SATA's 5-8 med SE Q's 3-4 Psych 10-15 Infection Control 5-8 Delegation/Priority 15-20 URI Q's They seemed SO hard...right from the start!! The 2nd Q. was a SATA, then about Q. 20, there were 2 back to back, then about every 3-4 Q. was a SATA. The content contained mainly Infection Control and URI (like RSV, Bronchliolitis, TB, Pneumonia). Even the SATA's were about Infection and URI. There were NO math probs., no peds questions, maybe 1 patho of a disease. I hated the content they gave me and I DID NOT feel confident AT ALL!!!! I feel like I guessed on about 55-60 of the questions. I even had 2 of the same questions...2 SATA's that were EXACTLY the same question! That can't be a good sign! :stone I am SO SCARED!! I haven't eaten in almost 2 days, all I want to do is cry and sleep, then wake up and cry myself back to sleep! And MS doesn't offer Quick Results, I have to wait 7-10 days for my letter! PLZ, any advice, encouragement, anything might help! I don't care if I failed, b/c I can take it again...but I don't want to have to tell my parents that I failed. They paid for my school and NCLEX out of pocket, and I SO don't want to let them down!! :urgycld: :plsebeg: