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1. Question for all the experienced travelers

   whooha replied to flamalenurse's topic in Travel

   First off I wasn't in Bakersfield I was down south and 1000.00/ month was way more than adequate to get nice housing in the area. Secondly I WAS being paid bi-weekly which I'll admit isn't ideal but I took the contract for the location not necessari...

2. Question for all the experienced travelers

   whooha replied to flamalenurse's topic in Travel

   I think you are getting screwed on the housing deal. I've only taken the housing money once and it was 1000. Which was more than enough for the area and it was split between the two pay periods each month and taxed along with my other wages. I wou...

3. Connecticut/New England

   whooha replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

   Yeah, I prefer cities too. I'm gonna make the best though. Raleigh is great. My college roomate lives there now.

4. Connecticut/New England

   whooha replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

   Im at Dartmouth now. Its okay. I was told it was a rural area but I wasn't prepared for this rural. If you like large cities and all theyhave to offer Dartmouth isnt gonna be for you. It is beautiful, clean and there seems to be lots of outdoor ...

5. Next Assigment, which should I choose??

   whooha replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

   I worked at Yale in the ICU. I liked it. I was never placed in an unsafe position and I actually felt that patients were well cared for on the unit I worked. I'd be a bit hesitant to take the 6:1 contract . That sounds like Med Tele rather than P...

6. 1st traveling offer! I think it SUCKS! your thoughts?

   whooha replied to WendyBensonRN's topic in Travel

   That offer is a joke. I would love to know what company had the nerve to quote that rate. I wont go for at less than mid twenties, free medical and dental, free housing, 250-300 biweekly for meals. I also want reimbersment for things like travel ...

7. New Haven, CT

   whooha replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

   I agree with everything said about orientation. I was housed in Hamden at Town Walk at Hamden Hills I really enjoyed the area. There was plenty see and do. Easy access to NYC by the Metro North and only a few hrs drive to Boston.

8. New Haven, CT

   whooha replied to LadyTiger44's topic in Travel

   I was in the MICU at Yale for 4 mo. I only left to avoid the winter. I personally had a good experience. Ratios were 2:1 in the ICU and 3:1 in stepdown. I have heard from other travelers that the MS floors are pretty bad. Poorly staffed and f...

9. CCTC and RN network recruiters

   whooha replied to Nicole29's topic in Travel

   Jean Beauchamp is with cctc and she is wonderful. Ive been working with her over a year.

10. Travel nurse workload vs. staff nurse

    whooha replied to vikichck's topic in Travel

    Hopefully it's just an LA thing. The same is true of Cedars. I've worked other places and was treated well, but Cedars would always give travelers the harder/more stressful assignments and send travelers to the worst units while in house floats would...

11. ICU nurses- floating to floor

    whooha replied to wanderlust99's topic in Travel

    I'm at a hospital in LA and was under the impression when I signed that floating to tele was possible, but that it would be rare. This hospital can't staff it's tele units so it purposely overstaffs it's ICU float pool to cover. Or that's the rumor. ...

12. Labs and vasopressors..new icu nurse needs advice

    whooha replied to icu26RN's topic in MICU

    If you can't stop your fluids and you can't find a vein our RT's are great about grabbing a few cc's extra during a gas. You can get blood that way. I think in some states it's legal for RN's to art stick. I actually have the RT pull blood for m...

13. The Dreaded Death Bath and a Moral/Ethical Dilemma?

    whooha replied to Be_Moore's topic in MICU

    She wasn't necessarily wrong, I hope she just used good judgement. I mean when an oscillator patient starts dropping sats simply when you're screwing with their ted hose to check pulses then she needs to have sense enough to say hey let me stop and...

14. Low Platelet Count

    whooha replied to RNScott's topic in MICU

    This is just one more cause of Thrombocytopenia, but it was an issue with a patient I had a couple of weeks ago. He was a Sickle Cell patient that was intuited on CRRT, septic and in DIC. After he'd stabilized a bit he was still chewing through pla...