OldnurseRN

I really need to get to bed so I can work my shift tonight (and hopefully, Just my 10 to 6 shift without being mandated to come in at 6) but, I couldn't quit reading these! After 30 years I'm ready for someone to make ME happy! I will see that wh...

I'm a night shift worker of 30 years. Biggest drawback (no matter where one works) is the conception that we don't work. Next, EVERYTHING is night shifts'fault and then there are the mandatory meetings that are always scheduled to accommodate the...

Actually we received a woman in a similar way. Her daughter brought her to our SNF/LTC from a locked geriatric psych ward! She was told she was going to "an appointment". She doesn't belong with us but, we have her. The worst part of this story is ...

I stand by what I originally posted. No, you are not too old to become a nurse but, what I said is you will have a difficult time getting hired. I have many many years in and after losing a position due to surgery I had to go traveling to make a liv...

There is nothing wrong with going after your dream. But, (and there is always one) older nurses are not a marketable commodity. Employers would rather hire new and young, to save money, than to hire a seasoned nurse. I am not just being a naysay...

Try working in mine! We have 70 residents (plus I am responsible for the 37 Assisted Living tenants attached to our building, if they push their life line pendant). We have 2 nurses and 2 aids. ONLY the nurses are required to have CPR and some nights...

In our facility falls are inevitable. At night we have 2 nurses and 2 CNAs and 70 residents. Tell me, how do we cover 5 hallways all the time and make sure our people aren't falling? Alarms are being phazed out .... we have 3 only. If my aid and I ar...

I got 6 days orientation ..... having never worked in a SNF/LTC/NH setting. Not nearly enough, even though I had been a travel nurse the past 3+ years, used to short orientations. I start 4PM med pass at 3PM and I am lucky if I am done at 6PM. I get...

I spent the winter in Houston at Texas Children's. Do you know where you will be housed? I was housed within "the med center" so took the train to and from work. Parking is expensive in the med center and sometimes requires parking in a remote lot an...

I was provided a furnished apartment within the "medical center" and took the train to work. Parking is expensive. My hourly rate was $31.00 an hour.

I am not a post-partum nurse or a L & D nurse or a MB nurse but am currently on an assignment that wanted to add med-surg to this well-known hospital. They haven't had med-surg patients as anticipated so I have been doing post-partum on mothers ...

I've never been there but good luck with your new experiences!

Absolutely not!

I see this is an old thread but am going to respond anyway. I have been with Aureus for 2 years. I get reimbursed TO and FROM each assignment, even if I go home in between for a week or two before taking a new assignment. I have one recruiter for eac...

I was an RT years before I became an RN. Times were different then. Treatments were IPPB, we "woke" the PACU patients up, we did many things that are no longer done. I know RTs do a lot of exciting stuff but from my observations MOST of their work is...

The facility I am at is having a census problem right now. We are a specialty unit. Regular staff gets cancelled, put on call, or floated. I am a traveler with a "no float, no cancellation" contract and feel some animosity toward me from a few. Most ...

I think you are asking about the end of the tubing when the antibiotic is finished. You need to carry a cap with you to plug that end. Do not plug it into an unused port on the main tubing.

I laugh at your comment about being accused of being a recruiter, lol. I've also been accused of the same thing. Seems that is a standard reply from some people who have a disagreeing opinion on your gency.

"Agencies" don't hire you. You sign with them and if they have a position for you that meets your needs and the client's needs you will interview. You are always an at-will employee. One job they have may require previous experience with a specified ...

Don't worry about the computer system. I have used several different ones in the course of travels. You will get the hang of it.

shushu have you anything positive to post on anything? I did one assignment with trustaff .... THEY are horrible. I am satisfied with Aureus and as long as I get the assignments I want I will continue. Being strictly med-surg with no tele limits me, ...

I am not a recruiter. That would mean every thread I've posted to was was a lie and THAT I do resent!

I have never had any of the problems you describe with Aureus. I have worked with 4 different recruiters on 5 different assignments and I'm sorry you had a bad experience. I have found them to be honest, competitive, and in my corner each and every t...

It just depends on availability. My agency starts offering me positions before my current assignment is done. If I want to I could go right on to somewhere else but I don't want to. I have a home I return to for a week minimum, more if I can afford i...

I work for Aureus and have NO problem with them! My pay is comparable to other agencies. My pay is always on time. Housing is safe and first class, usually corporate housing and taken care of by Aureus through Aurhomes. Mileage is paid to and from a...