I am looking into starting my first travel assignment. I have asked some friends about things to watch out for and feel that I have everything I need in my contract. My only concern is that I am being offered $X a week broken down as... $X an hour Me...
All ER Nurses can get trauma patients. The difference is if you work at a trauma center you will see much more of it and usually keep the patient there instead of shipping them out.
Eldrad replied to concientiousdee's topic in Informatics
I was looking a little more around the internet and it looks like nusing informatics is a nursing degree (which I assumes means its more valuable) and healthcare informatics is not a nursing degree. You can go into it with any bachelors. Someone plea...
Eldrad replied to concientiousdee's topic in Informatics
I can't be too much help as I am looking for the same information as you are. My best advice is to read through all the old posts here and if you are currently employed talk to your HR department/nurse recruiter about job opportunities/salary for bo...
Have you tried applying to the hospitals close to where you are from? I had to leave the small community ED after 6 months of er experience (3 was orientation) and was offered jobs at all 3 ers I applied to closer to home.
The great thing about being a nurse is you have all these different options to choose from. If you decide to change positions and dont like it you can always change again. I would recommend ED or ICU because once you have done that you will have th...
Eldrad replied to healing touch's topic in Emergency
I've heard of it happening and have worked with people who have done it and are amazing er nurses. Ive worked at 3 different hospitals and they would not hire new grads to the ed. Depending on where you live and what hospitals are around you may hav...
Theres good and bad things about it. You can schedule further in advance since you know when youre working 4-5-6 months from now. It all depends who you work with. If there good people theyll switch with you and you can make anything work. It sti...
There should be a write in box to explain. Depending on what type of floor you work on effects a lot of questions. When i worked on a tele floor i absolutely did all those almost 100%. In an ER you take a lot more verbal orders. You know what the...
Eldrad replied to studentchar's topic in New Nurse
I worked in dialysis for a year after school and when I applied to hospitals they counted me as a "new grad" as I had no hospital experience. It was a great learning experience for me but hospitals only care about hospital experience.
Eldrad replied to newsupernurse's topic in New Nurse
We all forget stuff from time to time. The best thing you can do for you and your patients is to learn from your mistakes. We had two patients with the same name and I gave them the wrong medications. It was nothing dangerous and worked out becaus...
I started working in dialysis right out of school. I love the work a lot, but there is little room for promotions. What I did not realize is that hospitals do not count dialysis experience. I applied to jobs in hospitals and they say "oh you dont ...
Never worked on a med surg floor, but dialysis is a lot less hectic from what I hear. I am a new grad and I work with all nurses over 50. They told me I should work on a med surg floor cause dialysis is for old nurses. The technicians will put pat...
Eldrad replied to constructiongal's topic in New Nurse
When you apply for jobs they ask you for your start date. It is never too early to start sending in applications, it can take weeks to months from the interview process to starting on the floor. If you feel that you really need the time completely ...