sr1228

It is never to late to start to travel. I started about a year ago and I am over 50. So many of the travelers that I have met are older than 40. This is a wonderful way to meet new people, continue on with nursing without having to put up with the political garbage that is happening in healh care, see the country and your family can tag along if you want. Give it a whirl. Sue

I am an ER travel nurse with 35 years experience in nursing. I started traveling in July of last year and find that in general physicians do not respect nurses. They ignore the education we are required to have, including ACLS, TNCC, PALS, CEN etc etc. We are expected to run codes properly until the physician arrives, expected to assess patients who have had severe trauma and know enough to start IV's, provide immobilization,keep the patient stable,give O2,have medications available to give immediately upon order or to give as per protocol. And we need to know the doses, how many times has a Dr. asked you to figure out the dose because he/she didn't know? God knows we have to know those protocols and be able to evaluate heart rhythms etc etc. When an attending comes in after the crisis is over does he speak to the nurse who was there when it all started??? No. Most doctors respect the paramedics more than they do us. Doctors don't read our assessments in the ER, and often omit reading the medications and allergies that we have noted on the chart. How many times do we have to ask them to rewrite prescriptions because they won't read the chart. So those of you who think this is happens only in your hospital, as I did, forgetit- it is in a lot of places.