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Georgetown Hospital in DC has forced flu shots. I am a travel nurse and have went through signing my contract and submitting my paperwork just to find out that if I don't have a flu shot I can't go to the facility. Normally I would say- ok, no big de...

Listen SuperNurse, I found that in my very early career I felt guilty for all sorts of things that went wrong, things I missed, or how other nurses made me feel. However, I finally realized that in our field (which is a 24/7 occupation) that there is...

I know this is an old post... however I had to go get my tdap for pre-employment as a travel nurse. I have never been to a doctor's office where I have been given an IM injection by lab tech. So, yesterday was a first for me. I was very surprised. I ...

I researched the flumist and you cannot take it with an allergy to eggs or the flu vaccine. It is egg based.

I've been traveling since 2005 and I have worked for many companies. They do act like that's all they can do- they lie. Refuse it- tell them (next time) the pay is to low. Sorry going to work with another company. Within 48 hours the company will cal...

I had a similar situation happen to me a few years ago. I wrote a letter to my manager and the medical director and CC'd him in on it. It was not a nice letter- I let him have it in the letter. Before the end of the day he called me at home to apolog...