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I loved working as a traveler at Harborview (part of the U of W) system. They're very traveler-friendly. I don't know much about Swedish.

I really liked living the Green Lake area. I also have a friend who did a clinical (for a profession other than nursing) in Seattle and found temp housing close to the U of W campus. She liked that area as well. The Wallingford and Fremont neighborho...

Out of curiosity, what are your patient ratios? Are you working days or nights? I'm not traveling currently, but I dream of taking a travel job in NYC.

I took two travel contracts in Seattle and loved the city and surrounding area; however, both contracts were during summer months!

I'm sorry you had a tough experience. I hope your next one is much better. For your next contract, get the shift/hours specified in the contract, so they can't flip it on you.

What was bad about your experience?

I thought I was going to be able to use my recent ACLS recertification for CEUs, but the ACLS instructor said they don't give CEUs for that class. Anyone have a good website where I could take a class worth 4 or 8 hours? Doing all the little classes ...

I know it's really basic, but I always make sure to identify myself at the beginning of the phone call. "Hi, this is Jane. I'm the nurse for Mr. Smith, your patient in room 2022. I'm calling because..."

Whoa, how moving! What a cool thing for that woman to do.

Wishing you a quick recovery.

Good thread; I really like these mantra ideas.

I, too, can totally relate, Ativan. I just recently left floor nursing after being a floor RN for about 4.5 years. Even when I was nervous about doing a good job (which was often!), I really enjoyed my first few years on the floor. After I started to...

Powerful and great examples. Thank you for writing this!

Good luck! I hope it goes the way you want it to.

I don't have any words of wisdom for you, but I wanted to let you know I feel for you. I've been an adult tele/PCU nurse for just over 4 years now, but I shadowed in the pediatric OR today. It was a completely different world from the floor. Thinking...

Seasoned: I Googled, found, and read the bill. Very interesting. From my phone, I couldn't search and figure out when it will be voted on. Do you know? Thanks!

CrunchRN, I think we were writing at the same time, and we both said competence and advocacy. Guess those are pretty important!

I totally agree that competence, experience, and patient advocacy matter more than anything else when it comes to nursing care. However, I think it would be a mistake to assume that nurses who win patient satisfaction awards are only providing "good ...

I think if I had known how in demand labor & delivery RNs are in the travel world, I would have tried to get an L&D job immediately after nursing school. Of course, I'm also interested in this speciality.

I used a large pet carrier (about the size you'd use for a small dog). It was large enough to fit in a small makeshift litter box; I used a small plastic container from Target, about the size of a shoebox. That was helpful, especially to take into th...

I traveled with my indoor cat this past year. We drove from the Midwest to Seattle, from Seattle to LA, and back across the country once more. She was an excellent traveler! I didn't know what to expect, but after about an hour of meowing on the firs...

Man, this sure is something I continue to stuggle with.

Thanks for the clarification, Ned.

I lived and worked in Seattle for 9 months total. If you think you might want to live there, a travel assignment might be a way to check out the area with your housing paid for. Harborview Medical Center was a wonderful place to work as a traveler, a...

You are so right! I had a S/P CVA patient with aphasia express his thanks at the end of a long shift a few months ago; I teared up.