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Signed a contract 3 weeeks ago with them and so far I am very far from impressed. Worked the week of June the 4th and won't see a paycheck till Friday the 22nd! I would advise anyone to be very cautious in their dealings with Nightingale, esp. concer...

Is working as a Dialysis nurse in a clinic better or easier than working in a hospital as a bedside nurse? It's such a hard field to break into. Does DaVita or Fresenius train nurses from other specialties? Thanks for any input!

California is always busy. Pays well, staffing ratios are fair!

I wouldn't recommend nursing to ANYONE!! The author of this post made some very real and valid points! It is cheaper to hire newbies out of school because they are paid less! A businessman told me over 10 years ago that nurses are SKILLED WORKERS,...

Happy for you, at least you got the computerized version of the test and some booklets etc. The place where I took it, still uses the pen and paper method, no handouts prior to testing. I don't know if I want to stay working with such a mean and ba...

I was offered a job recently at a hospital where I had completed numerous travel contracts. I was tested by my agency using the Prophecy testing. As a new hire by the hospital directly, I was given the PBDS test. They did not like my results and w...

Why are nurses so stressed? I don't see the point sometimes.

I have been trying to get into Dialysis nursing, my experience has been NICU, Nursery. Has anyone heard about Dialysis4career.com? They have an online course. Has anyone taken this class, and were you able to find a job in Dialysis? Thanks for any i...

There lots of nurses at Highway Hypodermics who have listed Nightingale as their WORST travel experience. I work ICU and know they are charging the facility specialty rates but yet all Nightingale thinks I deserve is a rundown Extended Stay America t...

They pay the nurses the 3rd week after you start!! For housing, they like to use Extended Stay America. As far as 2 hours or more from your assigned facility!! They will never give you the corporate code to get a break on any housing. And they los...

Despite their advertisement of being a travel nurse company, the housing department really is "YOUR'S TRULY"!! You are instructed that you will be getting a housing allowance in addition to your pay. Not the case. The pay and this supposed "housing ...

I refuse to ruin my health any further to meet greedy corporate demands and the ungrateful general public. Just go to the bathroom and be done with it!! The suit and tie behind the ridiculous staffing gets to use the bathroom, then why shouldn't th...

I was always very suspicious of Vickie's ad's and her enormously high prices!! The only person making money in the equation is VICKIE!! Lawyers are looking for work themselves and getting laid off in this economy. They don't have the means or work to...

Yes, it's what I expected in some ways and a lot of what really shows the darker, and ungrateful side of human nature. Bedside care has ruined my health in many ways, I don't like the skipped meals and holding my bladder for infinite amounts of time...

Nurses have very stressful and demanding jobs while dealing with our own life issues.

I wonder what she would think about the MD's who don't like Sanigel?

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with MS in Nov. of 2010. At the time I was working FT in California and had to g home back east. My FMLA ran out and I have been looking for work since Dec. 2011. I even was trying since Aug of 2011 for a PT position. ...

Try to find a telephone job because the gen public are on a radar to be on the alert whenever a nurse gets a moment for a break or bathroom visit.

I know that many nurses smoke and drink. Many the "glamorous" stress of bedside nursing makes them take up and continue such habits. I used wo work with a team of very experienced and talented NICU nurses, all with drinking meet ups after work. So...

Document EVERYTHING!!! Next, talk to a LAWYER!! The lowlife patient and worse yet your management are creating a HOSTILE work environment and maintaining it! Which is against the law!! People are crazy, expecting nurses to take care of them, wipe ...

Remember, are you looking at patient info on a need to know basis? Sorry to hear about your stress with this issue. Hope all works out for you.

I always ask at the local Medi Spas and they say PA's and Med Assistants are doing the injectibles. I wonder who does the laser treatments. Was very interested at one time but don't want to spend thousands on classes and not be able to do the proce...

They can require whatever they want. The only Bachelor's I want is a Bach of Science or Bach of Arts! I want a degree not associated with cleaning people's behinds or bedpans!! When you tell people you are a nurse you can see their dissappointment (I...

What about a nurse friendly NICU? The longer the parents camp out, the more infections the babies get.

The Nurse NEEDS much more professional distance from the patients. People have gotten way too familiar and disrespectful of nurses. I think a major contributing factor to this is the freedom ie. basically open visitation at all hours that is given....