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Ah, I am sorry to read this post... as a CNO, I round all of my units (I have 3 sites) at least every 3 days, the ones where I have my office daily, the other two buildings I try to hit at least 2 times a week. I feel like it is essential that I see and know all of the staff I am responsible for and I have oversight for: nursing, pharmacy, lab, pharmacy, rehab services, dietary and housekeeping. And we are 250 beds total.

Hello All- I recently accepted a position as the Nurse Executive for a psych hospital and I am struggling to recruit nursing leaders (I need 2-3 nursing supervisors and a manager). I am curious what strategies have been used to recruit in the past. Thanks!

Hi... I'll type more when I am not in my phone... I have 11 years total in healthcare: 7 as a nurse. Of those 7 5 of them I worked LTC as a second job. And was offered 120,000

Sorry! Thought I posted that... this is for Massachusetts, around 40 mins from Boston.

I was an RN for 1 year before I became the house supervisor for a hospital... I have since been in leadership roles for 6 years. I would expect you would make around 26-28/hr?

Good morning! Looking for some insight. I am interviewing for the DON or DNS position for a 197 bed facility and unsure of the salary expectation. I have 7 years experience and have 5 years experience in leadership: mostly in acute care. Any insight? Thanks- Chris

Good Evening, everyone! I am a one time traveler here, I actually left my home in Iowa to come to the east coast where I was in a contract for 6 months, and then accepted a manager position here. Worked full time in hospital admission since (approx 20 months), in January of this year I accepted a job transfer and an Asst Manager position in the ER, the issue is that I am always working as staff on the night shift. Couple that with some financial trouble I have found myself in, (student loans), I am considering returning to travel nursing. As a travel nurse I seemed to make a great deal more and was able to put money away and get caught up on bills. When I started travel nursing I was in a similar situation. Just posting for some input. I enjoyed travel nursing, it wasn't a bad time. And I feel like maybe I should see more of the country and while doing so finish that MSN online live I've been planning to do. Input...

Yes! I expect them to be covered at all times regardless of their location and/or meaning. I also expect all piercings except for ears to be removed.

Let me know how you do. We were recently told we needed our NE-BC within two years.

I am the Nursing Supervisor for a 133 bed hospital and I make closer to $40.00/hr.

Hi Everyone-- I need some advice, and I didn't know where to place this so if I am in the wrong forum, please move it moderators. ;-) I recently accepted a travel contract, but since then have been offered two other jobs, 1 was teaching part time at a community college... 2 days a week, 10 hour days at $36.00/hr. The other one is to be the Program Coordinator for the Vocational Health programs (CNA, CMA, RT, etc...). I'm not sure of the pay but I was also told that if I need the money I could teach as an adjunct in the nursing program for 1,000 a credit hour and I would typically take on 3-6 credit hours per term. Isn't it just typical that you accept a job and then tons for show up.... I am currently working on my MSN and when finished would like to move into either education or administration. My concern with travel nursing is that it is not going to help my career or help me advance at all. With either of these other two positions I would at least be teaching, gaining some real experience. But with the program coordinator position I would not be teaching nursing core, I would teaching the assistant stuff so is that really going to help me advance in the field? Travel nursing has all of he appeals... decent pay and travel! I really would like to see the country. My concern is with advancing and what I would do when I am done, from what I have seen and heard it can be difficult to find a position after traveling, especially since you really can't interview until you are in the area you want a job. I am also kinda broke, I have read about the need to have savings, I was just planning on falling back on my credit card if necessary and then come home and work for the staffing agency, they will always give me a job if I want it or need it. I am also concerned about traveling alone, perhaps this is just fear trying to talk me out of traveling? So advice... what do you think I should do. I know it is ultimately my decision, but i am just curious what others would do. Is it true that travel nursing is not going to help me advance in my field? What type of ramifications will it have on my future?

Yea, I am an RN, have been a nurse for four years with a variety of experiences including charging. And this assignment the nurse manager did tell me on the phone that I may charge at times. I did tell the recruiter I was in no hurry to leave my current job for $3 more an hour. I work at an awesome hospital, seriously, the best hospital in the area (our turn over rate for nurses is less than 3%)... I am hoping she will get back to me soon. Idaho isn't even my ideal area, if it was say, the D.C. area then I might consider taking a low offer just to get there for the summer. I really just wanted to travel to see other parts of the country and to get a little more money to put toward my loans (ugh!). I was recently offered a job teaching part time for a college in the area too, so to turn that down I need a good contract. I explained that all to my recruiter, so we will see what happens.

Housing, 1 furnished bedroom is provided in addition. It just seems very low, especially considering I make 24 an hour at my hospital. Seems like a waste to drive 22 hours to make only 3 dollars more an hour. My recruiter is saying that because I am a first time traveler I am getting paid less and once I get my first contract under my belt I will get paid more. Ugh, such a pain.

Hey everyone- I was just offered a contract in Idaho for a med-surg, peds/float position. It is a day shift and the manager said that I would only have 4 patients if I were working with tele and 5 if I wasn't. Sounds pretty good I think, but they are only offering me 16 an hour but my "blended rate" would be 27.43, that seems REALLY low to me? Any input?

What agencies are you guys working with? I am also with CCTC and they don't have ANYTHING in the D.C. area and that is where I really want to be.

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Hi. I really want to travel to NYC later this year. Does anyone else have any other details or suggestions about traveling in NYC? I have experiences in psych (my favorite), med/surg and rehab.

Hi- I am also interested in what American Traveler has available. I am especially interested in the Orlando area. I am currently talking to two other companies but I am open to all possibilities.

Just seeing if anyone here is either currently enrolled in an MSN program at Allen College in Waterloo, IA? I am set to start my MSN in January and would like to connect with some people.

This happens a lot at my hospital. We are a small, critical access hospital so it is either feast or famine. We maintain a 4:1 or 5:1 ratio, we have even been 3:1 so that no one had to take call. Generally speaking, someone always wants call so that helps. Other than that we all take turns. We are also not allowed any overtime at our hospital, it makes sense, they need to trim where they can and overtime is expensive. I've gotten a second PRN job at a close by hospital and I usually pick up 1-2 days there and usually even out to 4 shifts a week.

Don't forget the morphine.

"patient is being a butt."

Transplant... I work in a small hospital and our med-surg floor has ortho patients on it and really, the only challenge is controlling their pain and helping them up and down especially once they are their second day post op. Transplant sounds like fun, maybe is is because I dealt with ortho patients for around 3 years as a nurse.

I never heard about this trick when I took my boards. I wish I had, it was a stressful 3 days. In Iowa, you can pay and get your results in 2-3 days depending on what day you take the test. And the Iowa Board of Nursing updates their phone verification twice a week? I think? So you don't have to wait more than a few days but as everyone knows, it was a long three days. I wish I had known about this trick.

I loved being a Psych and substance abuse nurse... Not that that helps you much, but I would imagine getting hired at a hospital would allow you to transfer to other jobs within the system if you dislike psych whereas with correctional nursing you would have find a new place to work.