madore57

They were not monitoring any of the staff who cared for this patient. When we went through SARS in Canada, we were never monitored either - except for the temperature checks every person including all staff had to go through before entering any hospital in Toronto. We self monitored. You do that when you watch your friends die.

Does that mean that Canada and Mexico should close our borders with YOU now that the U.S.A. not only has ebola but has shown it cannot control its' spread?

I don't trust any news outlet but I do trust the CDC. I cannot imagine anyone telling her this. I simply do not believe it.

That's going to be expensive when you have 100 and more ebola patients.

re: Workmans compensation fight It's going to be a tough fight when there is a picture of Nurse in a paper gown ready to accept an Ebola patient. No way would I care for one of these patients in that gown. I hope people took more pictures.

Yes, that seems to be common these days. Most places only require you to write vitals on the that transfusion form at the beginning and at the end of the transfusion. They don't want you standing there taking vitals q5 for 15 minutes anymore. Having seen a patient die during a blood transfusion from the blood transfusion - and it was horrible - I still tend to keep a close eye on any patient receiving blood.

WOW - are they doing this in Texas?

Well you've learned not to burn bridges but at least you learned it young (basing that on when you graduated). Is there any reason you have to stay in the community you now live and work? Agency/Travel Nursing is good because it gives you a taste of what's out there. You can experience what a facility is like before you have to commit to it. And they can see that you are a good employee and not judge you on the past.

If you have no experience, you will be able to get a job in the GTA. It's toughest on senior staff because the salary is much higher than they have to pay new RN's.

It's even worse for experienced Nurses because we are too expensive.

I used to live and work in Texas 1994-2003. I came home to Canada when my Mom got sick and kind of got stuck here. I worked ICU/ER/Cath Lab in Dallas, Houston and the border cities. So tell me, has much changed in the past 10 years? Thanks, Eilleen

Nurses here (Ontario, Canada) are grandfathered in. Where is that not the case in the U.S.?

I've worked in both Unionized hospitals and non-unionized hospitals and I prefer the Union. The only bad thing about the Union is when you're low on the totem pole because seniority means something when you have a Union. Hospitals in Texas don't want Unions. If they had them, they couldn't just fire you for stupid reasons like they can now. They'd have to pay you more and provide better benefits. That's bad for business and let's face it - that's all hospitals are to administrators and the $$ people - a business. A Union protects you. You are the person on the front line and the Union stands with you. I would think seriously about the recruiter who was rude to you. There's something wrong in that facility. Go with Baylor if you're stuck on moving to Dallas. Eilleen.

If you're travelling with animals ... beware. Anchorage is not an animal friendly town. I took a job in the ER @ Providence and moved there in June. I couldn't even find a hotel (except one really filthy, dank place) that would allow dogs. Couldn't find a decent place to live in either. My boss suggested that I sleep in a tent on the outskirts of town until I found a place! OK - well - I'm a city girl - a tent in the woods just wasn't going to do it for me! Also - beware of the bloody mosquitoes! They really are big! On the plus side - summer in Alaska is like being on Prozac for 3 months! I loved it! And the people outside of Anchorage are incredibly nice. I loved the people there and the scenery and the animals...lots of great hiking! Eilleen.

One of the things that happens is that the Docs usually change shift at about 6pm and at that point they're moving all their patients. The new Docs coming in want the rooms cleared so they can see patients (most still get paid per patient seen). We do a lot of waiting for Docs to sign off their charts so we can move patients upstairs before change of shift. I always loved the Nurses like "LPNtoRN Student" who called me for report! And I loved it more when the Doc was actually ready to release the patient! Eilleen.