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Haha love the name. I work tele/MS. Glad I didn't go to Eisenhower then. Desert Regionals not my first choice but it's not that bad there and the staff is really nice.

I'm here on my first travel assignment in Palm Springs, CA at Desert Regional. It was an okay assignment, but I'm starting to look for the next one now. Does anyone have any suggestions for good hospitals for travelers in California? Any hospitals to stay away from?

Are you still looking for housing? I'll be heading to Palm Springs Desert Regional Medical Center for an assignment starting mid-November. I just started looking for housing, but seem to be coming across the same issues.

No, I believe that stipend is for housing, etc.

I'm a med-surg/tele RN with almost 2 years neuro experience and trying to get into travel nursing. I've been working with a company in California because I'd like to take my first assignment there. My recruiter showed me a pay package example of something that was posted today. Is this the average compensation you get for traveling? $15/hour just seems really low to me, especially for California. I've never traveled before and don't have a ton of experience, so not really sure I would be able to negotiate. Thoughts? Thanks! Estimated Weekly Compensation: $540.00 Taxable Wages ($15.00/hr * 36 hours) + $896.26 Weekly Stipends $1,436.26 Weekly Gross Compensation -15% Hypothetical Tax Rate (adjustable based on your W4) $1,355.26 Weekly Estimated Net Compensation after Taxes Additional Compensation Factors: Travel Reimbursement: up to $500.00 Weekly Medical Benefits: $50.00 towards Anthem Medical Benefits

I have been a nurse for 6 months now and I moved to a different city for a new job hoping for something new and exciting. My floor is at times crazy and overwhelming and I haven't made any friends in this new city. Its making me depressed going to work everyday and not having a social life. I want to move back to my hometown but it's been hard trying to apply for jobs since I work midnights and am exhausted all the time. I just want to quit, move back to my hometown and focus on job hunting. My fear is, of course, not being able to find a job soon after. Does it sound like a bad idea to just quit with no other job lined up?

I'm a new grad RN and on the last couple weeks of orientation. One of my pt's had low urine output so I got an order for a fluid bolus. The doc wanted to give a 250mL bolus instead of the usual 500mL due to questionable CHF. I've always had questions about how fast to give a fluid bolus. When I was a nursing student, I would ask my preceptors and never got a straight answer. They would say "it depends on the pt," so I've seen one nurse give a bolus at 100mL/hr and another nurse give it at 250mL/hr for a middle-aged pt with good veins. I've never seen anything faster than that. My pt had questionable CHF, +2 pitting edema, and the last bp reading was 145/85, so I decided to run it at 100mL/hr until I could ask my preceptor what rate she recommended. The night got busy and I never had a chance to ask so once bedside report came, my preceptor called me out and pretty much called me an idiot in front of the pt, the oncoming nurse, and nursing student for running the bolus so slow. I felt so dumb and embarrassed. Can anyone clarify how fast to run the bolus? Thanks.

Congrats on the interview! I did a few interviews last week so can give you a little bit of advice based on my experience. At the end of your interview, you'll be given the opportunity to ask questions and you'll definitely want to have a few questions prepared. If you can beforehand, try to find out more about the company so you can tell them exactly why you want to work for them. For example, know their mission statement or values or anything special the organization is doing and use that in your interview answers. They'll be impressed if you know about the company because they ALWAYS ask the question "Why do you want to work for this company." To answer your second question, definitely normal interview clothing. You want to look as professional as possible, so that means suit, white button up shirt, and tie. I've never had anyone comment on my clothes but it makes a good first impression if you're dressed nicely. Always be the most prepared that you can be. Go with a copy of your resume, they always can use that. I've only had one place ask for a copy of my license and CPR card. So pretty much bring copies of anything relevant that you can: resume, license, CPR card, references, reference letters. It's always better to be more prepared than less prepared. Hope this helps and GOOD LUCK!!!!

Looks like the votes are unanimous! Haha. I accepted the job this morning! I really couldn't take the chance of passing this opportunity up. Funny story though, another hospital called for an interview right in the middle of me accepting the offer. Hope that wasn't a sign! lol This is my first time using allnurses, wish I would've started sooner. Thank you everyone for all your replies and support!!! You guys rock! :)

Hi everyone, I'm a new grad RN from Michigan. I've been applying for about 1 month now to 30 different jobs. Just got offered a FT position on the neuro floor and they want the decision quick! Not really sure if I want to take the job or not because my heart isn't 100% into neuro. I wouldn't hate it, but I wouldn't love it either. On the other hand, I'm afraid to pass up this opportunity in case I don't find anything else soon. I don't have any nursing experience and the market out there for new grads isn't very good right now. If I do take the job, I would probably stay for the contractual term, which is 2 years, then try to find something else. I'm completely on the fence about this one. Opinions? Thank you!