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lol, I agree with what you said, then I elaborated on the industry.

I agree. The larger agencies are lowering the bill rate b/c they're able to get relatively young, new nurses to jump on the opportunity to travel and get experience. At the same time, the housing for travel nurses is non existent unless you stay in a hotel or corporate housing which is very expensive. The cost of living is killing the industry along with low bill rates to attract more contracts. The only offers out there with fair wage for skills are in undesirable places or high cost of living areas. SC is contracted by some of larger agencies as low as $1000/week.

I've researched some of the above mentioned, hence my quest for a good company that someone may have actually had experience with. Any reason for your preference for large company?

does anyone know of good travel nurse companies for Home Health case management?

Hello all, I have a question about a nursing note I placed in my charting and was reprimanded for it and was told that I didn't have the scope of practice to make this note b/c it is considered a Doctor's diagnoses. Can anyone tell me if the following note is a nursing dx or not? Here goes: "Resident is at risk for developing tolerance to medication as evidenced by agitated behavior for longer periods of time after medication was administered" I am thinking I was supposed to say, "knowledge deficit re: medication" but the patient is cognitively impaired and does not communicate so pt. has no knowledge per se. thanks in advance for any input you can give me on this.

They held up my license for 3 months. ****** tells me she will mail my fingerprinting form and when I call to follow up, she tells me to wait yet another 7 to 10 bus. days and finally, after the 3rd "7 - 10" bus. day wait, she'll tell you she never mailed it out and may even apologize for it. After I finally got them to mail my fingerprinting form, I called there to give my new address, of course, they mailed it to the wrong address anyway. So I call to find out where my license was mailed to and get 4 different answers from ****, ****,****,*****." There is no *****, that's the name they use when they don't want you to know who they are. When ever you try to get them to give you accurate information, they say, "we're just a call center." As soon as they realize you've got their number, they put you on hold forever, tell you they have no supervisor or hang up the phone on you. Ask for *****, he's the manager, he'll resolve your issues asap. When they tell you there is no such person as ***** or that he's gone for the day, keep calling back until you get one of them who is honest and will connect you to him.

well, THAT's a far cry from her first post, referring to them as "FAT PIGS" and Thankful that her hospital is not hiring FAT nurses. :)

Patients are people, they just want to know you care. I don't think they put weight as a priority over a caring and competent nurse. It's that simple.

What about the many physicians (men) who wear panty hose and garder belts under their scrubs? Should they be fired? lol

immense is spelled with 2 m's, not 8. :)

GM Tea, I think that's a given, just stated what my exp. was. My point is, minimal memorizing and major question bank practicing. ok? ok.

Thank you! Just do those questions, that is the key, believe me. Don't over-study the content. Can't wait to hear your success stories!!

Hi miniangel, so sorry it took me so long to get back to you, have been crazy busy. Are you looking for info on sequential order questions? There is a book with great reviews on amazon re: alternative questions for nclex. However, I must tell you, after taking the exam, there were only two drag and drop questions that I had and they were super easy. If I were to offer good advice, it would be to just practice those nclex questions from the books you already have and try to do no less than 3000 to 6000. YOU WILL REMEMBER. It's weird, when you take the nclex, after practicing so many questions, your recall is much stronger than you think it is. Here is the info on that book: Lippincott's NCLEX-RN Alternate-Format Questions 5e (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)): Diana L. Rupert RN MSN PhD: 9781451185454: Amazon.com: Books This newly expanded 5th edition of Lippincott's Alternate-Format Questions has everything you need to be fully prepared to answer every type of question you will encounter on the NCLEX. More than 350 questions include multiple reponse questions, drag-and-drop questions, hotspot questions, audio questions, chart questions, graphic option questions, and fill-in-the blank questions. Also includes a comprehensive test with an additional 150 questions. Best of luck to you, you will pass !!

Hello Swanson and Chica, I passed!!!!!!!! And got hired in a hospital, med surg and got hired teaching nclex courses, go figure, there really is a light at the end of the tunnel. Starting at $30/hr. :)) I found that Mosby was the most helpful and it's best not to spend too much time getting tripped up on the details of sequential order, etc. Practicing the questions is the best way to go about preparing for NCLEX in my opinion. There were only two pharm questions, mostly priority and fluid and electrolytes. It's good to know the major complications associated with the main diseases. Best of luck to all future NCLEX takers, you can do it. mzelle

Thank you RLtinker for looking up those sources and thank you all for your input. I am sure now that I'm going with "yes OJ and no milk" On a similar note, was studying Saunder's or Kaplan, can't remember which. They say to make sure the patient voids before giving pre-op meds. So I'm doing the Mosby review questions tonight, and they say to make sure patient signs consent form first so they are alert before giving the meds and that is acceptable to let them void AFTER giving them the pre-op meds. What the heck! Does anyone know the correct answer to this one?? Thank you, mzelle