plaidnurse

Thank you for posting that info. I'm Canadian. Can you do travel nursing if you don't have a car? How did you manage it going from Aust to U.S.? I'm Cdn & there's nothing here. New grade intitiative means no jobs for other nurses. I'll try contacting Soliant, but if you have info on how you did travel I'd love to know.

Thanks. I'm checking out the site. Here in Canada there is a new grad initiative. They get a full-time job with benefits completely paid for by the government for the first six months. It encourages hospitals to hire new grads.So of course they get hired so the hospital saves money. Senior nurses aren't retiring because of the economy. Experienced nurses caught in between have NOTHING! I have NEVER had a full-time job here & it gives an unfair advantage. I have never had any kind of benefits, and never had a vacation. I see new grads get all the jobs. Living off my savings. How can I not be angry-no house, no car, no job. I need a new career.

Wow. I've tried several areas of the site & had hoped to hear from some other nurses. Haven't heard anything from anyone. Guess I shouldn't be surprised. I have had the joy of receiving from the reported scam of Global Healthcare USA. Saw the complaints at the Better Business Bureau of their investigation.

If you could move & work in any hospital/ER in the U.S. where would you go? Are you happy where you are? I'm looking to going back to the U.S. to work. There are no jobs here in Canada. Union rules allow unqualified internal candidates to get a job in a specialty even if they have no certificates or experience, whatsoever. So, I end up on the outside with nothing. I'd like to get more education and not be in the middle of nowhere. Anyone out there with recommendations on the best places to go?

When a patient is de-satting your own adrenaline is rushing. You aren't in a relaxed state of mind for thinking through responses. Anyone who works hands on patient care or with basic knowledge of biology knows this. It's your own sympathetic response. You naturally feel sympathy for another human being who is in crisis. When you write the NCLEX, you are asked to choose the MOST CORRECT answer. There can be more than one that is right, but one is more so, in that moment. The tank was a POTENTIAL safety risk. The patient's condition was an ACTUAL safety risk. First things first. Of course there are better ways to store the tank and you know that now. You can analyze "until the cows come home" but truth is, your co-worker gave you a message that said "I am the most important person in this room". You say that many people in this work environment are aware of his attitude and behaviour. I think this workplace may have greater issues.