Background: I just turned 35. Have been an RN for 3 years and finishing my BSN this year. Goal is CRNA. The Army recruiter I spoke with said an RN with BSN can go active duty as an officer up to age...
yourmomisanurse replied to emilynorth's topic in General Nursing
yep, that's about right. makes me sick. one of my patients said to me the other day "nursing seems like such a great career. my daughter works as a nurse and makes such great money". I said "the...
yourmomisanurse replied to angelstringz's topic in General Nursing
There is no nursing union in Utah, but there should be. Then these hospitals would be forced to pay nurses what they are actually worth which would be about double what it is
yourmomisanurse replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in General Nursing
I've been working for IHC for 3 years now and still make less money than I did before I was a nurse with no education. Maybe I was just lucky before. The medical insurance is some of the worst...
yourmomisanurse replied to yourmomisanurse's topic in Travel
Thanks for the heads-up. Never done a travel assignment before and that is one concern I have - ending up in a crap area at a crap hospital because I didn't know
I spoke with a "highly rated" travel company today and got some info about a "sample" travel assignment they have in Riverside, CA. I'm looking for opinions of whether or not this sounds like a good...
yourmomisanurse replied to yourmomisanurse's topic in Travel
Thanks for the replies. Any particular travel companies you would recommend since the one I had decided on turned out to be not as helpful as I thought they'd
yourmomisanurse replied to yourmomisanurse's topic in Travel
Nice. Thanks for the clarification. I thought I had narrowed my search down and found the company I wanted to go with for my first assignment (Fastaff), but the recruiter I talked to made it sound...
yourmomisanurse replied to yourmomisanurse's topic in Travel
Thanks for the reply. Are you saying you take assignments in at trauma centers or that it isn't difficult for you to find assignments in non-trauma? I don't think I should take a trauma assignment...
I work in an ER, but it is non-trauma. I want to try out a travel assignment, but I'm afraid my options for ER will be quite limited if I don't have trauma experience. anybody here taken an ER...