Bluebolt

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    Titrating

    Bluebolt replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in MICU, SICU

    You make a perfect example of how these hand written protocols are a guideline for a CCRN to be aware of but not expect it to be your substitute for critical thinking. I'm a travel nurse and some of...
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    Hawaii Contract

    Bluebolt replied to Jjpount862's topic in Travel

    I almost took a Hawaii contract a few weeks back. My contract also mentioned floating to different floors very often, working rotation between night shift and day shift and fluctuating between 8 hour...
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    Low acuity patients when traveling

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Travel

    So I'm an ICU nurse who has experience in various ICU settings like Neuro, Cardiac, CV, Medical, Surgical. I've been traveling for about a year now and enjoy it overall and plan to continue to travel...
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    Floating at Alta Bates

    Bluebolt replied to catholicrn's topic in Travel

    I think a facility should present a rough average percentage to potential travelers on how much they float their staff out of the dept they interview to work in. Some facilities aren't bad and maybe...
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    Low acuity patients when traveling

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    Exactly Ned! This red headed step child treatment that travelers get really needs to end. Do the staff members realize we are coming in to help and keep them from being overloaded with
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    Low acuity patients when traveling

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    Don't even get me started with my problems with hospitals forcing ICU nurses to float out to the floor against their will. You can even tell the facility you have no experience outside of the ICU and...
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    Where did you make the best money?

    Bluebolt replied to kateyes7's topic in Travel

    Knoxville, Tennessee. Low cost of living and the hospital really wanted help, so they paid better than Cali
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    Titrating

    Bluebolt replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in MICU, SICU

    There is a learning curve and this gray area with titration you're sensing is where experience and critical thinking skills come in. You'll soon notice how different people respond to different drugs...
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    Employer paying off Student Loans?

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm very aware of the market being saturated in some metropolitan areas. I really don't have a preference to where I live as a CRNA and am planning to relocate to whichever area pays the best and has...
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    Don't understand take home pay

    Bluebolt replied to cincin1222's topic in Travel

    I love Crazynut's opinions. It makes these travel forums so
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    What is my best course of action: ICU or ED tech?

    Bluebolt replied to frequentFLyER's topic in Critical Care

    Yes, it's very hard to get a job in the ICU as a new grad. One of the very solid ways to get in is to be a tech in the unit while in nursing school, work hard and impress everyone, then get hired when...
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    What do you do with your home?

    Bluebolt replied to dreamer30's topic in Travel

    I used to have my Dad drop by and check on my house, mow the grass, etc because he lived 30 mins away. Currently I have my brother staying in my tax home while I'm away, he basically is the caretaker....
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    Low acuity patients when traveling

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    I agree that the first 3 to 4 weeks of your assignment should definitely be lower acuity patients. You need time to adjust to the flow of the hospital, where your resources are, codes to doors, supply...
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    Is it still financially worth it to become CRNA?

    Bluebolt replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I agree with Thatbigguy. I'm 27 and applying to a CRNA-DNP program now. I'm travel nursing now and plan to have $60,000 in a savings account when the program begins. Once completed I'll quickly pay...
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    Low acuity patients when traveling

    Bluebolt replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    My counter argument to the two similar perspectives you both offered would be that by keeping your travelers with constantly low acuity transferring patients you are reducing the effectiveness and use...
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    Travel Nursing as a New Grad

    Bluebolt replied to 2014Student's topic in Travel

    So Original Poster, I think you've probably gotten the point everyone is making here. I was planning ahead for when I would do travel nursing even back at the end of nursing school too. Although I...
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    Travel Assignment @ Cleveland Clinic?

    Bluebolt replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    My current nurse manager in the CVICU just got here from the Cleveland Clinic. She was the manager of the CVICU there. She said they never took travelers. She said she might have heard of the MICU...
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    Seattle travel contract

    Bluebolt replied to frangelicag's topic in Travel

    It's good to hear that transportation is pretty well developed there, I really didn't want to drive my car that far. The pay package was roughly $3000 a week for 48 hours a week of work. It's a rapid...
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    Seattle travel contract

    Bluebolt replied to frangelicag's topic in Travel

    I'm considering a contract in Seattle for the Summer. The pay seems abnormally high, so my immediate suspicion is that the cost of living is extremely high there. Anybody find reasonable housing like...
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    Day/Night Rotation?

    Bluebolt posted a topic in Travel

    I'm seeing this trend of travel contracts insisting you rotate between days and nights in your short 13 week assignment. I'm curious if anyone has done this and what their experience has been. Would...
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    A few good ICUs?

    Bluebolt replied to AshleyICURN's topic in Travel

    Danbury CT has a great ICU, 20 beds, newly renovated with all the bells and whistles. They do CABG, IABP's etc, lvl 2 trauma center. You will float to their SDU though, which isn't horrible. Dalton,...
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    Traveling vehicle

    Bluebolt replied to Comfort14's topic in Travel

    I personally enjoy riding in comfort and style. Last year I bought a 2012 Mercedes Benz C-250, black with leather interiors, seat warmers, navigation, dvd player, etc. I recommend getting one off...
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    California Travel Nurse Pay

    Bluebolt replied to NurseKayla's topic in Travel

    I'm shocked to hear of such low pay for California, who is supposed to have the best pay in the business. After housing, taxes, etc I was taking home $1500 a week in Connecticut working 36-42 hours a...
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    North Carolina vs Tennessee

    Bluebolt replied to tallynurse's topic in Travel

    My buddy and his wife live in Asheville while he's in CRNA school out there. They love it. It's very nature friendly, hipster, organic, vegan, artistic, compost toilets, unique restaurants, etc. His...
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    North Carolina vs Tennessee

    Bluebolt replied to tallynurse's topic in Travel

    I prefer TN, but I was born there so I may be bias. Nashville usually has a few good assignments with decent pay for the southeast and it's a cool city. North Carolina I've heard mixed things about...