LatinaRN

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1. Opinions on RN network and American Traveler

   LatinaRN replied to LatinaRN's topic in Travel

   thank you for the input guys. fortunately, i am not looking to work ot. i want a travel company that i can trust while i am on assignment and i want to enjoy the places that i go to. ot would be...

2. Opinions on RN network and American Traveler

   LatinaRN posted a topic in Travel

   hello everyone!! i have narrowed down all my travel nursing company research to these two companies. has anyone had any travel assignments with any of these companies? if you have, please write...

3. Checking in: Loving my travel job!

   LatinaRN replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in Travel

   hi! i am looking forward to starting a new traveling career too. nc is waaaaaay to conservative to for (i am from nj) and so living in nc has been a big change. any advice for a first time traveler...

4. Poll: Should nurses have more distinctive titles?

   LatinaRN replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   should we have more distinctive titles? will this give our profession more respect? i think that the way we are portrayed in the media has alot to do with the way the public percieves us. i can't...

5. Please hear me out. Anyone! No one seems to give a rip.

   LatinaRN replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

   a person that ends a freindship that easily, was never a friend to begin with. she ended the friendship now over this....sooner or later she would have ended it over something stupid. be glad that...

6. What has been your experience with family presence during codes?

   LatinaRN replied to LatinaRN's topic in MICU, SICU

   thank you for your questions. they are important ones and one i will bring up to my nurse manager.....when are we to address this with the families? sometimes codes are unpredictable and unexpected....

7. What's it like to work as an RN at UMDNJ, Newark?

   LatinaRN replied to LatinaRN's topic in New Jersey Nursing

   I am looking at Surgical or Trauma ICU. Let me know if you know anything about these at

8. What's it like to work as an RN at UMDNJ, Newark?

   LatinaRN posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

   i am relocating to newark, nj and i have narrowed down the hospitals that i would like to work in to umdnj and clara mass in belleville. i have heard good things about clara mass but i know of no one...

9. Nurses wearing white

   LatinaRN replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

   break out the whites!!!!! i am 26 and i have been an icu nurse for 3 years. i do not find the whites to be "impractical." they are professional and the patients like that they can identify us more...

10. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

    LatinaRN replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

    1. three years 2. icu 3. nc 4. bsn 5. yes, i think that nurses should have a uniform just for them. in my hospital cnas, housekeeping, radiology techs,dieticians, etc. wear scrubs. you can't...

11. What has been your experience with family presence during codes?

    LatinaRN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    my hospital is considering allowing this to be policy during a code. if the family wishes to be present during the code, a limit of 2 will be allowed and there will be someone with them explaining...

12. Spooky Nursing Stories

    LatinaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    i work nights in an icu. one night, an empty patient room had the light on. i went in the room and turned off the light. before i reached the room's door the light came back on! i screamed and ran...

13. What Freaks You Out?

    LatinaRN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Live creeping, crawling maggots in a wound...gets me every

14. What does your spouse do?

    LatinaRN replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

    US Marine Corp machine

15. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    LatinaRN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses who kiss butt and don't let their patient care speak for