scooterscamp123

scooterscamp123 has 1 years experience.

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1. Nursing Shortage!! It's real and it bites (new grads, can't find a job? Read this post!)

   scooterscamp123 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   Can you tell us more about the area you're in? Do you mean rural as in a mountain or beach town with some recreation and available work to offer or rural as in food desert, poverty stricken, a lot of...

2. Forced Resignation

   scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

   Request was approved during the bidding time period. I had to buy out until I hit the 36 hour mark and at our rate of accrual I knew I couldn't get back to the 106 hours I needed. My manager is ok...

3. Forced Resignation

   scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

   Yes! We have a lot of nurses on our unit who take consecutive weeks off to visit family in other countries, volunteer abroad, etc. Coverage is already there to cover chemo nurses, charge nurses, etc....

4. Forced Resignation

   scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

   I've definitely been doing a lot of that! I've applied for about 15 jobs so far and have had some interviews so hopefully something positive comes

5. Forced Resignation

   scooterscamp123 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello all, As some of you may know I work in inpatient oncology and a few weeks ago I put in three weeks notice for my job. Although I had been seeking opportunities elsewhere I'm sad that things...

6. What do you think of 12 hour shifts

   scooterscamp123 replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

   Stacking shifts is key, like working a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, having off Sunday night, then a Monday, Tuesday and either Wednesday or Thursday (if you can tolerate working 3 in a row). It's tough...

7. Giving report/day shift probs

   scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

   A sense of humor is definitely a requirement in this

8. Giving report/day shift probs

   scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

   hawaiicarl, This is fantastic! Thanks for making me laugh

9. Giving report/day shift probs

   scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

   making errors is the big concern. But the report is frustrating too. All in all just a lack of cohesiveness and teamwork in a stressful environment that snowballs into patient

10. Giving report/day shift probs

    scooterscamp123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Night shift nurse here! I just wanted some advice and all of your opinions on this. I feel like giving report is a HUGE emotional hurdle sometimes when I'm coming off shift. Some of the nurses I give...

11. What do you do to relax

    scooterscamp123 replied to marsbar37's topic in General Nursing

    HIKING!!! Watch netflix, hang out with friends, run. Trying to get into yoga as

12. Finding job on the West Coast

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just an update, I am now working at Virginia Mason and I love

13. New grad starting two jobs

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone! Currently working one job now and it's definitely provided a better work life

14. New grad starting two jobs

    scooterscamp123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! I am so excited.. I just accepted a nurse residency position in Seattle and I am picking up a per diem home care position in South Seattle! I just wanted to get people's opinions, is this...

15. Finding job on the West Coast

    scooterscamp123 replied to scooterscamp123's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    This was just what I needed to hear, thank