icuRNmaggie BSN, RN

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    Titers Paid By Traveler?

    icuRNmaggie replied to aamy's topic in Travel

    Both Quest diagnostics and Labcorp let you set up an online account to access and print your labs. I printed all of my titers ordered by a large travel company when I signed
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    contract question

    icuRNmaggie replied to HikingNinja's topic in Travel

    I would not agree to these terms. I will not take a contract unless I am guaranteed 36 hrs per
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    WHAT if I cannot find my own housing??

    icuRNmaggie replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    I wouldn't. Don't tip your hand as they say in poker. A recruiter will use that to deny an increase when you negotiate the second contract. You will know what their staffing is like when you get...
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    WHAT if I cannot find my own housing??

    icuRNmaggie replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    You will meet other travel nurses and go on daytrips hiking festivals things like that. Let the agency take care of the housing until you build up your confidence. Scranton will still be there...
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    Fair or not?

    icuRNmaggie replied to AA012's topic in Travel

    For Boston your blended hourly rate should be about ten dollars higher at least. Your housing stipend should be at least $ 2000. Did favorite break down the hourly rate into taxed hourly wage and...
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    Remaining cordial with coworkers you dislike

    icuRNmaggie replied to richardgecko's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am working with a man who is a competent nurse. I caught him in a huge lie and I know now that he would throw his own Mother under the bus rather than accept responsibilty for something that he...
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    Assignment of isolation pts

    icuRNmaggie replied to delphine22's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked with a few pregnant women and women trying to start a family who assumed they should be exempt from taking the cdiff, MRSA, VRE , meningitis and suspected TB patients. They were...
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    eICU

    icuRNmaggie replied to delphine22's topic in MICU, SICU

    Eicu programs require the nurses to have ten years of ICU experience. They are a great resource and advocate to have in your
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    Press Release - allnurses Survey Says Nurses are Bullish on the Industry Outlook

    icuRNmaggie replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a travel nurse for almost five years and I have been treated very well at all but one assignment. Sometimes there are needs due to maternity leave or illness, sometimes it is just that...
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    Press Release - allnurses Survey Says Nurses are Bullish on the Industry Outlook

    icuRNmaggie replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I value my privacy and anonymity on this site. For that reason, I can not list the hospitals that I know of that have positions for new grads and experienced RNs. I would like to suggest that a...
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    When being a patient...

    icuRNmaggie replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Anyone in nursing, and especially retired nurses, are VIPS when I am their
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    Shoes for wide, flat feet with high instep

    icuRNmaggie replied to abiklags's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Skechers makes a very good work shoe that comes in white and black. I also like Merrell work shoe. New Balance trainers are very good
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    Why are there no nursing jobs available for new grads? What is going on??

    icuRNmaggie replied to vab229's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It was about two years ago now that I was working a contract in Seattle. A nice young lady was my tech that shift. She was distracted, tearful and shaking. I was very concerned that she was just...
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    LTAC nurse of 2 yrs. Am I eligible to take CCRN?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Sachan's topic in Critical Care

    I took the CCRN exam ten years ago. The exam blueprint stated it was designed for the nurse working at the level of a community hospital. There were four questions on balloon pumps and a few...
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    Olympia Medical Center anyone??

    icuRNmaggie replied to HappyFoodie12's topic in Nursing Career

    I did a contract there and I would return. Nice little community hospital. I was treated
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    How long did you work med-surg before getting an ICU job?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Lev's topic in MICU, SICU

    Med Surg should be considered a specialty area because it is an entirely different skill set than PCU, Stepdown and ICU. It takes very strong time management, organizational and delegation skills...
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    What's better surplus or shortage?

    icuRNmaggie replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    It's a bogus question. There never was a nursing shortage. It didn't exist. It was implied by some powerful lobbying groups to drive down wages and control the nursing profession. The nursing...
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    Goodbye, fellow nurses

    icuRNmaggie replied to mcbg6335's topic in General Nursing

    I would rather work at 7-11 than work in LTC, I simply could not do it. No judgement here. Good luck MCBG! Enjoy your new career,
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    What car do you have?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Blur2713's topic in Travel

    I believe it. Everyone says buy a subaru, you won't be
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    Do you have (or are you) a bully queen of the ICU?

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As someone else noted before, he is a pot
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    Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    icuRNmaggie replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

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    What car do you have?

    icuRNmaggie replied to Blur2713's topic in Travel

    Nissan
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    If you could go back and choose....

    icuRNmaggie replied to Ndnrnbsn's topic in General Nursing

    Librarian or have my own bookstore.
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    peeves

    icuRNmaggie replied to duskyjewel's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In twenty years of nursing I have NEVER known a nurse who would walk out of a room to find a cna to put a pt on a bedpan. That is absurd, stupid and
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    Do you have (or are you) a bully queen of the ICU?

    icuRNmaggie replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What you say about others says more about you than it does about