Misty1

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  1. Anyone work for American Mobile?

    Misty1 replied to danroRN's topic in Travel

    A few years ago when I was in the thinking stage of being a travel nurse American Mobile somehow got my number and called me. Anyway, to make a long story short I talked to them and told them the...

  2. lap tops........

    Misty1 posted a topic in Travel

    Who travels with their lap tops? What kind do you have? I've got a Toshiba and its doing a fine job but I'm hearing a lot of nice things about Apple. I also have Verizon internet that

  3. Reserves vs National Guard........opinions please

    Misty1 posted a topic in Government, Military

    I've been talking to a reserve recruiter but been thinking a lot about the Guard. Oh sorry...thats Army reserves and Army National

  4. Reserves vs National Guard........opinions please

    Misty1 replied to Misty1's topic in Government, Military

    I forgot my posts show my age :) The recruiter didn't even want to talk to me until he found out I had prior service. He said "The Army looks at you like your 34 because of your prior...

  5. Reserves vs National Guard........opinions please

    Misty1 replied to Misty1's topic in Government, Military

    Almost the same here. I am prior service with 9 years active service in the Navy. I really miss military

  6. Reserves vs National Guard........opinions please

    Misty1 replied to Misty1's topic in Government, Military

    My ultimate goal is to go active after I get my BSN. Thank you guys for your help I welcome any

  7. Reserves vs National Guard........opinions please

    Misty1 replied to Misty1's topic in Government, Military

    OK thanks. :) My information about the hospital nursing thing came from the national

  8. Reserves vs National Guard........opinions please

    Misty1 replied to Misty1's topic in Government, Military

    My understanding is reserves is more hospital nursing. Long story but I'm having a lot of trouble with the Army recruiter so made up my mind for me applying to the guard

  9. lap tops........

    Misty1 replied to Misty1's topic in Travel

    Never ever miss a payment :) Good advise. I was making payments monthly thank goodness not knowing if I was late for a payment I'd be paying big dollars in

  10. Internet access while traveling?

    Misty1 replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in Travel

    I have Verizon Broadband. Its about $60.00/mos but can use almost everywhere....note I said almost everywhere :) Otherwise I stay at hotels that have internet access and a lot of places have...

  11. lap tops........

    Misty1 replied to Misty1's topic in Travel

    :) Where is Riyadh? I can't help you with Acer brand. I think Toshiba was cheaper thats why I bought it. I'm happy with it but I still think the Apple would be more user

  12. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    Misty1 replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Never heard of Sunrise but our facility used Eclypsis. I found it very userfriendly and streamlined. If it is anything like our facilities computer system I think eventually you'll really like

  13. lap tops........

    Misty1 replied to Misty1's topic in Travel

    Very helpful thanks. I think I'm going to stick with Toshiba. I'd like an Apple but they seem awful pricey for what you get and Winbrook I've never heard of but will look into

  14. lap tops........

    Misty1 replied to Misty1's topic in Travel

    No expert here, but I guess you could scan stuff onto your computer then put it on disk as a back up. I'd also have a filing system of somekind to keep my papers. Now, that is if I was really...

  15. lap tops........

    Misty1 replied to Misty1's topic in Travel

    I've heard a lot of people have trouble with Dell. Especially customer

  16. Protecting your license

    Misty1 replied to Drysolong's topic in General Nursing

    No

  17. help for addictions to pain meds......

    Misty1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Someone close to me is addicted to pain meds. He overdosed about two weeks ago and almost died. He still doesn't admit to it and is making all kinds of exuses. Any ideas on how to help this person?...

  18. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    Misty1 replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've used eclypsis which was pretty user friendly and went well when we went live. I also worked at a hospital that uses Meditech.......that system sucks no other way to say it. So I guess it...

  19. nurses vs. dental hygenist salary

    Misty1 replied to mommy2BCD's topic in General Nursing

    Its hard to compare the two salaries when the fiscal working dynamics are so different. Very true. I personally would not like being a

  20. nurses vs. dental hygenist salary

    Misty1 replied to mommy2BCD's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the website I'll look at it later. I'm getting my information because I missed an appointment for my sons teeth cleaning (working night shift and got my days mixed up) my dentist gently...

  21. nurses vs. dental hygenist salary

    Misty1 replied to mommy2BCD's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about now but when I graduated nursing school in 96 nurses were making about $18.00/hr dental hygenists about $30.00/hr. X-ray techs in a lot of places make more then nurses and ultra...

  22. Questions about traveling to alaska

    Misty1 replied to Rightalong's topic in Travel

    let me know what you find out. I'd like to go to alaska also. I found an agency that would pay for my liecense (which is about $400.00) and only 800 dollar travel pay. My big obsticle is I have 2...

  23. I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    Misty1 replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  24. Does this sound fair to any of you?

    Misty1 replied to fergus51's topic in Travel

    May not be routine but something very similar happened to me on my first assignment which happened to be 1300 miles from my home. I was about 50 miles from the city I was going to and they called my...

  25. Husband of travel RN with a few questions

    Misty1 replied to Mainenikki's topic in Travel

    That would be hard for a working spouse. I talked to a traveler the other day who said it wasn't too hard for his wife because she is a waitress. I guess if the spouse worked for a chain like...