ddaviddudley

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1. To travel or not to travel

   ddaviddudley replied to scoope23's topic in Travel

   Sure I'll share, Earlier this year I had taken a ER travel assignment and was sent to a kaiser in Southern California. My experience there was mixed but definitely different than what I was used to....

2. Quitting Nursing, but dont want to feel like a failure!!!

   ddaviddudley replied to Ddaisy's topic in General Nursing

   The solution is simple: move to a different department once you have at least one year of experience. There's so many different specialties in nursing that you can get into. Most nurses hate their...

3. Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

   ddaviddudley replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Wow.. Amazing. So glad I read

4. Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

   ddaviddudley replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Being micromanaged is definitely a strong reason to drive seasonal nurses out of the job. I had recently took a travel assignment to a facility where the doctors had nothing better to do than...

5. Is the nursing profession causing its own RN shortage?

   ddaviddudley replied to RNDave's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   My hospital is chronically short staffed in ALL the departments. I work ER and if we get a patient that becomes ICU or DOU then be ready to sit on that patient all day as there are no beds (actually...

6. Thrown off orientation too early??

   ddaviddudley replied to banpoprock's topic in General Nursing

   Even me who does not work on the floor, I still deal with nurses like that who pick at the tiniest insignificant details when I send them patients from the ER. It's hard but as you gain experience...

7. Should a new grad work in an agency?

   ddaviddudley replied to Jitssy's topic in General Nursing

   Even as an experienced with almost 5 years of experience I still refuse to do agency work where I'm thrown out there with zero orientation. No

8. CA local travel??

   ddaviddudley posted a topic in Travel

   I'm a new travel nurse in Southern California finishing up my first assignment which is approx 70 miles away from home. Overall my assignment has gone well but due to my schedule preferences I've...

9. In a dilemma and need advice

   ddaviddudley replied to ddaviddudley's topic in Emergency

   Yeah I was wondering the same thing. That post seemed so unrelated to this

10. In a dilemma and need advice

    ddaviddudley replied to ddaviddudley's topic in Emergency

    So here's the update on my situation: I took the travel assignment and went per diem at my staff job. The facility that I'm at has actually exceeded my expectations(which were quite low initially)....

11. In a dilemma and need advice

    ddaviddudley replied to ddaviddudley's topic in Emergency

    I appreciate your response. In answer to your questions: 1. What type of hospital do you work at? Teaching, Private, Level I Trauma? Were a 148 bed level V community hospital. 2. Are there perks in...

12. In a dilemma and need advice

    ddaviddudley posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello all, I'm in a little bit of a dilemma and figured I would come here for advice. Here's a little bit about me: I live in California and graduated back in 2010 and started my nursing career...

13. unsafe nurse to patient ratios

    ddaviddudley replied to jwils's topic in Emergency

    Quality of care is at risk of becoming compromised once you exceed 3 patients. At 7-8 patients, your stretched so thin to where I couldn't see how you could get anything done in a timely manner. The...

14. States Hiring New Grads

    ddaviddudley replied to willowita's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    North

15. How Important Is Money

    ddaviddudley replied to Reachgoals's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Coming from someone who took a 2 thousand dollar a month pay cut.. Great money doesn't outweigh a great work