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. Mind you, every facility is different so this is j...
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 first job anyways
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 micromanaged the nurses. I was out of there real quick. Th...
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 there's plenty of beds, just no nurses to take care...
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 over time you will develop the marketability power o...
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 chosen not to extend my contract. I recently informed...
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). Patient population is much better and cleaner, pat...
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 your job that are better than the surrounding hosp...
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 somewhat rough. Took my first job in a SNF which was a ...
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 max I would take on is 5. Anything more than that ...