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Thank you! Anybody else care to share their experiences??

But how what was the living situation like as far as food, laundry, etc..

Most importantly you need you document if they are continent or incontinent, and your plan of care. If their BM's are normal and you wanna make a quick bowel note, all you need is consistency and amount. Consistency: loose, soft, formed. Amount: large, moderate, small. Otherwise chart by exception, such as bloody stools, constipation, diarrhea, etc.. (One time I found a couple completely intact and undigested pills in a patients stool!)

Has anyone ever been housed in a simple hotel room, NOT a suite, for any of their assignments less than 13 weeks. If so, how what was the living situation like as far as food, laundry, etc.. Thanks!

This is for the veteran travelers as well as the new travelers. As a traveler, how long does it take until you get used to a new system or routine? I know they say hit the ground running, but in reality everyone has different methods of learning and different lengths of time for someone to learn something new. -And please dont respond with something like..."then you're not cut-out to be a travel nurse." Thanks!

I love and appreciate your honesty. A lot of people wish they had a kickback high paying job, but not many nurses have the balls to say it because nurses have the crap beat out of them at work and they believe they have to put up with it because thats what nursing was, thats what nursing is, and that's what nursing will be. I work nights on a med/surg/tele floor at phoenixville hospital in very poor conditions and rn/pt. ratios, so needless to say my experience has been a negative one. But just because nurses put up with all the ******** that comes with nursing doesnt make them any better than nurses that choose not to deal with it and not to have that unnecessary stress and burnout in their lives. My advice to you is shadow for a few days each of the various areas of nursing that your interested in, and see how you still feel about it. the OR, a correctional facility, dialysis, or an office job might be good fits for you. Just do as much research as u can. take care and have fun just as long as you know not everything will perfectly be the way you want it to be.

I recently saw an ad in one of those nursing magazines advertising IV certification in atlantic city, new jersey at the taj mahal. The course is from 8-5 or something like that for one day then i assume they give u a certificate. My question is, is it really worth the 200 bucks they charge for the class or is it better to just get trained at a hospital that has a iv/picc team and save the 200 bucks? I would really like to work on an iv team one day and am wondering the best way to go about being certified. thanks to all who respond

Jennifer, thank you thank you thank you for adding this post. I couldnt have said this better myself. You truly understand what i meant by my original post and thank you for your input, i agree with you 120%. I wish I worked with more nurses like you

How are the doc and surgeons in HUP's OR? I'm considering applying there but worried about putting up with their arrogance and hostility. Anybody able to give an opinion on this?

thanks so much for the info guys! if anyone has any more info/advice, keep em coming. I've only been working 6 months so far. Im planing on moving after i get a yrs experience then hopefully grad school the following fall.

Does anyone know of any schools or healthcare systems that will pay 100% or at lease a good chunk of school tuition if you are employed with them? I know the university of pennsylvania health care system does. They pay 100% if u decide to go back to school to continue ur education while working for them either full or part time. I desperately want to move to california and at the same time go back to school for my masters for nurse practitioner. i have my bsn already. However, i'm in over my head in debt from the loans i took out for my undergrad degree that im trying to stay away as much from more loans as possible!! If anyone has any idea or suggestions, do tell!!! I really need some help here. Thanks in advance for any replies!!!

Wow, I had one pt on our medsurg floor who was in with a hip fx but was his trip to the OR kept getting delayed d/t other acute problems like resp. problems. So they kept him on toradol round the clock for like over two weeks. At the same time they diagnosed him with multiple DVT's so they also had him on scheduled lovenox as well.

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in terms of home health.

Whats the difference between a travel nurse and an agency nurse?? I mean in order to be a travel nurse you have to sign with an agency, so i would assume they mean the same thing, right??