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  1. Benefits And Bonuses

    NPAlby replied to cdngirl's topic in Travel

    Thanks! I'll call my recruiter tomorrow about the bonus. I forgot how Uncle Sam taxes bonuses heavier than earned income. DUh! Dental and eyes?! I don't know if I want to see my rotting

  2. Benefits And Bonuses

    NPAlby replied to cdngirl's topic in Travel

    Gotta agree with the last poster about the tax free stuff. That's the bulk of my money and hopefully it will help me get some financial aid when I go back to school (I can dream, right?) I get...

  3. weight gain and antipsychotics

    NPAlby replied to stnursebee's topic in Psychiatric

    Just in case your looking for more Zyprexa stories: Someone else mentioned they saw weight gain with teens and young adults, I worked on a geri-psych floor and it hits the elderly pretty hard too....

  4. Do Yiou Wear Scrubs in the Milieu?

    NPAlby replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    At my faciltiy most staff wear street clothes. I wear scrubs though. Nothing hard core like whites, sometimes I mix and match between street clothes and scrubs. I worked on a geri-psych floor which...

  5. Anyone know any psych travel nurses?

    NPAlby replied to solagratia's topic in Travel

    Was just about to log off and then I saw your post and it literally spoke to me. I'm addicted to this board. I'm a travel psych nurse. I did a year on staff on a geri-psych floor prior. I work...

  6. Pay Scale For Psych Nurses?

    NPAlby replied to PRNMEDS's topic in New York Nursing

    I think in Manhatten they're starting at 70k. I worked as a staff RN in the city and made 34/hr with shift diff and my BSN as a new grad. That was without any of the experience pay, I think it's a...

  7. Nurse Salary Survey

    NPAlby replied to nightingale's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow, you guys all make me feel kind of bad. I guess I've been very lucky. I started at $34/hr as a new grad on a geri-psych unit. I know it's not for everyone but I loved it. My union was NYSNA...

  8. State facility pay

    NPAlby replied to HisTreasure's topic in New York Nursing

    Hey, I just saw your post and wanted to see how you were doing. Sorry nobody replied with any answeres. I'm an RN in NYC working at a state psych center but through an agency. I think the starting...

  9. Experience

    NPAlby replied to IcantThinkofaName's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Is that what you're reading from print ads or is that what you're actually being told my the nurse recruiters? I'm in NYC and surprised they wouldn't be fighting over you. I only got that line about...

  10. Drop off where?

    NPAlby replied to IcantThinkofaName's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If the hospital you're interested has a nursing recruitment office, I'd go there first. Or even the nursing office but it depends on the facility. I would go in person. I've had faxed lost, emails...

  11. want new recruiter, same company

    NPAlby replied to JRapha'sRN's topic in Travel

    This can be as sticky a situation as breaking up with a boy/girlfriend. I would get the name of her supervisor. She isn't doing anyone any favors by staying at a job she hates or is lousy at. You...

  12. Benefits And Bonuses

    NPAlby replied to cdngirl's topic in Travel

    I've been traveling for a year with Supplemental and if they ever offered me a rental car I would die from the shock. They won't even give me an EZpass for the bridge I have to take to come to work,...

  13. Help Me Travel Nurses!!

    NPAlby replied to cdngirl's topic in Travel

    Sounds like you're seriously trying to do your homework before this contract. Good for you! I've been traveling for about a year and wish I had done some of my own homework. Live and learn. Anway...

  14. Anyone work as a Psych nurse with sex offenders?

    NPAlby replied to funnygirl_rn's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm a psych nurse working on a sexual offenders ward right now. Yes sometimes it is hard to separate the "patient" from their offense. This is especially true when some of their charts includes...