Lnr567

I have a patient with the same assessment findings today. We concluded gas.

I would look into Northwestern, UIC, U of C, and Rush

Oh and I moved to Noble Square (just south of Wicker Park) and I love it. The Chicago Ave. bus is only a few minutes from my apartment and drops me off right at the door at work. The area is safe, affordable, free neighborhood parking (although you truly don't need a car here- I brought mine and have used it only 3 times), lots of restaraunt and shops only a short walk away, and easy access to everywhere in the city via train or bus. You could always stay in an Airbnb for a month or two while you learn the area and find somewhere permanent.

Hey! I'm a postpartum RN currently on a travel contract in Chicago. My recommendation would be to look into a big company like Cross Country (I'm currently with them) and see if they have anything here. Supplemental Healthcare had a lot of Chicago contracts when I was applying as well. Also, look on Facebook for a group called the premium job board for travel nurses and you can reach out to recruiters through there if you still can't find anything. Don't let anyone tell you that you won't find a travel contract in Chicago because that's what everyone told me, yet I landed my assignment at my top choice hospital (Northwestern), on day shift (yay!!!), and as a first-time traveller. Also I know 3 other travelers in Chicago right now. I will say that the hospital will want you to be very ready to come when you are submitted- like in 3 weeks or less. Good luck!!! It's amazing here!! I'm going to do one more assignment in Seattle and then move back here permanently.

I solved my own problem. Found an Airbnb with a garage they agreed to let me use! Yall are some brave folks!

Hello all! Got my first contract secured and start in a few weeks. I plan to drive there and it will be a 2-day drive. What is a safe solution for leaving my car full of stuff somewhere overnight? If I stay at a hotel and valet it, will they keep an eye on it? I just don't want to wake up in the morning and find my car broken into. And it would be a lot to unload and then reload in the morning. Thanks!

From the other point of view: Although I personally would feel embarrassed to show up 20 minutes late to report at 0705 and would be apologizing profusely if I did, I consistently clock in to work a little on the late side- somewhere between 6:44 and 6:51. And I don't feel bad about this. Nor do I feel like the world revolves around me and that no one else's time matters, as was previously suggested. Per our unit policy, 6:51 is technically still "on time." As nurses, we have extremely tough and abnormal schedules and it's not easy on everyone. Waking up at 5 AM is pure hell on my body and I feel like grandma death until about 0800 each day. Night shift didn't work for me either- I had crazy bad insomnia and shift work sleep disorder which led to a major depression episode. 12-hour shifts are extremely taxing on the mind and body and some of us just have a very hard time dragging ourselves out of bed so early in the morning- or in night nurses' cases, after a day of poor-quality sleep that goes against their biological rhythms. Oh how I wish I could do normal/sane/healthy 9-5 hours and still be a bedside hospital nurse (in something less mundane than lactation)! I hate, hate, HATE it when the night nurse is standing at the door and stalking me to the break room as I put my lunch in the fridge at 6:44 AM yelling, "I have room xx for you!" I also by habit round on all of my patients between 1800 and report time, and cannot stand it when the early birds of night shift come in at 1830 and take up all the computers when it's still technically my shift and I need to use said computers to chart whatever I just did for my patients during that time- which, by the way, your welcome because that patient will now NOT be calling you between 1845-2000 for that issue. Now can I please have somewhere to chart about it since it's still day shift? :) I personally think I make up for my mild tardiness by working really hard once I'm there and helping others out- including the night nurses. I am the type that gets straight to business once I clock in and am quick/easy to give report to (I don't use my cell phone during report like so many do, I don't care to hear a long drawn out story about what breastfeeding education topics you've discussed- because that is an expectation and not a relevant update, I don't need you to tell me what times you gave Motrin or when my next bili draw is due because I can look that up myself- usually faster and with more accuracy, I don't grill you over irrelevant issues, etc.) I don't ever mind staying 15 mins late after my shift to draw a stat lab on the patient I got to know all day, give norco to a patient who called for prn pain meds at 1900 after declining them when I rounded and offered them at 1830, call a doc about a new or unresolved issue, do a late discharge on a patient who got discharge orders at 1845, etc., rather than dumping those time-sucker events onto the oncoming nurse who needs to get their assessments done, so I would not appreciate coworkers being pushy about me being a few minutes late in the AM or expecting me to come in "10 minutes early" because it means they are not willing to ever go the extra mile to help me out if I needed it. A lot of the early bird nurses would tell you "too bad, it's 1845, it's your problem now" if any of those things popped up, because they are every bit as in a hurry to leave as they were to arrive. Also, I work more overtime than anyone else on my unit of over 150 nurses. As in- I routinely work 5 12's per week. I'm giving up my entire dayS off that I could be sleeping in, shopping, at the gym, at the beach, etc. to help out the very busy unit which definitely needs the help, so if me running 5 minutes late in the morning upsets you because I have apparently wasted 5 incredibly important minutes of your life, sorry but I don't really feel any sympathy. Me helping out on so many extra shifts collectively saves a LOT of people a LOT of time and stress in the long run :) May I suggest you spend those 5 minutes you wait for me doing some relaxation breathing exercises to ease your anxiety/OCD/type A issues and call it a day. In the adult working world, you don't get to pick and choose your coworkers and there will always be those types you don't like. If you hate it, there are always other jobs, which inevitably always have more of those people you don't like. But if one day all the nurses who have trouble with timeliness got kicked out of nursing for it, the nursing shortage would be muuuuch, much worse and you'd have a lot more work on your hands. Life really does go on- even when things happen 5-10 minutes after you planned for it to. You have to pick and chose your battles. I don't go to management and complain because your pushy, type-A personality stresses people out. Hopefully you can learn to appreciate something about the tardy nurses- maybe they don't mind staying late to help you when you need it just like me? :) - and realize you may have your own bad habit that is horribly annoying to others. Just my two cents! RTransitionAntepartum, Women's Surgery and Women's Oncology.

When my "work besties" are working the same shift and floor with me, we take lunch together and talk. I have a few more acquaintances I'll talk to now and then. Most of my other coworkers annoy me to no end so either we don't talk if we are in the lunch room together, or they ask me a million annoying questions while I give them very brief/vague answers until they get the hint and leave me alone and let me eat in peace. Lol. I'm kind of an introvert and while I love talking to my patients, a lot of times it's just mentally exhausting to constantly talk to people all day and when I have downtime I need peace and quiet to recharge and de-stress.

I would recommend filing your own incident report in your own words. Explain everything just as you did to us. Do it sooner rather than later and be as thorough as possible.

I work for the main campus and I can definitely tell you HR is slooooow with all things hiring-related. I referred an RN from Hermann who applied on my unit in March or April and her start date is August 3rd. Don't lose hope! The whole hospital seems to be on a hiring frenzy for the past couple years. Just takes forever to get things going.

Good luck everyone!! That is where I graduated from and it's a great school!

What I took from this was him meaning that if someone brings positive energy it can create a happier work environment...?

I actually have one more question. I have about $5,000 worth of furniture and TV's which I had planned to sell all of before moving. However, my parents recently bought a second home and moved most of their stuff to the new house- but plan to keep both. If I furnish my parents older home with the $5,000 worth of furniture and TVs, can this be seen as a financial contribution large enough to qualify for a tax home? Even if I must give it to them permanently to keep? $5,000 over the course of one year comes out to $417 per month, which would certainly cover the cost of renting one bedroom in a home in that area.

Thanks!

I've only gotten a quote from one agency so far. Are my pay expectations realistic?