8-ball

8-ball BSN

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  1. Am I making the right career choice in regards to becoming a CRNA?

    8-ball replied to Jcassid3's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Honestly its a little early for you to be narrowing it down yet. Its good to think about what next and set goals but don't let your goals be set in stone. I would work towards the ICU job. The ICU is...

  2. Just dropping in to say "hello" and offer a couple of tips :)

    8-ball replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    Hey Argo This is exactly what I'm considering right now. I want to but some land and build house but I want to put in 3-4 RV spots to rent out and supplement my income. The main issue I see are zoning...

  3. Travel Nursing 2017

    8-ball replied to Bbritt626's topic in Travel

    I don't know anything about Aureus but I agree with Neds earlier comment. There are many companies that claim to be the best but overall its about the recruiter the company itself doesn't affect you...

  4. finding positions by specialty/area

    8-ball replied to madRN10's topic in Travel

    you can look on faststaff for positions all over but I do not suggest them for first time traveler, but just look online. They are 48hr contracts and usually critical need not a good idea for your...

  5. Does anyone else just take their housing?

    8-ball replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in Travel

    yes you are missing on housing but maybe consider "out of the box" ideas. Maybe rent a tiny house, commute from further out. AirBNB goes by the week or day but you can do monthly. I live in an RV...

  6. Are Termed Contracts Becoming a Trend?

    8-ball replied to guest940422's topic in Travel

    I agree with you. I know that 2 nurses here (SOCAL Union hospital) were cancelled for stupid reasons. One was for not labeling IVs and one was for not documenting education. HOWEVER I would like to...

  7. Fires in NorCal

    8-ball posted a topic in Travel

    OK so I have a contract at Kaiser in north Cali, with the recent fires closing 2 of the hospitals in the area and fires still ongoing i'm starting to wonder how safe it is to go. We live in an RV, so...

  8. Fires in NorCal

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

    I'm going to work at Kaiser Antioch but staying at RV park in

  9. Do you list your agency on your resume?

    8-ball replied to Sunnysandy's topic in Travel

    There is a resume template on the PanTravelers website. Try using

  10. Help Needed! Travel Rn with work exposure-company not paying.

    8-ball replied to BigT's topic in Travel

    1) insurance commission 2) let your ins company know your calling them 3) Let your HR department know what your doing 4) contact a lawyer 5) Originally you didn't want to cover pain and suffering but...

  11. Overtime Pay, who really benefits?

    8-ball replied to NurseRies's topic in Travel

    Yes but I hear others that do that as

  12. Leaving travel nursing

    8-ball posted a topic in Travel

    I'm so ready to leave travel nursing. The pay lately has been so low (from 6 different recruiters) and no one has the places I actually want to visit. Its not all about the money but this is sad. I...

  13. Overtime Pay, who really benefits?

    8-ball replied to NurseRies's topic in Travel

    If a recruiter says they can't find one that can. Some agencies try to trick you and offer a OT bonus. This can be good and bad but you need to figure it out. One agency told me they pay x1.5 but they...

  14. Leaving travel nursing

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

    yep, its not for everyone and its hard to find a place to park sometimes especially in the summer. Here in Los Angeles im paying 1525 a month and thats more than my weekly stipend almost double so it...

  15. Travel nurse licensing tips

    8-ball replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in Travel

    Basically get your CA last b/c they hold up all others. Unless you only plan to work in CA. I already had my compact so that gave me lots of options. Then I applied for OR, WA, Wy, and CA knowing CA...

  16. Living in a RV instead of apartment while travel nursing?

    8-ball replied to northmississippi's topic in Travel

    My wife and I live in our RV while on assignment. Best advice I can give is call before you shop. Many places don't have openings near the assignment so because of that we often don't get to go where...

  17. how to become a recruiter?

    8-ball posted a topic in Travel

    I don't know if this is the right place to ask this but I was wondering if anyone has knowledge on how to become a recruiter. No me but my wife. We travel on the road in our RV with me as a travel...

  18. Leaving travel nursing

    8-ball replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

    Exactly, i'm getting quotes for 1700-1900/week gross and that's from multiple recruiters. Its just something i'm thinking about but we shall see. As I said I love my RV but there are times when i'm...

  19. Urgent: In over my head...ICP Monitoring

    8-ball replied to melissamauzey's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Take a look at youtube there are some great videos of placement of EVDs. Most things have been said already basically number one is make sure it doesn't get pulled out. X-ray and lab and the patient...

  20. Do Rn's miss having Lpn's in the hospital setting?

    8-ball replied to Finestnurse, Lpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes I miss them however my experience with them was different than most. I was on the back end of hospitals getting rid of LPNs. So what my hospital did rather than fire them all it just stopped...

  21. Unionized vs Non Unionized hospitals

    8-ball replied to sungrl01's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    OK lets get back on topic. I have worked in both and I have yet to make up my mind. When in TN at huge non unionized hospital we (all RNs) were treated very poorly. We were made to sell our PTO time...

  22. Travel nurse licensing tips

    8-ball replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in Travel

    Update I appled for WA, OR, WY, and CA at the beginning of April. I got my OR almost right away and my temp WA about 2 weeks later. California had a few things for mew to work on so I sent that in...

  23. Travel nurse licensing tips

    8-ball replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in Travel

    Well I took your advise and applied for CA, WY, WA, and OR at the same time. Expensive but here is

  24. Crisis/strike travel

    8-ball replied to michlynn's topic in Travel

    Here is my 2 cents. I have never worked a strike but I would if given the chance. Why? For the money of course, therefore the compensation would have to be right and I wouldn't cancel a travel job to...

  25. agency rate VS pay

    8-ball posted a topic in Travel

    So I have a recruiter who when going over assignments for pay and things like that he actually gives me his billable rate that the agency gets. At first I was really excited about the transparency but...