808dreams

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1. Let's Talk about you!

   808dreams replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

   I started out in psych as well before becoming a nurse.....how interesting! I was 2 years into my BA in Psychology degree when I worked summers at a vascular surgeon's office and changed my major to nursing. I do love nursing and couldn't see myself ...

2. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

   808dreams replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

   I second this. I can literally handle any gross or gory task you can throw at me without batting an eyelash. But interpersonal relations with difficult family members gets under my skin far too often. It is my Nursing Kryptonite. And I find that the ...

3. How does it feel to have a Foley insertion?

   808dreams replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

   I had a Foley inserted in surgery when I was already out. I had extensive pelvic surgery. They took out the Foley in post-op and I unfortunately had urinary retention from being so swollen "down there". So the recovery room nurse had to reinsert a F...

4. What next?

   808dreams replied to oncpalnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Oncpalnurse, It seems like our lives are similar! I am also not "anchored" to my current city or job by kids or a spouse, and I too want to pursue an NP degree in the future. I have decided to actively pursue travel nursing at this time, as it has al...

5. Work decisions

   808dreams replied to Mr.rn.2k15's topic in Career Support

   If your long-term goal is to do travel nursing, ICU is definitely in demand. I am currently trying to become a travel nurse, I have 7 years of telemetry experience and I can gell you that in my own job hunt I have seen a lot of demand for ICU experi...

6. Johns Hopkins ICU

   808dreams replied to catholicrn's topic in Travel

   Thanks for the insider info, I grew up in Maryland and would love to do some travel nursing there now as an adult. I don't really know the Baltimore area at all though, so thanks for this thread and the info on Johns Hopkins

7. How was your first code blue? What role did you have?

   808dreams replied to journey2success's topic in General Nursing

   Great topic!! My first code was back in nursing school, I worked as a nursing assistant and I got to watch a man in his 80s being coded. He did not make it. What was memorable to me was the fact that he literally projectile vomited and projectile di...

8. Travel Housing Honolulu

   808dreams replied to 808dreams's topic in Travel

   Thanks for the tip! I'll look into airbnb

9. Travel Housing Honolulu

   808dreams replied to 808dreams's topic in Travel

   How cool! Yeah I've personally never been, but I've dreamed about it since I was in high school.....and it's finally time, with my nursing career I can go live there!!! Thank you, I am super excited.

10. Will I ever find a decent recruiter???

    808dreams replied to ahoppen's topic in Travel

    I suppose that is very true. They may have had people starting in December than they had to focus on. Thankfully I applied to 5 agencies yesterday and I spoke with a recruiter today, have lots of paperwork completed. Will review the offer tonight an...

11. Travel nursing housing - Houston

    808dreams replied to ORRN0808's topic in Travel

    I am not going to Texas but I will be checking out airbnb for housing when I get home tonight

12. Travel Housing Honolulu

    808dreams posted a topic in Travel

    Good afternoon, I wondered if anyone has any experience finding housing near Queens medical center in Honolulu. If you've been a travel nurse there, do you have any tips for good areas, areas to avoid etc? Also any experience with rental car in Hawai...

13. Will I ever find a decent recruiter???

    808dreams replied to ahoppen's topic in Travel

    Thanks for the insight. Yeah I definitely expressed and interest in being submitted, prior to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Monday after Thanksgiving I reached out again, we spoke and he said he would get me postings and he never did. He verbally said, I...

14. Will I ever find a decent recruiter???

    808dreams replied to ahoppen's topic in Travel

    Hi, first of all thanks everyone for your posts on here. I am brand new to the travel world, hoping to start my first assignment mid-january. I have been reading all the posts on the travel nursing board here, and I am heeding the advice to be select...

15. Passwords

    808dreams replied to 8-ball's topic in Travel

    Thanks, this is an interesting tip and I will give it a try :)