Ryolie

Ideally, we would relocate to or at least close to San Francisco because that is where my SO had his job offer.

Hey everyone, So my question is if anyone has experience as a travel RN that had any chronic health issues they had to manage while being on various state assignments? I ask this because my SO has a job offering in California and we are considering moving to CA between the summer to fall of 2018. I've heard horror stories of how difficult it is for nurses to obtain a job there, and considering that I will only have 18-24 months of medsurg and pediatric experience and only my ADN, I'm not exactly feeling confident about entering the job market. So I've been considering possibly doing travel assignments, but I'm unsure of how I would balance 13 week assignments while staying on top of receiving my Remicade infusion every 8 weeks? I've had Crohn's and been on Remicade since I was 12 years old. It's been a life saver for me! I suppose I could talk to my doctor about transitioning to Humira, but I'm extremely hesitant to do so because prior to Remicade, my Crohns was so poorly managed that I had to have an illeocectomy. Besides this, however, I'm a healthy 23 year old. So is there anyone else who has experience and can provide insight to how you managed your health and arranged doctor's appointment while boucing state to state?

As a recent new grad, I have been putting in numerous applications to finally start my career as a nurse. After posting a resume online, I was contacted my an in-patient substance abuse and mental health clinic that offered me an opportunity to interview. As someone who has family members that suffer from substance abuse and mental health disorders, I personally would enjoy the opportunity to work at this particular facility after researching it. However, if I'm being honest, I know that I wouldn't want to be pigeon-holed into being a psych nurse for the rest of my life. I see this as an opportunity to learn and grow, especially since the communication skills you learn with psych nursing can be used in all fields of nursing, but my dream job is to work in an ER. I personally think it would be a good learning opportunity because I have seen plenty of ER nurses that shy away from psych or withdrawing patients that come in. However, even though I see it as a good learning opportunity, do you think hospitals would look down on me for only having psych experience and no med/surg skills? I haven't really heard from any other hospitals that I have applied to, so I certainly don't want to miss out on my first opportunity just because of a nagging voice in the back of my head.