USIJurgy

USIJurgy

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About USIJurgy

USIJurgy has 5 years experience and specializes in Emergency Nursing.


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  1. New Haven, CT

    I've worked here at Yale since January- I am at a satellite facility. I have really liked the assignment. Keep in mind Yale has a contract with NursesRx, which is owned by American Mobile. So, if you...
  2. ammonia capsules for fainting?

    They can play opossum all they want- no reason to shove ammonia in their face. A trick we use to determine if someone is "faking" is to place their arm above their head, bend their elbow and have...
  3. how to get an MSU sample if someone has an IDC

    Hmmmm. I don't know these abbreviations but if I had to take a guess.....youre wanting to get a medically sterile urine sample from an indwelling catheter? I don't think it is possible to get a...
  4. Door to ct time for strokes

    Our door to CT time is 20 minutes. There is no delay for IV or EKG (unless an unsafe rhythym is identified once the patient is placed on a portable monitor). It is OK for an RN to activate the stroke...
  5. Charge/Triage RN Position

    As the charge nurse your job is to "man the ship." Typically charge should assign patients to nurses either on a round-robin basis or an acuity basis. Charge should also be responsible for getting a...
  6. NYC?

    Mine took a little under a month but I was waiting a long time for verification from
  7. Looking for younger travel partners ages 20-30, ER

    Thats awesome! I would love to travel with a large group. I am an ER nurse, just started an assignment in CT but would like to go to California again (I did the bay area and had a
  8. NYC?

    I took my third travel assignment in NYC and ended up staying in the city for 2 years! While I came to conclusion NYC was not for me, travel nursing is perfect for giving the city a shot- you dont...
  9. Wife and I traveling to CA for first travel job HELP!!!

    My first job was at Kaiser Walnut Creek. I showed up on the first day and they said, "Who are you? Youre a nurse? Youre working here? Oh, ok, go follow her." So yes, stay away from Kaiser hospitals...
  10. Would this have happened to a boy?

    While I cant speak to the severity of pain associated with an ovarian cyst; As an ER nurse I can speak to the slightly inflammed appendix. In my ER the surgeons are not quick to operate on an...
  11. NY, NY hospitals

    What I was saying was that if I was going to only be in New York City for 13 weeks, I would want to live in the thick of it all- Manhattan- not 45 minutes away from the night life of NYC on the north...
  12. No.California Kaiser canceling contracts

    I worked an ER contract at Kaiser Walnut Creek and there was many a shift where the only people who weren't travelers were charge and the two triage nurses. While it was nice knowing that all of the...
  13. NY, NY hospitals

    I am currently at Lenox Hill on the upper east side and it is great. I would recommend the ER to anyone for sure. The housing was a bit rough at first (think smelly smokey apartment in prewar...
  14. Cancel Your Contract?

    Definitely avoid Kaiser at all costs- ESPECIALLY for your first travel assignment. I took my first travel job at Kaiser Walnut Creek in the bay area in the ER and it was a nightmare. It was terrible...
  15. car rentals

    My company paid for my rental car for 2 of the 3 travel assignments I did in California. I still made over $30 an hour and had private housing in a 1 bedroom apartment. Don't settle for anything...