Travel Nursing And Patients

Snowbird17 · Jan 22, 2012

Complete opposite. They typically give the really sick patients to their staff. Once you prove yourself, they will up your patient acuity.

At the beginning of new assignments, I would always get overflows or the patients the staff didn't want because they were confused, had difficult families, on isolation, or whatever. They want you to succeed and give good care. But overall, I found most hospitals to be very reasonable in their assignments. Of course, your stable patients could always go bad but a good group of staff will be there to back you up.

What unit are you looking to work in when you travel?

ukjenn231 · Jan 22, 2012

I don't feel like anyone has been intentionally unfair to me. At times, I feel like I have been given the easier assignment because I'm "new." Of course, there have been times I felt like I had the hard assignment, but I felt that way when I was a staff nurse too. Well, one time I did feel like I was given an unsafe assignment and I spoke up, called my company, told the nurse manager my concerns and it didn't happen again. You just have to speak up like you would at home if you feel like something isn't right.

Soliloquy, MSN, APRN, NP · Jan 22, 2012

Complete opposite. They typically give the really sick patients to their staff. Once you prove yourself, they will up your patient acuity.
At the beginning of new assignments, I would always get overflows or the patients the staff didn't want because they were confused, had difficult families, on isolation, or whatever. They want you to succeed and give good care. But overall, I found most hospitals to be very reasonable in their assignments. Of course, your stable patients could always go bad but a good group of staff will be there to back you up.
What unit are you looking to work in when you travel?

Thank you ColoradoRN. At the moment, I'm interested in Oncology and the ER.