2015 Work Thread

kaufer01 · Mar 26, 2015

I'm a year round RN at a semester school/camp in Maine. I've been here for a year, but I've been working at camps for several summers. I'm looking for additional nurses for the summer (June-Aug) and have a full time opening. PM me with questions!

tining, BSN, RN · Mar 27, 2015

Hi Big Al,

My camp has housing for families with small children, I can't PM as I have not had enough posts. Bummer.

tining, BSN, RN · Mar 30, 2015

I am Tina, I have worked at a summer camp I the Poconos for the past seven summers - eight this coming summer. I have been the Nurse Leader four of those summers. PM me if you are interested in summer camp nursing. We are always looking for enthusiastic nurses. We need full and part-time nurses. We have always had docs on camp all week, but this year they will be all Pedi-ER docs and not gynecologists or GI docs. I am super excited about that.

mustangmellie · Mar 30, 2015

I am Melissa. My background is school nursing and general practice. This is my first year I have been able to accept a Camp Nurse position. I am taking my son with me and we will be in Pennsylvania for 7 weeks.

blue bag nurse · Apr 6, 2015

How did you get all peds-ER docs? That sounds like you won the lottery!!!

tining, BSN, RN · Apr 6, 2015

Our Pedi-ER doc recruited them - I don't know how. He can get a bit too advanced care for my taste though. I love my parent doctors, but at times they would 'phone a friend' and that could take a while for a decision.

ohiobobcat · Apr 7, 2015

I interviewed yesterday for a camp nurse position at a summer camp for adults and children with developmental/physical disabilities. I really liked the interviewer and from what I saw of the camp (we are still buried in snow up here) it looks like a beautiful facility. And it's only 1/2 hour or so from my house! It's an overnight camp with sessions running Tuesday-Sunday. I get every Monday off, a week off around July 4, and week off the first week in August.

I used to work sports camps as a student. then certified athletic trainer many moons ago, but I have never worked as a nurse. Should be interesting!

Alex Egan, LPN, EMT-B · Apr 8, 2015

Well I guess it's official enough. I have landed a gig about 30 miles from my house, so I can commute. I will be a staff nurse at a summer program for talented youth hosted at a local collage by a large nationally know collage. It's more of a summer boarding school than camp, kids are in class for six hours a day. They live in the dorms, in three week sessions. It's quite a change from my previous expearence. It's hourly pay, and the rate is generous. It seems like a nice change, although it's toigh not going back to my normal summer job.

blue bag nurse · Apr 8, 2015

I bet it will be tough not returning to your old camp. I think I'll be making a change after the next 2 years and I wonder how that will feel. I'd like to see other areas besides the mountains of PA. Maybe out west somewhere. Possibilities are endless. Your new job sounds great!

tining, BSN, RN · Apr 8, 2015

Don't look to Texas - too hot and you are the only medical staff on site. That is why I choose East coast!

kayakqueen · Apr 10, 2015

Hi, I'm a full time school nurse taking my first camp nursing assignment this summer. It's a 3 week stint in July in the mountains of North Carolina. My two kiddos are going with me for free and I'm still getting paid! Plus I love nothing more than the mountains. Needless to say, I'm so excited for this new experience!!