Starting my new job at my hospital on Monday I'm so excited and nervous! Girl where are your earrings from? That yellow and green look so pretty on you!
I totally agree with what you say here; it correlates well with the 4 years I worked as a traveling O.R. nurse years ago. You give very good advice. (The longest orientation I ever had was 2 full days; most hospitals gave me an 8-10 hour shift to "wet my feet" and that was it.)
Thank you for sharing this information, very detailed. I’ll soon be a RN and didn’t know you could not go right out of college to travel nursing. I’m happy to be apart of your RU-vid family now. Your a Gorgeous Woman.👑👑 I love how you kept incorporating church.🙌🏿🙌🏿 Pray will definitely be necessary on this journey.💜💜🤣
Did you find that units were fair with your assignment? I'm interested in travel nursing, but I'm just afraid of being dumped with every problem patients the permanent nurses are tired of or multiple total care patients.
anpvk7 I’m 2 assignments in and that’s never happened to me. I’ve heard horror stories so I guess it depends on where you go but everyone’s been so sweet and pretty fair.
Wait till you experience the "Filipino Mafia". I cried at work my first few days off orientation at this particular hospital. To jeopardize a patient's life during a rapid response because the primary nurse is not the same race as you is disturbing and it shook me to my core😭😭. These nurses are dangerous AF to be quite blunt. For the doctor to lash out and question who all is to attend an RRT, which is what you call before you have to call a code, was eye opening that the culture at this hospital is sickening🤢🤮. Report or not report?🙏🏽🙇🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️💚🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
It really depends on distance. I just drove 10hrs to DC. I met 2 travelers here from TX. One who shipped & the other who drove 19hrs. Can you endure driving long distances? Is the money you’d pay to ship worth it to you? It’s all personal preference. My next assignment I plan on shipping
I emailed her my 2 week notice, that was it. She was sweet about it and told me I could go back if I wanted to. And my main agency is Emerald Health Services. I LOVE my recruiter there. Thank
Hi! I’m actually just now looking into a city where I’d leave my car. So far I’ve always taken it with me! If you move to an area whether an intricate train/metro system I’m sure you be fine!
are you able to start applying to travel nursing agencies before you have 1 year (ex: 9 months) for 3 months later when you will have a year of experience?
Do you see these salaries dropping or harder competition for job offers if more and more people become RN's as well as the aging population "baby boomers" decreases?
I didn’t. I travel solely. I work 3 month assignments with the possibility of extending. Take long breaks between assignments based on how I feel. Then start the next assignment. I know some nurses who work pen as well but I’d rather just pick up at the hospital I’m at.
Did it take you 5 months for your first assignment because you needed the time to prepare, or did it take that long because it was difficult to get an assignment?
