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Working PACU one weekend with my favorite co-worker, we are sitting in recovery waiting for the patient to come out. Watching our favorite show on the PACU computer. When we get an urgent call to PACU, I immediately think the…

Been on assignment for quite some time at this facility, it is pretty much staffed with travelers, maybe 10 staff member’s total. Which to me usually means management is poorly managed. People need jobs, and if they feel valued at…

Contract almost complete and searching for my next assignment. Where shall I go? Each assignment lets you know the standard procedures that you are going to be required to do. Also, at the bottom letting you know the level of…

Before I became a travel nurse I spent time in the recovery room learning all the skills it took to be a great PACU (post anesthesia care unit) nurse. This was my bridge into the surgery department, and I quite…

Arriving to the board I notice a new surgeons name, Dr J. I inquire who this was, and hear he is a new Cardiothoracic surgeon, fresh off fellowship. I don’t do hearts, so figure I won’t be running into him…

Arriving to the board with a positive attitude hoping it will glide me into a great day at work. Doing breaks, and have great rooms. I have settled into my groove at this assignment and figured out how to get…

As a traveler you get accustomed to listening to every facilities “normal” behaviors and processes that seem quite abnormal to anyone else. As with anything in life, what you have experienced and seen has a drastic impact on what moral…

Walking to the board in the evening to assess what’s going on for the evening, I see my favorite general surgeon walk by Dr S. I run up to him excited, hoping he is the working surgeon tonight with me,…

End of the evening feeling exhausted from a very busy day, taking a breather at the desk pondering if I snuck out right now if anyone would notice. When I get a call from charge, we have an add on,…

Arriving at the board and meeting the charge nurse, she tells me we have a new traveler who will be with me for the day, Alesha. I am pumped; another traveler is like getting another soldier with you to fight…