Sounded like a crazy one at JFK last night...

Martin Hotze wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote:


a couple of
traveling nurses,


[x] send pics!

#m

Hey Martin..

I'm an ICU nurse, and I've seriously considered the whole travel nursing
thing. Does that mean you want MY pic too?

Dave

I'm an ICU nurse, and I've seriously considered the whole travel nursing
thing.

Man, it's very lucrative. If you like visiting different parts of the
country, travelers sure can make a ton of money.

Of course, they have more reasons to "burn out" than even a "regular" nurse
has, if that's possible. Our new massage therapist is an R.N. that we met a
couple of years ago when she was staying with us as a traveler. The stress
of nursing has her starting a new career as an M.T. while she still does the
nurse gig on weekends only.

Amazingly, she can make enough to live comfortably working just two days per
week.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:39:43 GMT, Dave S wrote:

a couple of
traveling nurses,

[x] send pics!

#m

Hey Martin..

I'm an ICU nurse, and I've seriously considered the whole travel nursing
thing. Does that mean you want MY pic too?

*hehe* .. that's the bad thing that there is no different word for a male
and a female nurse (there are differences in the german language) in
english.

I've tried to understand the "how to become a nurse" with all the courses
and test you need (there are, IIRC, state by state differences) in the US
(my wife is a nurse, that's why).

well, you might send a pic, I might forward it to my wife to have her
opinion. *lol*

Dave

#m

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I've tried to understand the "how to become a nurse" with all the courses
and test you need (there are, IIRC, state by state differences) in the US
(my wife is a nurse, that's why).

#m


3 ways: Diplomate of Nursing - 3 years or so of On-The-Job training..
rarely done in the US anymore..
Associates Degree of Nursing - 2 year college degree (after pre-reqs)
Bachelors Degree of Nursing - 4 year college degree.

At the bedside (traditional nursing work) all three have similar earning
potential. The benefits are that the better educated have more
opportunites to advance away from the bedside.

There is ONE exam that is the same nationwide. Boards are boards are
boards. We take them at a computerized testing center now. If you move
from state to state, you may need to apply/pay for a new license but no
new testing. THere is a multistate "compact" that allows nurses to have
one state in the group as their home base without having to get a new
license in other "compact states"

Nursing is also one of the few fields that pay (signifigcantly) more for
being less than full time. I chose it primarily because I was tired of
being a poor paycheck to paycheck paramedic. Loved the job. Hated having
to work 70 hours a week to survive and have a little spending money.

I make 2-3 times more an hour than I did as a veteran paramedic.. and
have the time (and money) to do things like.. fly planes.. take
vacations.. eat out at nice restaurants.. and can be comfortable working
36 hrs/week.

Anyways... WAY OT.. response to Martin and any other interested
parties... I now return you to your regularly scheduled newsgroup.

Dave

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:31:03 GMT, Dave S wrote:

I've tried to understand the "how to become a nurse" with all the courses
and test you need (there are, IIRC, state by state differences) in the US
(my wife is a nurse, that's why).

#m


3 ways: Diplomate of Nursing - 3 years or so of On-The-Job training..
rarely done in the US anymore..
Associates Degree of Nursing - 2 year college degree (after pre-reqs)
Bachelors Degree of Nursing - 4 year college degree.

OK.
is there some type of acknoledgement for foreign degrees? I've read that
you are 'importing' many nurses from abroad.
the TOEFL test comes to mind, but this one only covers language skills.

At the bedside (traditional nursing work) all three have similar earning
potential. The benefits are that the better educated have more
opportunites to advance away from the bedside.

ah, ok. I see. but this requires a traditional US type of schooling, this
is not the way you can go beeing from outside of the system.

aren't nurses in the US very specialised? here our nurses aren't that
specialised to the area they are working in, so they can rather easy change
from one department to another.

There is ONE exam that is the same nationwide. Boards are boards are
boards. We take them at a computerized testing center now. If you move

a, computer tests. this is good.

from state to state, you may need to apply/pay for a new license but no
new testing. THere is a multistate "compact" that allows nurses to have
one state in the group as their home base without having to get a new
license in other "compact states"

ah yes. I now remember reading about that some time back.

Nursing is also one of the few fields that pay (signifigcantly) more for
being less than full time. I chose it primarily because I was tired of
being a poor paycheck to paycheck paramedic. Loved the job. Hated having
to work 70 hours a week to survive and have a little spending money.

yes, I see that 'loud and clear' (to be somewhat OnT *g*). My wife is now a
nurse for more than 10 years and she is now boss of the station she is
working at.
Compared to what I am making with my internet business ....

I make 2-3 times more an hour than I did as a veteran paramedic.. and
have the time (and money) to do things like.. fly planes.. take
vacations.. eat out at nice restaurants.. and can be comfortable working
36 hrs/week.

but is a nurse still not really socially that well recognized and honored,
esp. on your side of the pond? or has the situation turned better in the
last couple of years?

Dave

#m

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My younger brother transitioned to a visiting nurse and more than doubled
his salary. His territory is in Manhattan, NYC so he literally walks to each
of his patients then hops on the train home. I'd look into it.

Marco Leon


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I'm an ICU nurse, and I've seriously considered the whole travel nursing
thing. Does that mean you want MY pic too?

Dave