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My actual reaction when I’m watching the monitor and seeing some WACKY shit happening

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Chris Hemsworth in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) dir. Drew Goddard

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This weekend was spent in Monterey, living my best life. I drove up and down PCH 1, and had the best time!

My second assignment is going pretty well, even if not everyone has been welcoming. I’m still so thankful I get to do stuff like this every week. Message me if you have questions about travel nursing!

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I have a good feeling about my new assignment.

Almost everyone has been nice to me so far (the occasional person gives me the cold shoulder for no apparent reason), and the way the hospital runs its ORs seems really effective. While the cafeteria food sucks, they seem to have plenty of people around to help keep the rooms running well. So yay!

Stay tuned, though. Things can always be deceptive, but I really hope I like it here.

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Y’all better believe I finished my first travel assignment

Omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I made it out alive!!!! It was a nightmare and I’m never going back but I’m alive!!!! I’m also ready for my next assignment, because I’ll be taking some kind of trip every weekend! Good grief, I really thought I wasn’t going to make it some of those days. I guess this proves that I really can do anything for 13 weeks. I’m so sick of doing GYN surgery that I could barf... I miss my big cases. I miss my old hospital. I miss my friends desperately... but it’s not enough to make me stop chasing my dream of traveling. I’m getting to see parts of the United States that I would have never seen if I stayed where I was - I just keep telling myself that, and I’m okay.

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Four more shifts!

My first travel assignment is coming to a close! While I’m glad for the experience, I’m ready to pick up my stuff and head somewhere else. I’ve already found my next assignment- I’m going to Visalia, California! It’s cow country. I’ve found my housing already, too! I’ll be making better money there, so hopefully I can squirrel away a good amount for a rainy day.

I can’t believe I’m almost done with my first travel assignment!!! Time really flies.

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5 weeks left!

My first assignment is more than halfway over!!!!! I’m on the hunt for my second job, and I’ve got my eye on washington state. Does anyone know anything about the hospitals in Seattle? I’m itching to explore somewhere new!

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My first assignment is going okay!

The people are nice, and I’ve met some really friendly doctors! I’ve also met some unfriendly doctors. The case load is really different from what I’m used to, considering I had almost no GYN experience when I started this assignment and now I feel a lot more confident. They do things very differently from my home hospital, which is weird but I’m adapting.

I started two IVs on kids today!!!!! I haven’t done any IVs since nursing school and now I’ve done like 4 or 5 in the last week!! How crazy is that?

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First week of travel nursing: done!

I spent the last two days following around a nurse and learning how they do things here. Almost everyone has been really nice! I feel a little better about it all after yesterday, where I survived five cases in a row. They use epic, which is very different from what I’m used to, but I’m getting faster with it.

It’s supposed to snow this weekend! I think I’m about to get dressed and walk to the coffee shop down the sidewalk. We’ve got a ton of orientation paperwork to do this weekend that I think we might try to tackle today.

I’ll post more about my new job soon!!!

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Today was my first peek at my new hospital for the next 13 weeks!

They do things pretty differently from what I’m accustomed to. For example... they operate on young kids pretty often. Like, I saw several cribs. I don’t even know how to work a crib! How do you position a baby?!

Everyone has been really nice so far, and it’s so weird not having to wear my own scrubs! They hire a lot of travelers, which is either a good or bad thing... they said they lost a lot of staff due to political reasons? I’m not sure.

Either way, I’m hoping to absorb as much as I can this week and go in with a confident, ready to learn attitude. This can only make me a better nurse, right?

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I start my new travel assignment soon!!!

I load up the car and leave tomorrow for the WILD WILD WEST and I’m so excited!!!!!

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5 work shifts left

I have only 5 days left of work and I STILL DONT HAVE A JOB but I’ll be okay!!! Everything is okay!!!!

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I literally turned off the movie after he cried bc I couldn’t handle the emotions it caused

this movie…

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Best pirate ive ever seen…

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Chris Hemsworth in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) dir. Drew Goddard

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Does anyone have any traveling advice? I’m open to anything and everything, esp if it’s OR related. Help!!!

HOLY CRAP I JUST TURNED IN MY 30 DAY NOTICE

Aaaaaaahhhh!!! I’m QUITTING my job to go travel nurse and oh my GOD I feel like I could barf I’m so nervous.