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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^Some people don't like or can't handle dogs, don't like kids, and can't even keep their own house clean.  All about what you are capable of doing whether professionally or not.  No one should ever try and dictate how you should earn your money during this shutdown but preferably legal.  [/quote]

No one is trying to dictate anything.  It's tough to get a job period, [u]let alone in your field for a temporary time period[/u], that will likely not last longer than a month.  Many people take jobs outside of their field to make ends meet.

Good luck with your temporary job hunt.[/quote]Nurses will have an easier time than most getting temp work.  Live with it, get over it, and move on.[/quote]Just notified from a Level One trauma center they will take whatever time I can give in the ER.  20 years as a registered nurse, and I've kept myself in every hospital pool to pick up extra money now and then.  I learned my lesson (as most nurses working for the government) 17 years ago when we were off for three weeks during the holidays.  [/quote]

just to be safe you may want to check with your agency ethics officials to confirm you don't need approval to do it (even if it's permitted, as I guess it would be).[/quote]I would assume that most people would be smart enough to recognize a conflict of interest.  I doubt a nurse who's picking up bedside shifts in a hospital is violating law just because it's not at NIH who also maintains a nurse pool.  I can't envision Washington Hospital Center telling their staff you can't work the pool at NIH because taking care of the sick is the same work you do here.[/quote]

You may imagine but you may also be wrong.

Ethics regulations are not always as simple as you might think.  I was an ethics official for 15 yrs. and always told people there is no such thing as a stupid question because there are any number of variables that might (or might not) be relevant.  If you get advice from an ethics official and they are wrong, you still have a "safe harbor."  If you "imagine" wrong all on your own, your butt's in the sling.

The downside for assuming (imagining) incorrectly can be severe.  Why would you not ask a question when there is someone with expertise to answer it, when the consequence of violating an ethics reg could be significant?   You've no doubt heard the joke about what happens when you assume (ass + u + me)? ...

But hey, I love imagining ... imagine away.   :roll:  :shock: [/quote]

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