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I carry my cell, my drug phone, and trauma shears, sometimes a stethoscope, even rarer to have a pen. If I work in certain areas I'll have another phone and a pager. submitted by /u/deadecho25 [link] [comments]
Caught a patient going into severe sepsis territory right before shift change and informed the docs, got a whole bunch of orders and people to come into the room right at shift change. Handed off the patient in stable condition to night shift only for patient's daughter to start yelling at me saying I was being rude and rough with her dad all day and that she was gonna report me to my manager. The reason? Because earlier in the shift one his IV started leaking so I removed it but I had to apply extra pressure because it was bleeding a lot. He screamed. He was also the type to jump and scream anytime you flushed any lines, i.e. I'm torturing him. When I was starting to sepsis bolus I couldn't find his IV for a minute so I was turning his wrists around and telling him to keep them straight. An absolute lunatic. Why I gotta do that? When I left, there was another angry family member in another room wanting to speak to the CEO because the patient's BKA touched the edge of the CT scanner an
I’ve been an ICU nurse for 4 years and assisted with ~3 codes in which I was either the recorder, compressor, or the one pushing meds. But last night, it finally happened to my own patient. Internally, I kept saying, “what the fuck… what the fuck… no way this is happening,” while simultaneously seeing the monitor alarm asystole, seeing the A-line go flat, and feeling no pulse. I yelled for a crash cart, then remembered I’m in a negative-pressure room with the doors closed, so no one could hear me. I ran to press the Code Blue button and then started compressions. It felt like forever waiting for the team to come in with the crash cart and Zoll. My coworker took over compressions, and I helped put pads on the patient. After two minutes of CPR, the patient had ROSC. The patient is still very sick, but alive. And for the first time, I can say I’ve actually had to code my own patient. It was such a surreal experience. What was your first code experience like? submitted by /u/Beautiful-Viol
TLDR at the bottom. Context: least paid ER in my city, level 1 trauma, 80% floor staff is travel RNs, department is in the middle of a mass exit We have a union & I'm core staff, and we have safe harbor. They are using the excuse of "orientees are extra hands" Trauma has frequently had 15:3, and we're lucky if we have a 50:2 for our lobby. We're in the middle of the eye of the storm situation where this is our lower census time of month and we're going to hit a HEAVY upswing with past trends of 90+ in the lobby holding well into the 30s for admits. Our quick turn area has frequently been used to 'stablize' resus patients who have the potential for a room vs going back to resus. Keep in mind we have ONE cardiac monitor for this area. Of course we've been breaching our protocol for patient treatment vs what our management wants. Recently we had someone die in our lobby and just a couple days ago and orientee who was being used as a functional floor staff medicated the wrong patient with
Yes, they sent me the hush money (chocolates). And i encouraged them to lightly haze their coworker for that almost big whoopsie. Anyone else have a good whoopsy story. Please share! submitted by /u/OneSmallTrauma [link] [comments]
I’ve been a LPN for 8 years and in December I obtained my RN. I was hired for a new grad residency in an ICU. I was excited so excited , but it’s turned into a nightmare. My first day (also the entire week) I was precepted by a young nurse that in my opinion shouldn’t have been a preceptor. My first day I introduced myself and I let her know my experience, and I also identified what I thought were my weaker areas. I feel like they were weaponized against me, and I was purposefully put in situations that would make me look incompetent/ stupid. One of the areas was vents. I was doing something for a patient when she said that she would be right back. I didn’t think much of it until she wasn’t right back. The patient needed to be suctioned frequently, and I had to grab her I was inexperienced with intubated patients. The family was upset and after they left the room, we went to give the patient a bath. She smirked as she was exiting the room and said “Start the bath. You think you can han
Amazing how hard I’m being downvoted within minutes. Don’t dare disrupt the basement dwelling keyboard warrior’s fantasy world! submitted by /u/Br135han [link] [comments]
For me it was removing bugs from ears. I have never had to do this, but I feel like we spent a considerable amount of time on this. At least it’s a cool party trick up my sleeve should the opportunity present itself submitted by /u/miss-swait [link] [comments]
I have a few. For example: -Fish Fridays -Smells. All the smells! -Entering the soiled hold before the bins have been taken and replaced with empty bins. I suppose all of these fall under “smells”! There are so many more… submitted by /u/Clean-Mycologist-298 [link] [comments]
SO MANY ridiculous posts from patients, other workers, etc lately making complaints against nurses. Some of them are obviously just mentally ill, but others are actually kinda funny. They aren’t allowed in this sub and get deleted (Rule #2). Should we making a sub entitled Nursing Complaints? 😂🤔 submitted by /u/No_Knowledge4718 [link] [comments]
So I keep to myself at work. I’m polite and helpful, but everyone knows I’m not the socializing type. I don’t engage in gossip about other coworkers and I don’t socialize with them outside of work. For that reason, I seem to get along with everyone on a surface/professional level and I like it that way. I accidentally became close with this one coworker and I’m quickly regretting it. This coworker has an issue with everyone and wants me to know about it. She’ll come to my desk and start whispering about someone sitting a few feet away. Never has anything positive to say about anyone or anything. Always in some drama with other nurses or techs. My issue is, because I’m more cordial with her at work than I am with others, people are starting to see us as a unit. I’m receiving the cold shoulder from people she’s antagonized, and that’s not the type of work environment I want to exist in. I’m really struggling with how to separate myself from her without creating drama. As a people-pleaser
These 3 capsules came out of these 2 packages, somehow. I peeled them and dumped them into a pill cup. As I was handing the cup to the patient I looked inside and there were 3 capsules instead of the expected 2. I was so confused, I took them out in the hallway to get my phone and take a picture to confirm I was not hallucinating. It was 2am when this happened. I tried to fit 2 of them in the blister pack and they really had to be squished to fit so it makes NO sense to me how this could have happened! Anyone ever experienced this? submitted by /u/Beginning_Fun_3913 [link] [comments]
Nursing school covers a lot of the clinical side but almost every nurse I have talked to says the real lessons came later, usually the hard way. For me it was realizing charting takes way longer than school ever let on and it eats into time you thought you had for patients. Wondering what it was for you, could be something clinical, a time management issue, or just getting through a rough shift. What is the one thing you wish someone had told you before you learned it on your own. submitted by /u/Diligent_Bridge_1674 [link] [comments]
I’m just randomly eating lunch in the middle of a chaotic shift and thinking about how grateful I am to be a nurse. I just got my heart smashed and I don’t even care because I’m too busy being a nurse. I had a night off and fell apart, but every night that I’m at work, I don’t even remember that I’m sad. I’m too busy making sure every person I take care of is as comfortable and healing as can be. There’s a whole lot of actionable steps I can take towards that, and every little step makes a difference. And when I’m not busy with all the things I have to do, I’m too busy yapping with my coworkers and they’re so funny. So yeah, I’m gonna pick up another shift 🤷🏻♀️ submitted by /u/ladytenacity [link] [comments]
Let me just preface this post and say, I have absolute respect for every single nursing students and I admire those who truly is in it because for passion and see themselves getting in the industry to find a fulfilling life career. This past week, I had a chance to partake in an an event that lets current team members meet and greet all the students that had their clinical in our facility who are interested in applying or have applied to our new grad program. Our facility decided to do it with the intent to truly get to know candidates, get feedback on what they think would be supportive during their transition from being a student to licensed nurses, as we have seen an influx of new grads burnout within the first year. We pride ourselves on being supportive to the new generation and we don’t condone the “eat your young” attitude in our floors. BUT! Oh my lawd, I was appalled by how majority of these participants are truly not prepared to practice bedside. They can’t answer simple ques
I saw a post earlier about how a hospital is cutting the ICU unit differential (awful). However, I’ve never heard of a unit differential before. I work in an “everything” ICU (I’m talking CT surg, neuro, level 1 trauma, medical) and I’m curious if other ICU nurses or nurses working in specialties that require extra training get any kind of differential for doing so? submitted by /u/blobbin3 [link] [comments]
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I don’t know who needs a feel-good story, but here goes: I‘m a new nurse, not new to healthcare, in a critical care unit with a few other new grad RNs on orientation. Last week, a resident came through and asked one of the new nurses what her patient’s urine output had been that day. She gave a perfectly acceptable response, “Let me look that up for you.” Y’all, this guy started lecturing her HARD. Him: You want to be a nurse, right? Her: I am a nurse. Him: Oh, OK, sorry, you are a nurse. If you’re going to be a nurse, you need to…blah, blah, blah. (as if he went to nursing school, not medical school, and is going to teach her how to do her job. Preceptor: EXCUSE me, don’t talk to my orientee like that. Resident starts listing all the reasons he needs to. Preceptor: No, if you have a problem, talk to me. Resident gives a little more lip and then leaves. 30 minutes later…unit manager comes to the unit. Preceptor tells her what went down. Manager: He did WHAT?!? Oh, no. He better not be
Hey guys (idk if this is even the right place to post this), I am a new grad RN who just got a position in the OR. I've been in this position for about 2 months, and I was just wondering if anyone has any advice on how to get more acclimated to an environment like this because I honestly feel pretty lost. I've been talking to my preceptors and know that "things will just come with time" and "that because I'm so new it's ok to make mistakes and not know everything" and "not to be too hard on yourself", but I just feel lost and a beat behind everyone. I enjoy where I am and what I'm doing and know that progress isn't linear, but I feel like I'm just making too many easy mistakes and nothing feels like it's sticking even though I'm trying my hardest. Idk I'm sorry if this just has some cliché answer but I just feel super lost and unsure about everything I'm doing to the point where I'm just anxious about going to work every day. Thank you in advance for any help! submitted by /u/lol_44_ [
Spotted at a hospital near you submitted by /u/Mediocre_Radish_7216 [link] [comments]
New RN — is this normal urgent care chaos? I’m a new RN working in urgent care in Maine. I actually like it for the most part, but I’m trying to figure out what’s normal vs. what might be a problem with the practice. We see a surprising amount of high-acuity patients because the closest ED is 20 miles away, but our resources are limited. For example; The other day we had a patient actively seizing and didn’t have lorazepam available. I’m also one of the only RNs, so there’s very little I can delegate because there’s no support staff and often all other nurses are tied up. I end up doing labs, autoclaving, IVs, meds, procedures, etc., while also managing my own patients. There’s also a general lack of urgency, things get done, but I often feel like I’m the only one thinking about what needs to happen next and seeing patients based upon acuity, and I cannot delegate because I’m new and no one takes me seriously (rightfully so….) but I’m the only RN and it is my responsibility to make sur
Some context: Had a patient with inflammation in his upper respiratory tract. We contacted the primary team and they got ahold of an ENT resident to come take a look, they said compared to their scope from the day prior, it looked stable. Fast forward it’s roughly 0430 and I’m in the patients room administering IV diphenhydramine and doing our routine blood draw. About 5 minutes later it looked like he was seizing but I realized he wasn’t breathing. Called my preceptor on the vocera and started yelling help hoping someone can hear from the hallway. Ended up calling a code blue because he no had a pulse and I started compressions. Between me and my preceptor we did 4 rounds of CPR and were able to get a pulse back. For the rest of the shift it felt like it was my fault for what happened to him. I don’t know if it was the Benadryl I gave, or because I was sticking him for the blood draw, or because I wasn’t being more diligent for whatever reason. All in all, I feel like I did something
Even funnier if it’s the red one. submitted by /u/SavvyKnucklehead [link] [comments]
TLDR below. I've been a med/surg RN for almost 5 years now working on the same unit since a new grad, but I've hated it since day 1 and I have been beyond burnt out. I work nightshift weekends only, and because I signed up for the weekend contract the pay is excellent ($39/hr base + $7/hr night weekend shift diff + $10/hr weekend contract). I am single, live alone, and support myself... so this money has really helped me thrive by not having to worry about $/bills because all of it gets paid with tons left over every month. But man has this job sucked the absolute soul out of me. My anxiety seems to have gotten worse year over year, I dread going into work to the point of tears, I am a zombie on my days off despite having a consistent schedule (3 on 4 off), and I just HATE direct patient care now. We also float so much and I'm so sick of going to other units without proper training and getting shit assignments, and it doesn't help our hospital took away our float pay a few months ago.
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My director is mad because I wrote a Nurse's Note. I work in a nursing home. During my overnight shift one resident assaulted another resident resulting in the victim having a (minor) injury. Both parties have dementia. I went through all the proper procedures. Alerted the PD and EMS and ended up getting the aggressive resident sectioned and taken to the hospital. I alerted residents' families, called the DON and the NP on call for orders, filled out the paperwork and got everything squared away. The DON told me not to write a Nurse's Note for either resident on the incident which seemed odd. If there is any incident at our facility involving resident injury or change in condition we have to write a Nurse's Note. I was scared about not writing a Nurse's Note and documenting the assault. I thought it might reflect badly on my license. So I wrote the Nurses' Notes anyway. Now my DON is furious, saying because of my Nurse's Notes she has to report the incident to DPH and get the state ale
I recently accepted my first full time RN job as a new grad, and I’ll get paid $55/hr. My goal right now is to save as much money as possible, so I’ve been hearing about nurses working per diem or picking up side gigs in addition to their full-time job. Would you recommend a new grad start working per diem as an RN right away? Are there other side gigs that you’d recommend for a new grad who wants to earn extra income? I’m willing to work a lot but I also don’t want burn myself out. submitted by /u/No_Bus5203 [link] [comments]
Last night around 22:30, I was starting an IV. I work medsurg and this was a good shift for me. I had passed all of my evening meds. I had then requested all of the additional medications that my various patients had insisted they needed, obtained orders from our very patient night hospitalist, and circled back to pass this bonus round of meds. All of this by 22:30. So many little side quests I won't bore you with, completed at this very reasonable hour. And then I got the IV on my first try. A really promising start to my third night of three. I look up and see on the wall a suction canister with about 400 mls of brown liquid. This patient came to the hospital with a SBO. They do not have an NGT currently, but I know from report that they did have one recently. So, not entirely bizarre to see a container partly full of stomach acid on the wall. I retrieve the container and, naively, mind already racing ahead to the next few things I have to do, dump the liquid in the toilet. By the ti
Just found out I’m getting paid $1.50 more than new grads as an RN with 4 years of experience. I’ve been here for 1.5 years, I already had 2.5 years of experience when I started this job. Is that typical in nursing? We usually get a pay bump around Nov, so I’m waiting to see what it’ll be. Although I’m not expecting anything more than $2/hr. submitted by /u/Reasonable_Row1681 [link] [comments]
Our unit director came during morning huddle the other day, and told us that our unit diff is being cut completely starting in 2027, hospital wide. For us in ICU, that’s going to result in a 22k annual decrease. Budget cuts will budget cut, but a 20% pay cut is a tough pill to swallow, especially in a level 1 icu. submitted by /u/_Valhalla___ [link] [comments]
Been a nurse for two years but recently transferred to a PCU and I’m just shocked at how little it seems the providers on this unit care about people who are withdrawing Had a patient last week on second day of withdrawal. CIWA was 24 and 2mg of Ativan IV every hour (max in our CIWA protocol) was not touching them. Paged provider to state my concerns and recommend moving to higher level of care and they said as long as the Ativan lowers her CIWA score when reassessing half an hour later the ICU won’t take them?? Then recommended I hold Ativan all together until patient was agitated enough/high enough BP for the icu to take them?? Meanwhile they are in locked restraints after ripping through their vest and getting aggressive toward staff, hallucinating and disoriented, etc. Are we just waiting for patients to have a seizure at this point before transferring to icu? Also should mention this whole time I had five patients and I literally told my charge and the provider even if I’m able to
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Hello everyone. I have accepted a 10 week contract with Walgreens as an RN immunizer. Starts 9/8 and goes until 11/13. Pay is $53/hr and the job description states I will only be doing vaccines. Has anyone ever worked with Walgreens as an immunizer during the flu season? Any insight would be helpful. Also the store I will be working at is a tier 3/4. Thank you!! submitted by /u/Prestigious_Visit395 [link] [comments]
i’m in southern california and my hospital has had 3 rounds of layoffs since last june. even bedside staff members have been laid off. i feel like management is insinuating that we should just be grateful to even have a job so we need to deal with the lack of resources & short staffing now but keep patient satisfaction scores up ! submitted by /u/nosleepnatalie [link] [comments]
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I have a coworker who I absolutely hate getting report from or giving report to because he absolutely nitpicks the fuck out of EVERYTHING, talks in a high pitched anime voice like it’s supposed to be cute, and is passive aggressive. He also talks to me like I’m an idiot and goes through my charting trying to find things to criticize. Who even has time for that? He has been a nurse for a little over a year and I’ve been one since 2018. Not saying I’m better than him because I have more experience, but I am saying that I am competent enough to do my job without someone micromanaging me. We have these note cards that night shift (his shift) fills out with patient updates for rounding that are supposed to be discarded after each shift. I did so and said nurse got upset with me for doing what I’m supposed to do and that NO OTHER NURSE ever complains about, all because he would have to fill out a new one. I’m sorry you have to fill out a new note card dude. He went through my charting and sa
i’m sorry i’m trying to move on but i’m so over it. It’s my day 3/4, 1700, I work on inpatient onc unit. Family member walks by the nurses station but I didn’t really notice her (Not my patient btw) she goes “HI” aggressively…. i’m like “oh hi” I go to pull my pre-meds for vidaza. (Short half-life chemo, have to give as soon as it comes to the floor.) Another family member steps out of a room patients room. The first family member starts talking to her and is like “I’m just really not impressed by the care here! The nurses staff are so LAZY and they don’t even say hi when you walk by the nurses station” and just goes on and on about how much we suck- knowing full well I can hear her and know she’s talking about me. At some point i’m just like “Have you ever considered we’re taking care of patients” She goes “I’m not talking to you” I say “You’re talking ABOUT me and i’m standing right here 😃” She says some dumb shit and I said (heat of the moment) “No you’re talking shit about me and i
Regarding a walk in that I was asked to triage today: "So they came here...to the peds clinic...to have dental surgery...for the cancer in his mouth?" Disposition: hopital submitted by /u/entiteaaa [link] [comments]
Primary nurses are asked to pick up the slack from everyone else in the hospital: -doctors not placing orders -transporters not moving patients -environmental services not cleaning rooms, floors, surfaces -IT not fixing computers and equipment -Unit Assistant not answering phones/call bells, organizing charts, etc -CNAs/Sitters/lift team and PT/OT cleaning and moving around patients When we do these things, it detracts from our ability to focus on our nursing. When we fail in some aspect of our job or even one of the random jobs above, we are written up. It’s too much work for one person to possibly do. Remember that when your boss asks you to leave the unit to transport or receive your patient or any other thing from the laundry list of bullshit. When you start to do someone else’s work, you will be expected to do it and you will have one less helper every time. Count on it. That’s how executives get their bonuses and stockholders make earnings. Hospitals do this all the time, even mo
In my journey from working on the floor as a patient care technician to behind a desk as a medical secretary, nothing has surprised me more than how often I hear women calling on behalf of their AOx4, fully capable S/O, father, brother, uncle, adult child, etc. In some cases, the caller isn't even listed as a patient contact, which of course makes things somewhat inconvenient for all involved parties. Maybe it is because I primarily worked nights hospital side, but I've hardly ever run into this outside of the clinic! These days, I have upwards of 4-5 phonecalls a day that begin with something to the effect of, "Hi, I'm calling to set up an appointment... My name is X, but the patient's name is Y - I'm spouse/partner/sibling/kid... No, they're sitting right next to me," <cue a distant voice in the background that sounds like the patient> I'm truly baffled as to why the patient just doesn't call us themselves. Has anyone else run into this, or possess some insight as to what's up with t
Alors racontez-moi : quelle est la chose la plus drôle, absurde ou inattendue qu’un patient vous ait déjà dite ? Je suis curieuse de lire vos anecdotes. submitted by /u/AmphibianCute14 [link] [comments]
I am a somewhat experienced ER nurse (2 years) who also did 1.5 years in the icu, all in nyc previously. Have my CEN, working on CCRN, genuinely am passionate about emergency medicine in normal circumstances fwiw) I started working at an ER in Georgia after my family relocated down here to try it out. I’ve spent a lot of time working in an extremely busy ER at my last job so I was used to having a ton of patients and doing hallway medicine in nyc - juggling tasks is nothing new to me. but oh my GOD I hate my new job here (in the er of a hospital I guess I won’t name but maybe I will if anyone is curious enough to message me. ) there’s no teamwork, the charge assigns patients completely randomly and overloads certain people (ie me, some others) with extremely sick icu level patients while some get an easier assignment daily. The management is absent more than any previous management I’ve had. TLDR I want to quit so so badly. They offered me a 10k sign on bonus and I should have known fr
I don’t have to be stressed out to do a good job! I don’t have to look like a chicken with its head cut off to prove I’m a good nurse and that I actually care!! Nurses don’t have to wear their anxiety like it is a badge of honor, because personally, I don’t think it is I don’t have to rush for your profit margins and compromise patient safety! Healthcare doesn’t get to slurp up all of a nurse’s energy like they are a used Caprisun Nurses shouldn’t have to pick up that fourth 12 hour shift to pay the bills and support their children, just pay them well enough in the first place Private equity and this high stakes corporate finance mentality needs to be banned from healthcare, you have no grasp of what you are asking nurses to do and you are liking committing sins you cannot comprehend Private equity, leave healthcare alone. submitted by /u/LetterStandard5217 [link] [comments]
I work in a pediatric orthopedic clinic. Doctor tells me to write a school note for his patient to allow him to use a wheelchair at school and use the school elevator. I put it in and go let the parents know they’re good to head out and can get the note at the check out desk. Mom proceeds to ask me if I’ll ask the doctor to provide a note to allow the kid to switch schools. Because he can’t use stairs right now, and the school he’s at is multiple stories, but there’s another school in their district that’s just one level. I explain what the note says and ask, “does the school not have an elevator?” wondering if maybe the doctor just assumed the school would have one but they don’t. She replies “well… yeah… they have one. But he doesn’t really like getting on it….” LADY. Really? You’d rather have your kid transfer schools than tell him that he needs to be a brave boy and ride the elevator for 4 weeks? The coddling I witness just boggles me at times. submitted by /u/kitkatquick [link] [c
So I currently work as the Stroke and Sepsis Coordinator for my hospital. I applied to the program manager role as I’ve been working in that role since my coworker left, expecting a raise of course. I didn’t expect a huge increase but they actually offered me 36.75/hr. That’s 19% less than my current salary for more responsibility. The recruiter said they cap nursing experience at 10 years (I’m at 16+ years w/ BSN). The new range for the role is 30-40/hr for the role. I escalated it of course to my director and will wait to see what they come back with. I’m just so disappointed to see where nursing salaries are headed with gigantic corporations. This one is “non-profit” and is aggressively buying up hospitals. Has anyone encountered this? submitted by /u/Ecowarriorgoddess [link] [comments]
I work at a small hospital. I wouldn’t let the two surgeons there ever touch me or my family. I have been a nurse for several years at bigger hospitals and lot of stepdown surgeries for years. This past week I had a post appendectomy patient on a CLD. Me totally not thinking brought the patient tomato soup. I know this is full liquids but it was an accident . I have an infant and am sleep deprived. The surgeon comes to see the patient and sees the soup. He looks at me and says oh this is full liquids so I guess you decided he wasn’t on clears. I apologized and said no it was a mistake. He then incessantly accuses me of practicing medicine In front of the patient until I walk out crying. I do not want to work there anymore this is a huge accusation. What are other nurses opinions submitted by /u/Suspicious-Deer-5147 [link] [comments]
What is THE ONE THING you wish every nurse knew that is common knowledge in your specialty? From wound care, don't use telfa! submitted by /u/ghostoftheweek [link] [comments]
So one of our surgeon’s standard order set includes intradermal lidocaine for IV placement. The instructions are to use a tb syringe and inject 0.2 ml in 5 locations around the area and then wait 5 min. I get EMLA but we don’t even typically use that for regular IVs here. (We have no peds) And only for ports if they have their own at home since we don’t even have it on formulary. Is this less painful than just one quick poke? We have access to an ultrasound so I rarely fish around for questionable, more superficial veins. There’s some amount of wiggling with that… but still. I’m not sure getting poked 5 times with the smaller needle is better. So is this a new thing and I’m getting old? Or is it just really old fashioned? Because this particular surgeon is probably of retirement age here soon. submitted by /u/potato-keeper [link] [comments]
I took my CCRN this morning and passed! 🎉🥳🍾 To anyone thinking about taking it, just do it! I’m a very anxious person, so I went into the exam expecting the worst. I had put it off for two years, but I went ahead and scheduled it and committed to studying 30 days ago. To prepare, I watched all of the Nurse Life Academy YouTube videos, read the entire Barron’s CCRN book, and completed the AACN practice test bank. I consistently answered 50–150 practice questions per day, depending on whether it was a workday. I even went on vacation during my third week of studying, but I continued doing practice questions and reading Barron’s while I was away. For background, I’ve been a MICU/mixed ICU nurse for four years. When I started studying, I didn’t know PA catheter values, much less their indications. I gained so much knowledge throughout this process, and passing has given me a huge confidence boost. My personal goal was to answer at least 100 questions correctly. One unexpected thing was tha
Maintains low salary ranges, low call pay ($7.5/h compared to Inova $13.5/h and DC hospitals $15/h), poor benefits, inability to call out sick with a doc note (occurrence) all the while the CNO salary’s increased from $530k per year (2023) to $681k per year (2024), source propublica. submitted by /u/eapeco [link] [comments]