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I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced this after graduating/reaching a huge life goal. For the past few years, my life was basically nursing school, clinicals, studying, graduating, and then studying for the NCLEX. Literally 3 weeks ago I was stressed out studying for my NCLEX, and now I’ve passed, I’m officially an RN, and I’m about to start my first nursing job. I thought I would feel AMAZING once I finally got here. And I am proud of myself, but instead I’ve been feeling weirdly empty, bored, emotional, and super nostalgic. It feels like my life went from constantly having something I needed to accomplish to suddenly… nothing. 😭 My friends are still in my life, but everyone is busy with work/school/their own lives, so I have a lot of time alone right now. I haven’t started my new job yet either, so I’m basically in this awkward transition period. Lately I keep thinking about old periods of my life and missing them, even periods that I KNOW were stressful when I was actually l
Im a nurse with just over a year of experience going into the ICU, I always felt like the shifts I enjoyed the most were the ones where I had to deal with patients who needed more attention because they weren’t doing well or had significant changes to their status. I enjoyed being able to step out of that task-oriented mindset to deducing whether my patient could be decompensating, so I decided to try for an ICU position and was thankfully accepted. It will be for an ICU covering cardiac patients. As such, I am wondering what I should expect as I transition to a new role? Like, I am wondering how the workflow would be different, whether the learning curve is just as bad as going from new grad nurse to an experienced nurse, etc. I feel like being on med-surg has helped me anticipate interruptions to my workflow and how to budget my time effectively, but I do admit that I lean more towards task completion. I came from a medical floor that didn’t have any particular specialty (e.g., cardi
Not a nurse, but a CNA working towards a nursing degree. I worked a specific type of shift at my hospital a month ago. I will say, I had built a very good reputation for myself across the hospital (700+ bed hospital). The shift that I was working entailed covering breaks for 1:1 sitters, helping floors that were short staffed, basically helping wherever possible. I always offered to help and did way more than was expected of me. I was looking up the patients that I was going to be sitting with throughout my shift and was reported by a nurse that I didn’t even know. She stated I was looking at charts that I had no reason to access, which was not true. I also helped out in the ED by printing stickers for patients, getting the visit number for tele, vitals, finding out diet orders, etc. Since I had been reported, they pulled my Epic access reports and it looked “suspicious” to compliance because I opened charts in multiple different departments. My management explained the role of that sp
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I’m 36+3 and I have four shifts left until I go on leave. Thank god because I get dumber by the day. My oopsies have been nothing harmful, just silly. I’m sure this hospitalist is wondering what bridge my unit found me under 🫠 I also have carpal tunnel that’s making me drop all the alcohol preps and dead end caps. Please tell me I’m not the only nurse that turned into a freaking idiot thanks to baby brain 😭 submitted by /u/Heliblonde_ [link] [comments]
Ok, not today's peeve, but last week's peeve. My hospital does not allow RNs to do anything about our patients' toenails. Not file, not clip, doesn't matter if you're wound care, diabetic educator, no toenails. Only providers are allowed to do anything with toenails. I had a patient week before last, whose toenails had grown TWO INCHES (that's five centimetres) beyond the ends of their toes. And of course, this wasn't straight out the end of the toe, they were deformed to the side where they were scraping the other toes. And I wasn't allowed, by hospital policy, to do a damn thing about it. All I could do was notify the provider about the situation, and that hospital policy restricted me from addressing it. And the hospitalists refer the patients to outpatient podiatry, who have a 3 month wait time around here. It's infuriating. submitted by /u/Gwywnnydd [link] [comments]
I work at a major hospital and am transferring units due to a horrible toxic work environment. My coworkers are fake bullies who pretend to be your friend then talk shit behind your back. One of the ladies is essentially the ring leader and always is talking shit about someone. Everyone there is afraid to stand up to her. I just discovered I’m her current target after she made a post on social media complaining about me. I only have 3 more shifts before I transfer but the amount of stress it is causing me to even think about working those shifts is unreal. I really want to call in sick my last shift but I’m worried that will hinder my transfer. Has anyone been “sick” right before they transferred departments? submitted by /u/Honey_Beez_Knees [link] [comments]
After a year as a new grad looking for a job in SoCal, I finally landed a job in the ED. Just thinking ahead, what doors does ED experience open up in the future just wondering. Ty. submitted by /u/OGViRAL [link] [comments]
This job rips. I worked hard to get here and I’m so grateful to be where I am. I get mangled so frequently it’s insane, and my inexperience hangs out and it feels like I’ve ripped my pants in front of every childhood crush I’ve ever had. I’m surrounded be people who I value and admire. They teach me and I try to retain; I do retain; then I lose some in time like condensation on a cold glass of water. Insensible fluid loss. Knowledge and stimulus overload. Yesterday I encountered an instance with a patient where my inexperience felt so glaring that I asked myself “what’s the fuck am I doing here?” In the end, I got through and as far as I know my patient remained stable until transfer to higher level of care. Now I’m putting my scrubs back on. Trying to dust yesterday off my shoulders. Trying to be a clear slate. I’m probably going to get challenged again tonight. I repeat the faint consolation that it couldn’t be harder than last night. A whistle in the dark because I know it’s just a
Home health nurse here. I am so sick of the hypocrisy of family members who neglect their “loved ones,” yet abhor the thought of placing them in nursing homes because they’ve “heard nothing but bad things” about them. I have to bite my tongue from telling them, bitch, I’ve seen nursing homes, but I’ve never seen neglect like what you’re doing here. submitted by /u/Harmonica2025 [link] [comments]
Is it just me or are people kinda... entitled? And ungrateful? Stupid? I know I would feel grateful if someone was caring for my parent, child, or loved one and relieving me of the responsibility. (Coming from a special needs mom). In other times or countries, the responsibility falls on the family to take care of their sick/disabled ones. I wonder if that ever occurs to some people...? Like if they dont like how we are, they could take them home and do it themselves? Or they could have to be doing it themselves and wow its kinda cool they dont have to? We empathize with them, they dont seem to empathize with us. That shit gets old. Unpopular opinion- I know youre feeling guilt/anxiety/sadness/anger, but stop projecting that onto me and get your shit together... and maybe try being grateful and appreciative that you have the help many others dont have. submitted by /u/Desperate_Box_7442 [link] [comments]
iykyk For those curious this is a telemetry strip of a 74yo man who became pacemaker-dependent after a mini-AVR + SCAR operation. 3rd degree AV-block without escape rhythm when not paced, who regained own rhythm at the start of my shift submitted by /u/GetTheDefib [link] [comments]
So as the title says my paycheck was declined For a little backstory, I had initially attempted to start per diem at this SNF however due to training schedule conflicts, I wasn’t able to complete orientation and I never received a paycheck, but I let it go- didn’t think much of it since I was employed FT elsewhere. Fast-forward to a month ago when I was able to start a part-time position with them, I had mentioned the previous paycheck not being received and they said they would look into it. I’ve just finished all my entire orientation and was supposed to be paid on Thursday. Imagine my surprise and I went to go cash my check on Friday and the mobile deposit wouldn’t work. I figured it was probably just a problem with the size of the check so this morning I took it to the bank. I attempted to cash it through the ATM and was told to check was invalid. I have contacted HR. I’m extremely upset. They owe me over $2500. The taxes have already been taken out, but no money has hit my account
I'm a nurse in a hospital. A few days ago I was called down to HR. I thought it would be about going over the new position I just accepted. They told me my name had come up in a group of names as they are investigating drug diversion. They asked me to take a urine test which I completely agreed to. They told me I'm not the only one being tested as well. The next day they called me to schedule a time next week to come talk to them. This will all take place 5 days after the urine test. I have zero issue with a urine screen, and maticiously check at the end of my shift all narcotics are wasted or returned.i cant think of a thing that it could be unless they're just checking everyone who had access to the pyxis that day. Anyone been through something like this? submitted by /u/GrapefruitOne3344 [link] [comments]
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This is my first post, ever. I’m a registered nurse working case management (M-F, 9-5) at my hospital that I’ve been at for 3 years and as of recently I picked up a second job, which is social media. My social media has rapidly grown over these past few months, income including. I recently was reached out by my dream brand and they invited me for a two day campaign photo shoot (absolutely insane). They would accommodate for my travel costs and for me being there. As soon as I was told this news, I immediately went to request PTO. I had a feeling my boss was going to deny me, which she did. I know she doesn’t like me, and I have absolutely no idea why. Anyway, besides the point, my question is, do I call out regardless and attend this photoshoot and deal with the repercussions when I get back? I’m at a loss. I love my job, but if I miss this opportunity I feel like I will regret it for the rest of my life. submitted by /u/OddClock1012 [link] [comments]
My per diem job decided they no longer need me. I was there for 5-6 years and always got all my joy and ‘warm fuzzies’ there. I feel sad and know it’s totally irrational, but alas sigh . submitted by /u/hibbylibbyz [link] [comments]
Our hospital system is currently in the works to become a "Pathway" hospital. It sounds like a Magnet designation alternative. I volunteered to be the unit rep for this and I really am not a joiner-cheerleader. What I am is a skeptic. I have been through too many jobs with the promise of a program that will bring more power to the staff and make it an eglitarian dream with tons of staffing on demand and a more shared workload. Can anyone who has experienced this give me the full story? How has it helped your staff? Has it done anything at all or worse than nothing? I want to bring the full story to my unit and tell them what I know from those who've gone there before. Of course I need the positive as well as the negative. I feel that for the staff, it will likely be same sh**, different day? submitted by /u/Lost2BNvrfound [link] [comments]
When I was a student I accidentally gave my patient denture glue to brush her teeth instead of tooth paste LOL. When she said it feels sticky i immediately caught on that I gave her denture glue!!!!!! I freaked out threw the evidence away 🥲 I was so embarrassed but I’m a new grad now and I can only imagine how many more mistakes I’ll be making. I laugh now but at the moment I was in shock! What was yours? submitted by /u/imjustanaries [link] [comments]
32M single nurse who works inpatient 12 hour shifts. Live alone. Looking to get 1 or possibly 2 small dogs. Breeds that are not super energetic requiring multiple walks per day. Work 3x 12's and pick up an extra 1 OT shift every other week. Out of the house at 6 AM and return around 8:30 PM. Non-work days would be a non-issue. However, on work days, my plan was to go for a 30-40 min walk in the morning prior to work and then 20-30 mins after work. While I'm at work, have a dog walker or parents come by around 1 PM to spend time with them for an hour. For dog owners who live alone and can weigh in, do you think I'm "doing enough" on my work days for them or do you think i'd need to make more accommodations? Despite REALLY wanting 1 or 2 small dogs I do not want to be selfish and not provide them with the best possible life that I could. I do not want them to potentially feel neglected on those few days that I do work. Days off they'd be the center of attention and my whole world. Any in
I unfortunately dislocated my shoulder recently on my dominant side and for lack of better words completely fucked the whole thing up. I found out today I’m going to need surgery and I’m expecting a 6 month minimum recovery time where I’ll be pretty limited with how much I can do with said arm. I just lost my bedside nursing job as I hadn’t been there long, didn’t qualify for FMLA or short term disability, and they were not able to accommodate my injury (which is understandable for a bedside nursing job). My question is, what can I even do? I can’t imagine being a clinic nurse right now, because although it’s not as heavy as bedside you still most definitely need 2 functioning arms. I feel like I’m limited to desk jobs or remote but those are hard to come by. I’ve been looking nonstop at jobs since I lost my job, because I’m extremely stressed about finances now. I have absolutely no source of income now and a ton of medical bills coming my way. I just feel so depressed and unsure of w
Hi everyone! I’m hoping some nurses or nurse managers can give me some advice because I’m honestly trying to figure out the best way forward. I graduated nursing school in April 2022 . Unfortunately, life happened, and time got away from me before I took my NCLEX. I finally passed my NCLEX in June 2026 and am now trying to get everything squared away so I can start working as an RN. Here’s where things have gotten complicated: I currently live in Georgia and am a Georgia resident , so I applied for licensure by endorsement. I was informed that because it has been 4 years and 4 months since I graduated , I now have to either: Complete 500 hours of nursing practice in Florida , or Complete a re-entry program that costs around $2,000 I actually had a job offer that I received back in February 2026 , but the employer recently contacted me and explained that unfortunately they can no longer hold the position for me. So now I’m back to trying to figure out my options. My spouse and kids have
For one yearly eval, I met the 5% max raise evaluation but I was only given 4% because i wasn't allowed to be given a percentage point increase of 2% points from my previous years evaluation (which was a 3% even though I met the criteria for the 5%). I had consistently stayed late for work, and averaged about 40-50 hours of call a week for years. If that doesn't qualify as exceeds then I don't know what else does. Honestly if you show up for your shift at least consistently and have enough to keep your mental health, physical health and home life health intact. This should constitute a 5% evaluation on it's own. That honestly changed somthing in me. Now, I still do my best at work, but, I don't think I really care about evals? Just some thoughts here. Ive been an RN for about 6 years now. submitted by /u/SlammerCow69 [link] [comments]
Idk if anyone remembered me but I was the nurse who posted the comparison chart between my old hospital and new hospital with a significantly better pay. I’m back again. Key points: I only get 2 weeks (6 shifts) orientation at the new hospital. I have 2 years ICU, 1 year OR experience in the Philippines. Migrated to California. 8 months day shift tele experience. Told them all about my background. Was honest and said my ICU experience is from the PH. They said it’s okay, you will learn. No experience in epic and pyxis and other fancy ICU equipment. I got hired as night shift ICU. Day 1 orientation, I told my preceptor my background, but she was pretty much hands off with me. Taught me once, then expected me to be completely proficient with it. Struggled with epic so much. Didn’t take my breaks so I won’t be behind on my flowsheets. At the end of shift I asked her for feedback and studied on my days off. I was off for 3 days. Day 2, we got assigned 2 intubated patients. Both sedated, fo
I am so tired of this fucking administration and their anti-vaxx and anti-science bullshit. If you're a nurse and you support this administration and/or this anti-vaxx bullshit, get the fuck out of the profession. That's it. That's the post. submitted by /u/Butthole_Surfer_GI [link] [comments]
I’d like to surprise my RN wife with a session along side my first ever session while we’re away on holiday. Would her coming back to work with a fresh one wrapped up typically be a problem? She’s postpartum mom&baby unit. submitted by /u/chazlander [link] [comments]
Time magazine finally pointing out the truth. There is no shortage of nurses. The problem are the facilities that would rather run short staffed and underpay nurses that do show up. The demands of the bedside are not commiserate with the pay offered. What do you all think? submitted by /u/Sea_Willingness1398 [link] [comments]
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I can smell this picture. It is not good. submitted by /u/RNnobody [link] [comments]
So a few months ago when I worked in the hospital I had an elderly patient and his daughter, her husband and kids were apparently a ‘barefoot family’ so they never wore shoes. They would walk all around the hospital with no shoes even tho I told them there was regularly feces on the floor not to mention all the germs and god knows what. But they would refuse to wear them. I remember walking behind them once and could see their feet were so dirty. They would even walk from their house with no shoes on along sideawalks and roads with no shoes then trot all of that around the hospital. Anyway I’m in a new job and the daughter came in today for an appointment. Not with me but I saw her and she still had no shoes on. But we are in a very deprived area and when I’m walking in to work the entire area is filled with dirty needles, used condoms, vomit. I’m actaully scared for her at this point Surely it’s just not right to be walking all this filth in to a medical centre? Is there no rules abou
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I work in a SNF and I’m a PT employee. I also started there in Feb. I’m fresh out of school- this is my first nursing job. Haven’t taken a vacation in years between school/mom life etc. so me and my husband book a 7 day vacation end of October. I went in to request off and scheduling tells me I’m not entitled to a vacation. I told them I could still work my shifts the same week of vacation (going away W-W), do doubles etc. still no. HR tells me I’d have to see if I have any PTO, use it and then find my own coverage. Or not go on the vacation. Said they just lost 6 nurses this week and they can’t tell me what my schedule will look like 3 months from now. I really wanted to just say i won’t be there regardless but instead I said ok and politely thanked him for the information. I’m just regretting even saying anything. I should’ve just played sick. Your short staffing is not my problem. Side note/ I realize I’m lacking in seniority and have not been there a year but when I’m asked to work
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I paint murals for a living, mostly big outdoor walls, and I got pulled into a project doing artwork for a pediatric unit and now a couple hallways in a larger hospital. The people coordinating it kept talking about patient outcomes and staff wellbeing, but honestly I wanted to hear it from the people actually working those floors every single day Does it register at all when you're three hours into a brutal shift and walking past something on the wall, or does it just become invisible background noise after week one? I genuinely don't know, and I find myself thinking about it a lot while I'm sketching concepts The pediatric stuff feels obvious. You want color and characters, something that pulls kids out of their heads for a second. But the adult units and the staff corridors, I'm less sure what actually lands versus what just looks good in a hospital committee presentation. There's also the question of what nurses actually want to see. Not admin, not patients, but the people doing tw
I started recently in the SICU and we use medical leeches pretty often. Once the little guys do their job and detach we just dunk them in alcohol. I feel so bad for them. Like I spent just spent 20 minutes bonding with them as I dangled them over a patient begging for them to latch. submitted by /u/Camurai_ [link] [comments]
My non-profit hospice agency was bought out by a for profit PEG owned company last May. Today they demoted our manager, 15 seconds before they layed off the entire after hours team on the same call. I'm disgusted. I'm shocked. We had 2 shifts of after hours nurses, swing shift and noc shift. Not anymore... Technically they offered us all a position, for a huge pay cut and way more hours. The offered position is salary and requires 105 hours per pay period, 15 hour shifts for 7 days in a row. The offered salary is $119k. When we calculated it out we would be making $20/hr less so obviously we are all quitting. I feel so bad for my manager, being demoted in front of the entire team. She is an LPN and they only want RN managers, which makes no sense for this fiscally motivated greed monger. Do I get unemployment? Do I slam them on GlassDoor? I'm so angry. submitted by /u/Dear_Excitement_5109 [link] [comments]
I started out at $33/hr as a new grad. Xray pays their new grads $27/hr CT pays $33/hr MRI pays $36/hr Sono/Nuc Med pays $39/hr It’s just insane to think about. Makes me think I went into the wrong field No hate towards my radiology friends. You all do great jobs submitted by /u/_adrenocorticotropic [link] [comments]
Do people realise that in a private hospital there are rarely doctors onsite particularly overnight and that the ratio of your nurse means she may be looking after 16 patients? In a public hospital there are always doctors onsite particularly overnight site and the overnight ratio is 1:8? Private hospitals suck!!! submitted by /u/RatioAppropriate1568 [link] [comments]
I got a new admission in the last 30 minutes of my shift and he is a doctor. Anyways, he got a foley placed in surgery and they messed it up somehow in the OR. I got in report from the PACU that they had to put in a new one and he was having pinkish/tea-colored urine. When he got to the floor, it was kinda pink with a tinge of blood. Forward 15-30 minutes later, I was giving report to the night shift RN and it was dark red. The resident was already aware of the pink urine and was worried about the foley, but he told me that the patient doesn’t know what happened and that he doesn’t need to know. I was already about to give handoff so I didn’t say anything to the patient about the color bc I didn’t feel like it was my situation to explain to the patient, but I’m wondering about the ethics of this. He didn’t even know he had a foley when me and the resident went to go see his foley right before shift change and he was like “I have a foley? I don’t even feel it”. Also, he will probably be
Hi yall. Do yall see scrub caps a lot on the floor? I’m in a cardiac step down type floor and want to wear them since we see bedbugs/lice occasionally but just in general to prevent taking germs home to my kid as much as possible. Would that be something seen as weird or try hard? submitted by /u/CareBusy3339 [link] [comments]
I woke up to an email that a patient I’m very close with and love dearly died last night. So today has been pretty much horrible and I haven’t been to work yet so I don’t really have anyone to talk to about it. submitted by /u/dogluvr_1 [link] [comments]
I worked with a nurse, before he retired, who charted literally nothing. Sometimes when I would get patients from him, there would be nothing but vitals, which are inputted by the aides lol. Occasionally I’d see him click the option for “same as previous assessment”. And there was always a transfer note if he received the Pt. Obviously meds were scanned in the MAR too. Is this how it used to be done? Is this something I can do LOL. I assume he did this because if anyone were to ask he would say something along the lines of “I followed the hospital protocol”, but I duno. Is this a terrible habit? I ask because after meeting him, I see some floats and travel nurses also chart the same way. submitted by /u/outbreak__monkey [link] [comments]
Daughter is MBA-type. Not medical at all. But learning tons since MIL/FIL with multiple comorbids with them almost a year. They have Deep South home but … Both insured retirees . Anyway .. aside from MIL’s run of the mill 80yo stuff … FIL (same age) = cardiac (open heart 30y ago and various related conditions ), uro (various recent procs), gastro (recent procs), endocrinology, (diabetic), psych (high anxiety). Today .. aside from hospital billing person arriving bedside asking for copays .. he asked my daughter to go to ATM and get cash so he could tip nursing team. My daughter asked me if this is routine. He told her, he ALWAYS does this and they appreciate it. Is this acceptable and routine today inpatient? submitted by /u/NomusaMagic [link] [comments]
I don’t know if yall are keeping up with the Lindsay Clancy trial but the other day Meghan Collins, an experienced ICU nurse testified and was really such a good representative of the nursing profession. During her testimony, she discussed getting report from the nightshift nurse about how Lindsay had coded the night before and was very unstable. All I could think was imagine being the night charge nurse who had to make that assignment. I’m a pretty experienced charge nurse and it sounds like a nightmare. I’m imagining the neuro ICU census like I have a couple strokes, 2 or 3 brain bleeds from falls on blood thinners, a couple spinal surgery patients, oh and the newly paralyzed woman who is under guard and alleged to have murdered her 3 kids. I’ve had to make some hard assignments in my day but that sounds like an impossible choice. submitted by /u/beep_bop_boop__ [link] [comments]
For background, I’ve been a nurse for about a year and a half in the emergency department. This week I had a patient recently that came in drenched with sweat and panicking, couldn’t get an O2 sat to register, he’s FREAKING tf out and cannot stay still. He was decompensating pretty quickly and eventually said through a NRB mask “I’m not going to make it” while looking right through me. He ended up coding and we worked him for a while but he died. And while we were working it I couldn’t come up with a single reason why he coded until they said his ventricle was full of clots and then I figured out he had a massive PE and he was so agitated because while he could breathe he wasn’t oxygenating or perfusing. I think the thing that really is messing with me is how terrified he was to die. Like genuinely he was so scared, knew he was going to die, and then he actually fucking died. No calm going into the light, just him freaking out and scared until he went quiet and coded. I’m sure some of
I (26F) am a nursing student doing a learn on the job kind of program. Im in my final months before I graduate. I just came back after a few weeks of vacation and I was genuinely excited to start work again. Don’t get me wrong, it’s also hard and demanding. But at the same time it’s super rewarding as well. The residents were very happy and excited to see me again. I was welcomed with hugs, smiles and lots of happy faces. I like that they like me. I like getting to know the residents, hearing stories about their life. I like being able to comfort them when they’re sad or upset. I like winning the trust of scared or “difficult” residents. I like being able to be there for them in their final moments. I like being able to provide comfort and dignity. I like joking around and having fun with them. I like making their day better even when it’s just with a chat. I like the “girl moments” I have with the ladies, doing their hair and make-up. I like making them smile with pictures of my pets.
Getting into nursing you hear about nursing unions and the benifits and pay but in the field there’s a lot of anti union sentiment and a good amount of people who actually don’t like being part of nursing unions.. but like why tho? Is the propaganda that strong?🥵 submitted by /u/NipponPunk [link] [comments]