rninkentucky

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1. What can I do with my license?

   rninkentucky replied to rninkentucky's topic in General Nursing

   Never said I was just in it for the money, but I do have to make a decent living. I don't think there is a single person out there that can say they don't care about how much they make. I care about my patients and take excellent care of them. If all...

2. What can I do with my license?

   rninkentucky posted a topic in General Nursing

   This may sound strange, but I'm a registered nurse in Kentucky. I have no kids so I'm up for moving to anywhere. I currently work in ICU. I was wondering what state do RNs make the most? What field do they make the most in general? Example: hospice, ...

3. WHY do so many people hate nursing? Sigh.

   rninkentucky replied to RachealAnne's topic in General Nursing

   No, trust me, it doesn't. It's supposed to, but it doesn't. Not at my hospital. We all have a set rotation that doesn't get changed. I have more seniority than some people that I work with so I know for a fact that it has nothing to do with it. We w...

4. WHY do so many people hate nursing? Sigh.

   rninkentucky replied to RachealAnne's topic in General Nursing

   I have to disagree. I have friends at other hospitals, some neighboring, and it is not like this. And, seniority has nothing to do with our schedules. Even the most senior doesn't get to pick her schedule, sadly. We were told that self scheduling giv...

5. I need to vent!

   rninkentucky posted a topic in General Nursing

   Okay, so here's my story! I graduated in 2015 and immediately accepted a job. I was hired straight into the ICU. I had heard horror stories about the hospital I was hired at, but I chose to shrug it off since they offered me a job before I had even g...

6. WHY do so many people hate nursing? Sigh.

   rninkentucky replied to RachealAnne's topic in General Nursing

   I can't speak for everyone, but I HATE my job at this current moment. I was a new grad and was hired straight into an ICU. The hospital that I work at is unionized and upper management sucks. My schedule sucks, I get calls to try to make me come in a...

7. How to get a different type of nursing the job?

   rninkentucky posted a topic in General Nursing

   I really want to do something with psych - it's my passion. I'm going to be doing the psychiatric nurse practitioner program next year as well. What can I do with my RN license until I graduate that is psych related? I live in Kentucky, but I don't w...

8. Offered an LTACH position. Should I take it?

   rninkentucky posted a topic in General Nursing

   Okay, so I currently work in the ICU - been there 8 months. I'm just not happy with the hospital that I work at. I have been offered an LTACH position as an RN making around $40 an hour on dayshift which is around $15 more than what I'm making now an...

9. Travel nursing? When is too soon?

   rninkentucky posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was offered a travel nursing position from Staffing Medical USA. I only have 8 months experience as an RN and was wondering your thoughts on this? I'm also currently getting my BSN.

10. Can anyone in Kentucky help me?

    rninkentucky replied to rninkentucky's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know what the pay is?

11. Can anyone in Kentucky help me?

    rninkentucky posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so this is going to be a bit long, but I am desperate. I am currently working in Kentucky as a nurse at a hospital that I am not so thrilled with. I have been a nurse 8 months and I was hired straight into the ICU so I've worked there the entir...