Cmb82

@DextersDisciple lol. Ik! Its very rare. Ive been at my current location almost 2 years and been put oncall for over staffing 2 times. I don't mind it. I hate the $2.00 an hour to sit around worrying if they are going to call me in or not.

@DextersDisciple I work Postpartum, Newborn Nursery and Women surgery. We are required to only have one on call per schedule. But there are times, like today, we are put oncall if we are over staffed.

Hi guys hope your day is going well. I'd like to find out what most RN's are respectfully making while on call at home? I am in the Houston Texas area. Myself and a couple ladies have started a Practice Council where we try to improve things on our floor- both patient and nurse wise. My next topic is to possibly get a increase for our on call days....sitting at home waiting around. I appreciate all the feed back. - Christen.

Good to know! I won't get so discouraged. Thanks.

Hi all. I graduated in May 2016. I decided to take a few months off and spend time with my three boys since I had been in school for 4 years. Once I was done with the break I was going to join a residency program and be on my Joyful Way. But while I was on that break I was hospitalized three times had two emergency surgeries and was diagnosed with pneumonia and a pulmonary embolism in my left lung. To make a very long story short they had me on Xarelto for 7 months which made me very sick, I was weak, my lung capacity was not up to par and my doctors advised me to stay at home and rest until I was off all medications and would be at 100%. Now that I'm at 100% And I'm so eager to find a job and spread my wings as a new nurse nobody will give me the time of day. I'm not considered a new grad anymore so I don't qualify for most residencies and when I apply outside of an Residency program most places require you to have a year experience, in which case i have none. I have applied at about 70 different places and I've heard nothing back. Now mind you I've only been looking for a job for about 2 weeks and hurricane Harvey came through the same time I was applying so that might have something to do with why I haven't heard anything back yet but I'm just so discouraged. I'm not going to give up. I'm going to keep applying to the positions that I really want which are NICU, Nursery, labor and delivery, postpartum, Women's Services. Thank you guys for listening. I'll keep pushing forward until i reach my dream! -CMB82