_littlemissBSN BSN, RN

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1. RN providing total care for 4-5 patients

   _littlemissBSN replied to _littlemissBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you everyone for your feedback! That's mostly what our management think, but I'm not sure they know how much time it takes to do most of the ADLs like linen changes or transferring a maximum-assist patient, take them to the toilet, clean them ...

2. RN providing total care for 4-5 patients

   _littlemissBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I just felt like I needed to vent and this site has always been the only place I know where to. I work in an acute inpatient rehab hospital. It's a newly built 3-story facility. This week, our census hit the lowest with 20-ish and the census in t...

3. Your Favorite Nursing "Hack"

   _littlemissBSN replied to canadianedmurse's topic in General Nursing

   - Using a condom catheter when collecting urine sample from incontinent male patients instead of straight catheterizing them. - Putting ice on gloves as an alternative ice pack for a cold compress on small areas like post IV sites (where patient ofte...

4. Who Did NOT Do a Year of Med Surg?

   _littlemissBSN replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

   ME. And I really have no plans working in med-surg. I've been working in acute rehabilitation hospitals for 2 years now and it's pretty tough. If med-surg is 10x more stressful than that (like they say), then I don't really want to try. I don't think...

5. Does anyone here actually like nursing?

   _littlemissBSN replied to Sumdaymurse's topic in General Nursing

   I'm absolutely proud of being a nurse. Do I always love the job? Of course not. There's a lot to love and hate about it as does other careers. Right now, the positives outweigh the negatives and I don't plan on leaving this profession no matter how m...

6. What city do you work in and how much do you get paid hourly?

   _littlemissBSN replied to Mortaaaay's topic in General Nursing

   $37.88 base pay. Almost 2 years of experience as a BSN-RN. I live in Las Vegas

7. Med error/feeling overwhelmed has me thinking of career change

   _littlemissBSN replied to Fl0ridaNurse's topic in General Nursing

   It's a natural feeling especially for a new nurse and I felt the same with my first patient fall. After that incident, I questioned myself if this is the right career path for me and thought of ways I can get away from bedside (not nursing entirely)....

8. How Much was your First RN Paycheck?

   _littlemissBSN replied to igottaconquer246's topic in General Nursing

   Started 2 years ago (2017), earning $28.50 Left that job because I didn't feel like I was being compensated well compared to my workload. Sought another job, same type of work, and now I'm earning almost $10 more than what I used to earn.

9. LTC New grad, already wants to quit

   _littlemissBSN replied to rmsRN95's topic in General Nursing

   I'm having flashbacks of my first job offer at an LTC 2 years ago. I accepted the position, but ended up quitting before I even began orienting. For a week, I couldn't sleep because I was having such a bad feeling about my new job. When they told me ...

10. Tired of Bedside Nursing

    _littlemissBSN replied to kndrpn's topic in General Nursing

    I am with you! Even back in nursing school, I've already decided that bedside nursing isn't for me. Now that I am officially a nurse and have been on the job for 7 months, I still maintain my decision that I will get out of bedside someday (or soon ...

11. Best Nursing Quotes

    _littlemissBSN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    "To do what nobody else will do in a way that nobody else can in spite of all that we go through; is to be a nurse." - Rawsi Williams

12. Loans help, compare, loan rate-Time frame

    _littlemissBSN replied to Sarah Holly's topic in General Nursing

    I live in NV and went to a public college for my BSN. I got federal grants throughout school, but eventually had to take out loans. The total I had to repay after graduation is $5600. My subsidized loan has around 4.29% interest rate and my unsubsidi...

13. Overtime

    _littlemissBSN replied to _littlemissBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all so much for your advice and words of encouragement! Really appreciate that! I will definitely hone my time management skills and vow to never go home that late again. It might sound surprising, but my management/supervisors have not cal...

14. Rn ratio rehab/nursing home

    _littlemissBSN replied to Mqnurse43's topic in General Nursing

    That's not uncommon for nursing homes. I was offered a job at a transitional rehab with potentially 35 patients and impulsively said yes since I really wanted to work at that time already. I was a new grad and I could not sleep for a week because I r...

15. G-tube/J-tube syringe

    _littlemissBSN replied to BellaMuniz's topic in General Nursing

    It's usually a part of an irrigation kit that is stored in the supply room. Every facility I've gone to has a supply room where you can find everything you need for patient care. If the nurse before you is considerate enough, they would keep a couple...