_littlemissBSN BSN, RN

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...

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 ...

- 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...

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...

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...

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

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)....

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.

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 ...

Certainly, I'm not the only one who gets irked whenever I hear this, am I? It's true that if we were to look at figures alone, we get paid a decent amount compared to other professions and that we enjoy benefits that are not available in other jobs. ...

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 ...

"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

After promising myself that I would never go home 1 hour + past my shift ever again on my first day as a nurse off of orientation a few months ago, it happened last night. Clocked out at exactly 9:25 pm - about 5 minutes earlier compared to when I we...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Oh wow, now I feel embarrassed with my time management skills! I also forgot to share what got me behind on Sunday. I started with 7 patients (we usually get 8 max if we are NOT understaffed. I work in an acute rehab hospital). I had no discharges an...

I understand how you feel. I just got out of a horrible shift myself that made me feel like I'm the worst nurse ever. We all have those days where we feel out of our game or where something would just go wrong no matter how careful we try to be. It h...

The feelings of anxiety, incompetence, and insecurity being a fresh new nurse. During my first few weeks in my first job, I feel like everything I learned from nursing school magically disappeared and that I didn't know how to be a nurse. There were ...

As the Murphy's law states: "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong." Ah, how I hate it. Seriously though, I hope you get the job! Good luck and give us updates!

OP: Physical therapist.

I would just like to share this particular conversation I've had during one of my shifts. I was in one of my patient's rooms passing meds as he was about to be wheeled out to the gym by the physical therapist. I work in an acute rehab hospital so it'...

Hello nurses! First off, I'd like to share a bit about myself: I'm a recent grad and I currently work at an acute rehabilitation hospital. I'm almost 2 months in on my own after 6 weeks of orientation. I was initially not confident working in an acu...

Thank you for your replies! I appreciate it. Ruby Vee, you're right and that I should be asking those who have experience in both acute care and acute rehab to get a more realistic comparison between the two specialties.