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If you need to smoke CBD to prepare yourself for running errands, how will you prepare yourself for the pressure filled work as a nurse? All hospitals that I have ever heard of drug test. For a reason.

Sarah DiGregorio on recognizing the value of nurses The author of "Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World" discusses the power of the nurse-patient relationship, and how poor nurse-to-patient ratios can be a matter of life or death. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/sarah-digregorio-on-recognizing-the-value-of-nurses/

BEWARE! Avoid HCA hospitals like the plague. The working conditions for nurses are universally poor at their hospitals. Do not get trapped by the sign on bonus. See this article from NBC News: 'Indentured servitude': Nurses hit with hefty debt when trying to leave hospitals... https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/economics/indentured-servitude-nurses-hit-hefty-debt-trying-leave-hospitals-rcna74204

What are your thoughts on the pacu there? What is it like?

In the past when I oriented to PACU it was just jumping into bedside care with a preceptor and also given online access to AACN's ECCO critical care modules to do on my own time. That was it.

Try and stay at current job just a few more months to have one year of experience. After a year of ICU experience, you will have so many choices of different areas to transfer into. You may really like PACU. Sometimes it is very busy, a lot of turnover, a lot of pain and nausea meds, sometimes it is a lot of sitting and monitoring.

Nurses with a MSN degree in Case Management can get RN case manager jobs straight out of this program without any bedside experience

Interesting! Mayo, of course has an excellent reputation. That's great they offer pension, I think benefit helps to retain nurses long term. Just curious what you liked, didn't like about Stanford and El Camino Health? and how did they treat you as a traveler?

Kaiser offers a pension plan, Stanford does not. If you plan to stay at the job for at least 5 years then it is worth getting the pension benefit at Kaiser. But if you want to work with the best and learn a lot, then Stanford. Kaiser is an HMO, driven to save money in the care they provide. There is a huge difference in the care provided and overall working environment between these two systems.

You are awesome!

Love this idea! See article: 'Cap hospital CEO pay,' travel nurses say ... https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/compensation-issues/cap-hospital-ceo-pay-travel-nurses-say.html

I happened to come across this interesting article from AACN "Why I’m Staying at the Bedside"... https://www.aacn.org/blog/why-im-staying-at-the-bedside

beenursexoxo, that's fantastic! Congrats!

beenursexoxo, apply again in about 10 months once you are experienced and you have a great chance. There is a nursing shortage, they need nurses and have a lot of positions posted for experienced nurses

You are not too old whatsoever! You are only in your 40s! I have seen nurses in their 60's still working at the bedside. There are always positives and negatives in every job, look for the positives. If you have a good attitude and remain interested in always learning new things you will do great!