napswithcats ADN, CNA, RN

I just finished my RN program and will begin my first job at a nursing home (it's the only thing I can get without a BSN) while I attend UTA's accelerated online RN-BSN program. Since its online, it's flexible but each class is only 5 weeks long so I...

Do what is best for you. I have friends that wanted and/or needed to finish school, become nurse and obtain a better salary FAST so they went with the LVN route. The schooling was also way cheaper and easier to get into. In one year they are making $...

When I was a CNA, I remember being picked on by LVN's for being "just a CNA", now I'm an RN and these same people are picking on me for not having my BSN. Next, I'm going to be picked on for not being an NP and then for not being a doctor. When I was...

SNF’s are hard because of the amount of residents you get!! I recently started my first job, received “extra” orientation (A total of 6 days) and it was so overwhelming. I am floater and some sections have as many as 41 pt’s and I see nurses have to ...

It's been maybe 1 month since I started my first job at a SNF and its been terrible to be quite honest. I'm very slow at passing my medications, a change of condition will ruin my day and I never go home on time. The paperwork, charting, and policie...

It is a very ghetto skilled nursing facility, the local ghetto hospital pays $32 an hour. Other hospitals do start at around 45$ for new grads

I would gladly take a pay cut if the resident to nurse ratio was better. There’s just too much work and I don’t feel like I can give the good quality care these people deserve. I only have enough time to do the bare minimum for my 36-41 residents.

As a new grad RN, they offered me $30 and the RN supervisor who has been working there for almost 2 decades makes $38/hr Don’t do it, don’t work at a SNF. The low pay isn’t the worst part.

30$ and hour as a new grad ADN in a SNF. I live in San Diego and It’s a struggle because everything is so expensive here

I ended up choosing to just work part time through it and volunteer at a hospital as I don't really love my job at the nursing home. I just don't feel like a nurse there just passing meds to 30 people. I'd rather focus on school.

They feel really hot and make me so sweaty, they feel like plastic!! I do not like them at all

I have officially been on my own now for a few days and it feels inhumane for both the staff and residents. I don't feel like a real nurse or like I am giving good quality care as I only get to spend like 3-5 minutes with each resident to give them t...

oh gosh, I wonder if we are working at the same place. I just started at a similar LTC that still uses paper charting. I only received 5 days of orientation in the 5 different stations and will be floating through all of them when I start next week. ...

I failed a physiology class which disqualified me from all the BSN programs in the area as they are super competitive. So I studied my butt off for the entrance exams at an ADN program, got a great score, explained my past failures and got in. I fini...

In my area there are less and less CNA’s at hospitals due to budget cuts. If they spend too much on supplies that month, the first thing they cut are CNA’s and just have the RN’s do the extra work. During my clinical rotations, I often saw only 1 CNA...

I had no choice but to get my ADN as I was getting older and I was disqualified from any somewhat affordable BSN program because I failed a physiology class. Of course a BSN is better but some of us have to do what we can with the options we have. I ...

Without HESI, I probably wouldn't have passed the NCLEX as it encouraged me to study harder. I LOVED it, it offers remediation and it tells you what your weak points are and what you should focus on which is different for EVERY student. It encourages...

In San Diego, starting pay has been $25 and the highest I've seen is $32. LVN's make around $21-$24. We aren't worth much but definitely a little more than $22!!

Yes!! My school was actually in danger of loosing accreditation because of NCLEX scores. What is mortifying is that these exit exams and the NCLEX test safety and the only basics of nursing! It’s scary that students are given the opportunity to fail ...

My school was doing very poorly on their NCLEX exam pass rates and they randomly introduced HESI’s at the end of each nursing course with a minimum passing score of 850 then increased it to 900 and my my did it help! Sure, many more students got held...

Congrats RN!!!!! ???

That was me last week LOL and there is no way, you just have to suffer through it, post on allnurses, google “how do I know if I passed”, and alternate between rock solid confidence and debilitating insecurity until you get your results. When you do ...

I write the NCLEX in 2 days and I am currently experiencing the typical pre-NCLEX jitters and panic. I find myself alternating between rock solid confidence and debilitating insecurity and I cannot concentrate on any more studying. I was wondering ho...

I’ve seen people fail it multiple times and keep trying and succeed, for you to go into a deep depression for an entire year over failing once doesn’t make sense to me. If you were smart enough to pass nursing school which is pretty brutal, you are s...

They have been pretty fast in Cali!!! I took mine Saturday and my license was up Tuesday at 12:30 a.m