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We are RN here and not star-eyes idealists. Age is only a number? Sure it is indeed a number but it’s a very important one. We know age increases risk for all sorts of major ailments, and higher age generally means less endurance. Sometimes older...

If those two options are your only two options then the choice is obvious; you should pick psych. You mentioned you liked it better, to include your potential boss and the salary/benefits that go along with it and you mentioned that medical benefits...

Job hopping that much makes me seriously doubt that they even considered organizational costs. Most likely the OP is a very young person to be acting so irresponsibly, or they are an immature adult. Either way they will likely have to take a job an...

Most of these suggestions seem to gravitate towards you going to nursing school. I will be the voice that says no you definitely should not, but there are valid reasons for that. 1. More than likely you have decades of experience in another field an...

I think OP ran off due to the criticism. Some job-hopping is ok, but 7 in less than a year, with several walk-offs? Unacceptable. Eventually the OP will run out of places to apply to, having left/fired from all of the others. The OP should seriou...

The second option would not be wise imo. If you were to transition to the reserves most of those are in the US somewhere and you would then have to travel internationally every month. the only way the second option would work is if you can guarante...

Many people are drawn to the field for a 'higher calling', but do not think only those can gain entry into the field. In fact many RN's I meet like to spout off those common things that you mentioned, and yet when talking about another position it a...

What do you mean you 'couldn't pick up on things'? What exactly were those 'things'? That question is directed at everyone here. Sometimes it depends on what that thing is, and should it be expected to be basic or not. I have seen people struggle...

Most likely it would be best for you to pursue OT in the current hospital you are at, whether in the same department or elsewhere. If you go outside the hospital network any work you do is straight time, yet if you found additional work in the netwo...

Disciplined for what? What could you have possibly done in your less than 3 weeks in the unit that warrants such punishment?

Public transportation vary wildly from city to city, and in many cases a car would be a requirement or a hindrance as LilPeanut said. I've been to cities like Singapore where if you used a car it was purely a status symbol as it was far more difficu...

Excellent breakdown of how things can be done in SF or other comparable city LilPeanut. Hearing things like that put in that way causes me to rethink how I view the higher costs of living in CA. However my current job would not allow me to live the...

I believe this was mostly due to manning issues and for some reason HR thought it was best to keep the applicant in the dark. Be that from a workload standpoint, or simply apathy the applicant was kept in the dark about a position. The real issue t...

I'd say run from that employer, and fast. If a mistake like that doesn't rate AT LEAST some sort of corrective action on the part of the other RN then there is more to this than you may realize. Some politicking was probably done and she was probab...

If the hospital controls all of the hospitals in the area you may consider moving. Go to another large city in your state and you won't have a problem finding a job there and you won't have to deal with that stuff you are dealing with. I suggest th...

BSN would be slightly more difficult I imagine to get yourself away from the bedside unless it would be a different specialty like informatics or the like. To get away and stay away regardless of specialty I would suggest getting your MSN in educati...

I am not a traveler, but given your high salary I would suggest staying put for awhile and saving up a cash reserve for when you do wish to pursue travel nursing. In almost any situation, going forth without some sort of cash cushion could lead to s...

I also do not like bedside nursing so it sounds as if the OR might be a suitable place for me in the future. That's something I haven't heard before about the 'remolding' thing. To my understanding everyone goes thru a long orientation in the OR re...

As a new grad I applied to 4 different hospitals in my area (large city) different positions at the ER and ICU in each one. I received 2 interviews followed by 2 job offers and I took the one I liked more. That was as a new grad, but it still took ...

I am pro-union, so go into my suggestion with that in mind. It surprises me that the benefits of that union are so small compared to non-union. As some may point out, a very select few employers offer better benefits than a union does simply becaus...

Perhaps I did, but the point still stands. There seems to be 2-3 subthemes running around in this thread now.

I would suggest you do neither one until you can find another option. NEVER perform care at a job that you personally do not agree with, your patients and your work ethic will suffer. Example; an RN that thinks drug-users are the scum-of-the-earth ...

You are missing a key element; time. There are more to consider when filing a legal claim than simply the staggering legal cost. Time out of work is a huge factor as well for the lawsuit could take months or even years. Few employers in their righ...

That is unfortunately true, and is why on the news you'll hear about cases that involve wealthy individuals or corporations, and celebrities are treated far differently than when a less wealthy individuals, or corporations are involved. Large organi...

Even so I would consider being a travel RN to California with that in mind. Texas has a low cost of living so if I were a travel RN to California I would get the benefits of both states; TX low cost of living with CA high salary. I'll bet many trav...