martymoose BSN, RN

How are you affording it ?its got to be at least a 50 percent cut in pay?but maybe sanity can be worth it if you. Can afford it.

Thank you very much Nurse Beth. It is very helpful to get someone else's perspective when all I see is the "brick wall". I should utilize the EAP, and a financial planner. The anxiety of the job is almost making me not function. And the discord ...

Due to rediculous staffing ratios8-10 pts on a intermediate care unit with cardiac drips, temp pacers, tavrs , pci, etc I want out! I've applied to non staff jobs with some interviews and no luck. I think its because I've been doing the other for ...

Im glad that pt was able to validate your work. Everytime I want quit , that kind of situation happens(validation) , and I hang on a little longer. But I am officially done( unfortunately I don't care what a pt says)For the last 6 months on ave...

Is there a way to see what a potential employer would see on a background check? And I take tramadol at hs for back pain ( from pain mgmt MD) will that prevent me from getting a new job ?

Id like to know which mcd’s pays more than 15 bucks an hour????sign me up!(actually worked 3 yrs for them in the 80’s) LOL

Is your unit made up of more travelers than house staff? I know of a unit that is probably 10 percent house staff and 90 percent travelers.

We have them on our stepdown / pcu floors. Would not see that on a m/sfloor

Congratulations!? I hope to be in your shoes someday!

what are you doing , or wanting, to do about it? Considering going back to school for another field? What field? I am considering getting out, but not sure what to pursue. IT kinda interests me. Not sure what else I am capable of.I didnt mind nursing...

Not ICU, but imcu/pcu and we are getting 7 pts a piece days eves and nights

{quote] Caring for patients with devastating long hauler syndrome Maintaining a high standard of care without adequate staffing, supplies and other resources Working routine overtime because of your own personal responsibility to suppo...

Congratulations on the job.

Is anyone noticing that it seems very difficult to find non patient care jobs? Almost every nurse I work with is trying to “get out” and we hear that request everyday from other nurses in the company too. Anyone else having this problem ? Was ho...

I realize those jobs exist , it seems that theres more applicants than jobs ? Ill keep trying but we only have two listings where im at right now...

Absolutely not happy where I work . They changed our ratios from 4 pts on days to 7 . It's just too much. Cardiac stepdown . I've never wanted to quit a job so bad

Warning, kind of a rant that nurses might understand.... I know many of my prior postings stated I want out of nursing; that is still true. But making it happen is such a difficult thing to do. Especially since the latest thing at my job is to s...

Just saw a job for a rehab nurse. I honestly don't know what that entails as an RN , but I guess its worth a try to find out. If not , then Ill try harder to pursue a non clinical job. I just might have to realize I have to drive even farther. Those ...

I've noticed a lot more a fibs looking like runs of VT, but am told they are "most likely afib with aberrancy" how do you know that they are not VT. The rate ends up being in the 150's or more ( so RVR). I guess maybe the QRS is a tad bit narrower to...

I'm interested in hearing what other acute care hospitals do when they have have holes in staffing, such as same day call ins, or shortages of staff that don't allow for proper scheduling? Where do you get staff from? What does California do wh...

Thank you JBMmom.I hope there is improvement. I am going in tonight- 11-7 tends to be floated ( even if were short, they have all these overflow floors running) and I actually hope I do get floated. At least Ill have 10 med/surg pts and not PC...

Nope , we even tried this- like 40 bucks an hour more. Even that doesn't help. Everyone is exhausted. And burnt. And kind of hard to do when you're working all 3 shifts in one week.

we used to have this. Once Covid started hitting, they ended it. Not sure if it was coincidence or not. It was great when they had it; we had some regulars that were wonderful. Now they are all assigned permanently to floors ( and not mine ; they got...

Union is very frowned upon where I am (it will never happen) and they get away with the staffing thing cause they know theres some slobs like e who have everything at stake if they lose this job . Like lose your house , your insurance, your ability t...