nurse1990

I know this is an unpopular opinion and everyone wants to be a nurse because they love to help people (well not everyone but a large amount)... I CANT BELIEVE HOW SMALL MY PAY CHECK IS AFTER TAXES/BENEFITS! Its in all caps cause I'm shocked! When I w...

Those wait times seem ridiculous. 30 minutes should be a one time occurrence not something that happens multiple times in a day! Your hospital must be under staffed. Do any nurses in Ontario know if OP can switch his father to a different location? D...

Thanks for the responses! I have tried to be more friendly and it's gotten a bit better. Now its moving from how are you to small talk which is annoying. I feel like I'm forced into conversations, I get this won't make sense to an extroverted person...

Seems like every nurse in my hospital is very friendly with the doctors. Maybe its because I'm a new nurse (under a year), but I don't feel comfortable striking up random conversation with them. A more senior nurse stated that I was "cold" around so...

New nurse here. Finding this hard since I moved out. Basically been eating out like a mad women not good gotta get into cooking

Put most of it in savings but remember I went to the mall and got some makeup from Sephora. Don't even shop there now but it was nice buying something that was more "expensive."

I prrobalay shouldnt be saying this but unless you truly LOVE working in the ER I would go somewhere else. Why go through all that just to get paid the same as a regular staff nurse? You don't ever really have to deal with all the headache that comes...

Yeah I think I will have to get a second job. That will be the only way that I am satisfied lol.

When did you guys try to tell me anything lol. I didnt join this site until I was a nursing student and even then I stayed in the sections regarding NCLECX and exams. If people told me its alot of hard work and little pay I wouldnt have done it, trus...

Exactly! I am dumb founded. And my friends and family keep saying you make 31$ like that is my take home at all. Its so frustrating!

Looks like she didnt like your confidence. I had the exact same thing happen to my friend. She was honestly really smart and picked things up quickly. I'm naturally "unsure" as a person, so I would ask questions all the time. Guess who her fav was lo...

Canada here so might not be helpful lol 31$. We get taxed more I think than the states tho

I'm on my last month of orientation and some things I've noticed: - I am the type that takes a while to open up to people. Those naturally outgoing "charismatic" people, have ALWAYS been preferred over me. They have made friends on the floor already ...

Hey guys I am a new grad going into a med surg float pool and I am TERRIFIED! I have 3 months of orientation but split between 13 floors so it only works out to be 3-4 shifts on each unit (I think up to 6 if its more complex). I have some key questio...

It was a great read! Ive been working for the past month and encountered about half of the things you talked about! Love your quick head to toe, thanks

Hi OP I was in your position not too long ago. I would suggest calling hospitals and getting hte nurse managers name then emailing them, it worked for me! Some were rude but others appreciated it (and hired me after 5 long months of applying!). Have...

It took me about 4-6 months to get a job. And the only reason I think I got it is because I emailed the nurse manager. Some ppl on this website encoruaged me not to do it and they werent entirely wrong; some managers were annoyed but one hired me. My...

Great Ideas!!! Thanks everyone :) I will make sure to take your advices. My first day is tomorrow so I will speak with my preceptor about the IV start and hopefully she is supportive and nice. I have heard horror stories about peoples nursing orienta...

Lol. Well I don't have any family willing to let me practise unfortunately.

It took me from writing NCLEX 4 months and a half. But I did some applying before (25 jobs). In total applied to well over 100 jobs. Only got 1 call back and that was because I found the nurse managers email and wrote to her! I don't think I would ha...

Okay I shall. Can I say "I havent had much practise with IV starts so would you mind walking me through them the next time you do it?" Hopefully she won't mind :) And yeah thats what I was planning on doing. The girl said that it would be "impossible...

Thanks for the thorough response! Exactly what I was looking for. I'm actually split in between another hospital so 9 in one, and 4 in the other. I didn't know neuro was considered med-surg :/ I think we do everything but ER, ICU, and speciality floo...

Does this mean I didn't get the job? Anyone had a good interview with HR asking for references and not hear anything back? I emailed this week to inquire about when the references would be checked and the recruiters assistant said "the recruiter shou...

Hey guys I emailed the nurse manager and I am so glad I did. She responded to me almost immediately, saying that I SHOULD HAVE received an offer of employment. I was supposed to start orientation THIS WEEK!!!!! She has no idea why HR has not contacte...

If I wait till the end of the week then they wont get back to me till next week. That will be 4 weeks. I know I am being annoying but I have a bad feeling I didn't get this job anyways, so I might as well get the confirmation now then waiting around ...