PrincessRN101

keep your head up, 24 is young and full of life. nurse's are working up until their 60, 50, all types of age... get into an agency

that happened to me already, dont tell your answer, or give a lower # then ask hers, plus if its unionized, it all in the contract anyway, jealousy at the end of the day

after years of nursing, and with the yearly hourly wage increase, then things start to look better... meaning after 5 to 7 years in nursing, you should be i would hope making at least 60 grand a year. in nursing, the money takes time to come in... but after years of experience, it usually pays off

the only regrets i would have is... sometimes the little pains i get in the body and the possibility of being hurt on the job, but other than that nursing is beautiful and wonderful and room for advancement.. but the body aches after a hard shift, uh uh... thats the part i detest... but if u work smart, less likely to get hurt.. but for newbies like myself, sometimes a rookie mistake can happen, though im learning as best as i can from experience, trial and error

I remember when I first started, and the orientating nurse kept saying "oh my gosh, their hiring babies now... soon babies will be giving pills" I did not understand the joke at the time. but now I see its a regular joke.

Aug 18 by [COLOR=#003366]libran1984 I think most people are just wanting the paycheck. It is, perhaps, one of the highest paying entry level associate degrees available. However, many of those people will never become a nurse. Nursing schools know how to weed out the wannabes versus the truly dedicated to me, i find the wannabe's are still getting through.

this has happened to me at an LTC, they did not want to pay me for shifts worked. I had to fight real hard to get my pay, i dont see why employers like to stiff nurses. never mind i had an agency job pay me late.

same job my foot, she went 4 years, and takes the critical or unstable patient if push comes to shove, and can possibly be "in-charge", why do all rpns believe they are doing the SAME EXACT job as the rn, will someone get real, or is it just me.

lots of so called "friends" desert you, once you take on nursing as you career. worse yet, if your trying to be an rn, all so called friends drop off at the way side.. especially when u start to be successful, thts when they hate u the most

girl, your not the first to lose a nursing job in 6 months and you wont be the last. suck it up, keep applying, try ltcs senior homes if you have to, and agencies. until that next big hospital gig comes through. because u still need experience

your just finding out, what many people knew a long time ago. work your nursing home job, until better can be done

not all comments said by these coworkers are constructive, some comments are to put you down, make you feel low, make you feel like quitting. making you feel [color=#1122cc]ostracized. hang in there new grad. people hate to see the young doing something with themself.

it starts rough, once they get to know you, and have made you suffer enough, then it will die down. but you cant care about the critics, you have to go in 10-15 mins early, get your assignment, know all the details to each patient (dressings, meds, vs) know and do everything you can remember, then ask a fairly new colleague what you dont know how to do. always ask questions if you are not competent in a skill (i.e PICC meds). dont worry once you've been there a year, things should get better. its all up to you, and your attitude and outlook.

the secret to nursing is remembering that you can get hurt/injured working accordingly, being careful with these patients and not getting yourself hurt with these patients. because the patients are coming in heavier and heavier... so you have to know how to play the game

SO SO TRUE ABOUT : Its the mean tired nurses you gotta worry about, they do eat their young, but not before stalking the hunt for weeks behind the victim's backs, then shredding them into pieces out in a desert safari.

the poster should just continue with her education, put RN at the end of her last name sometimes, and BS RN sometimes. just try it out, when you get an interview clarify all the details. and make the degree work for you, a Bachelor of Science in Biology is a big deal- just not in the nursing realm. Go back to school, do the bridging, or accelerated or 2 year BSN program and get your feet totally in the nursing world. So you have your BS BSN RN. You'd for sure get work that way... go back to school

yup this poster is right, your always more appealing when you already have a job, have gained some experience under your belt, then you can move on from there. plus, you'll be working on a specialized floor, so their going to make you take more courses on this field... and you'll me more of a commidity, because you have this experience, where many others may not have worked this unit. give it a chance, take the job, try it out... hit or miss, but you got to try, you cant just sit there and wait for one of the other jobs to come through, this one called, take it, because you dont know if and when any more calls are coming. (a job is a blessed and luck opportunity- take it)

probably because of the whole pedi thing, they think your only used to children. if you had more experience with geriatrics, adults or the elderly, you'd have more job offers, but the pedi thing makes you more of a pedi nurse, so you have to look for jobs in those fields, or take a course and branch out more into adult nursing. try hospital gigs.

the math sounds wrong on 1200$ a month, i think its more to the tune of 2400 $a month, with the potential of more if u have a next part time job or casual position

seems like the doctor/boss is taking advantage of you, because he knows the situation your in. and he's using u to manage his office, because you have the qualifications, without the pay.

I dont thing my part time Rehab job paid 20, 000 to orientate me... probably more to the tune of 2,000-3,000 $... I'd stretch to say 5,000$ tops.

This poster is talking the truth, "nurses eat their young" and don't want to offer constructive feedback, rather prefer to talk to the older colleagues and senior staff about the younger nurse who they may not like. Although, I did notice that some nurses of different races are more endearing to nurses of their own culture... but for the majority, nurses hate when a newbie comes to the unit for orientation and treat them with disdain. Few help, the struggling newbie.. and rather gossip and chitter chat about the new young nurse, and don't tell them their concerns to their actual face. As for the poster, she's wrong to talk about them not being able to charge their phone without her... but she's right, that few nurses are willing to help, and once people have formed their allegiances, to heck with everyone else, especially the newbie.