KSjo88 BSN

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1. Nursing Salaries

   KSjo88 replied to kindredspirit2021's topic in Nursing Career

   I think you are right. In the past two years my hospital eliminated shift differentials while at the same time requiring all new hires and nurses with less than so many years of experience to rotate....

2. Nurse salaries are stagnant or decreasing, we already knew NPs were taking a decrease

   KSjo88 replied to guest416560's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I agree, I was working for a hospital as an Lpn while I finished my BSN. While I was waiting to take the NCLEX Rn the hospital eliminated shift differentials and required everyone with less then so...

3. Calling Out for EXCEPTIONAL Snow Conditions

   KSjo88 replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

   How do we start a topic on allnurses now? I’m so

4. Presentation college lpn to bsn

   KSjo88 replied to reisbritton's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I graduated from Presentation College with my BSN. Classes were normal I suppose. Make sure you study. Clinicals sites are in Sioux Falls area, and Fargo area. I completed at both. Good thing is...

5. WGU vs Aspen University

   KSjo88 replied to mswill04's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I was looking at Aspen's MSN Nurse Leadership Program....and wanted some feedback too! Aspen looks super affordable, but is not regionally accredited but is CCNE approved. So does that matter? I mean...

6. Job offer

   KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Nursing Career

   My mom or grandma is in the area. But this is somewhat a setback to me...both jobs are offering nearly the same hourly rate. Not sure how much overtime there is in IR... med/surg is wide open and I...

7. Job offer

   KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Nursing Career

   Med/surg, but I have worked inpatient mental health and post acute rehab. The bulk of my career has been med/surg. Goals...pick up more skills so I can be more marketable. 1-2 year goal prn or per...

8. Job offer

   KSjo88 posted a topic in Nursing Career

   I've gone on a few interviews and now I have a dilemma.... interventional radiology with cross train to cath lab which is mon-fri and call rotation. The other is cardiac intermediate with eventual...

9. Low salary same work

   KSjo88 replied to Tiabluesky's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I wanna know where you have been working? I've been nursing for 6 years.... worked in crap holes all the way to 5 star facilities to trauma center and have never received more then a 50 cent raise.......

10. DON Education

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I could just cry.... I feel so defeated. I work a lot 36-72 hours a week and my low...well, decreased due to slashes in differential I'm struggling financially. Pretty bad. Mostly due to my student...

11. Low unemployment

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Nursing Career

    Yeah, I'm not happy. But seems like everywhere I have been is all about cutting or decreasing benefits as much as possible. Why is this a thing in

12. DON Education

    KSjo88 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm working at a nursing home that's struggling with staffing issues, low morale, and what have you. I think in part to our administrator who makes all the decisions from my understanding. One of...

13. MORALE

    KSjo88 replied to avg5012's topic in General Nursing

    Morale is low where I'm at too. Thank goodness I'm prn and have laid off of picking up as much as I used to.... now down to minimum required. How about high patient turn over coupled with high nurse...

14. Burnt out

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Nursing Career

    This is correct. To be exact it is a $9.95 cent difference to work same exact hours at the nursing home. Starting pay at the hospital is $26/hr with average 50 cent raises per year.... first year was...

15. Burnt out

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Nursing Career

    In the same time I have worked my way up from Lpn to RN-BSN....but have worked Med/surg all these years as Lpn and Rn. So "fresh" as Rn. But I don't see a huge difference in patient assignment or meds...