KSjo88 BSN

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1. Nursing Salaries

   KSjo88 replied to kindredspirit2021's topic in Career Support

   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. They also “updated” their staffing grid- so now ju...

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

   KSjo88 replied to guest416560's topic in 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 many years to rotate... since this was the major hos...

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 lost....

4. Presentation college lpn to bsn

   KSjo88 replied to reisbritton's topic in Online 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 clinicals are typically set up 3 12's and depending on ...

5. WGU vs Aspen University

   KSjo88 replied to mswill04's topic in Online 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 I already have my BSN,RN.

6. Job offer

   KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Career Support

   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 usually pick up an additional shift or two a pay per...

7. Job offer

   KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Career Support

   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 diem this way I can still make the bills and as a sin...

8. Job offer

   KSjo88 posted a topic in Career Support

   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 cross train to ICU. This is three 12's rotating day/n...

9. Low salary same work

   KSjo88 replied to Tiabluesky's topic in LPN/LVN

   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.... couple with a slash to the night differential or ...

10. DON Education

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Geriatric

    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 loans. I wonder what the heck I got myself into. Why...

11. Low unemployment

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Career Support

    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 nursing.

12. DON Education

    KSjo88 posted a topic in Geriatric

    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 those decisions is to leave an entire unit unstaffed a...

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 to patient ratios doesn't lead to good outcomes...c...

14. Burnt out

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Career Support

    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 3% second year was 1% third year was 2%.....they a...

15. Burnt out

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Career Support

    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 that can be given via rn.... since the bon for th...