KSjo88

KSjo88 BSN

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  1. Low unemployment

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in Nursing Career

    Oh, geesh. That is what I meant. LOWEST. ND unemployment rate for the state is around 2.5%- But salaries for nurses seem to be low compared to the cost of living. This may just be my

  2. Pay cuts

    KSjo88 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone else dealing with their hospital chopping shift differential and other rates? The hospital I am at has cut prn pay, night differential, weekend differential. I have been there for three years...

  3. Pay cuts

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Why would anyone work a weekend or Holiday without a differential? If that was the case I wouldn't work in the hospital. I'm looking into options. I have a prn job that has been working out...

  4. Pay cuts

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    They did change some things around with their insurance, but it is own by the hospital. It is a large hospital system. We do have a new CEO within the hospital system that took over in the last year,...

  5. Leaving Nursing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    So apparently the issue was....after waiting nearly two hours after the end of my shift for a float nurse to arrive she felt I was upset that she was late and we need to have a more positive attitude....

  6. Leaving Nursing

    KSjo88 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Lately, I have been terribly disappointed in the nursing profession. I have been nursing since 2014. I feel as of late we have really been taken advantage of. So much so that I have actually made the...

  7. Leaving Nursing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    Well it's been a week since I wrote this. Still want to leave and very much feel like calling out on the remainder of my shifts. I know it sounds terrible. But it's just at that

  8. Leaving Nursing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    We have a new manager that was one of the floor nurses previously. I feel like the unit has become very clique. Especially when a majority of the unit bullies hang out with the manager outside of...

  9. Leaving Nursing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    I did just what you describe, room to room, asked if there was anything she thought I missed or if there was anything else I could help her with. Told her I would be in the back charting if she had...

  10. Leaving Nursing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    We got a new VP of nursing....within weeks incentives and differentials were eliminated or decreased. 12-16 hours of overtime became mandatory. Patient ratios 1:5 and on my unit which is a busy ortho...

  11. Leaving Nursing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    I initially was leaning towards just a generic MBA. I'd like to at least build off my current education/experience. The healthcare portion is an add on certificate to the program which from my...

  12. Leaving Nursing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    It's so unsafe I don't even want to take the risk. I'd rather serve coffee at

  13. Leaving Nursing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    I scared and sick to me stomach when I go to work. Not even sure I will have enough in me to finish out my shifts thru the next month. Just another day to get dumped on and expected to do more then...

  14. Leaving Nursing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly how I feel "I must not be a good nurse if every time I come to work I get a complaint filed against me"....mind you these are never patient complaints. Just other nurses, and usually...

  15. Leaving Nursing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    Well I feel so crappy about it that I'd rather be working as a waitress or really just anything besides a nurse right now. Actually, I am going to put my application in to a few places tomorrow. Saw a...

  16. Downstaffing

    KSjo88 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have decided to take a break from my current job. I have been consistently put on call or reduced this past month. Ok fine. But today was what absolutely pissed me off. I came into work at 7am,...

  17. Downstaffing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    It's crazy, and they keep hiring. Tons of new people. They also bring in lots of African and Filipino nurses.... then expect them to learn Epic computer systems and take on 6 patients oh and did I...

  18. Downstaffing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh, it's making me kind of nervous. Like do I need to find a new career path. If this is how nursing is going to be and if it's only going to get worse I cannot deal with the added stress. What is...

  19. Downstaffing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    They don't even pay $3/hr for call. It's like $2.50 but what they like to do it reduce or put you on call for 4 hour increments. Like they will reduce you from 7-11 then put you on call from 11-3 then...

  20. Downstaffing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    My prn job had a call in for tomorrow, called me and asked if I would be available to work. I took it! And called out from my regular job. Don't want to deal with being reduced, on call or floated. í...

  21. Downstaffing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    I know, I'm floored by their recent antics. They used to offer double time for picking up. Then went to time and a half. Now mixed it all together. Decreased pay and shift differentials. I believe the...

  22. Downstaffing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, right? A $30 minute massage alone is like $50 plus

  23. Downstaffing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    They need a union. I called a union rep because they need to organize. This isn't just me but all the nurses. I'm leaving shortly anyways to go back to the east coast but these weirdos need some sort...

  24. Downstaffing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    They reduced me yesterday. But not until 0630. Then they just called me to tell me they wouldn't need me again today but was putting me on call for an entirely different unit???? I said no I'm not...

  25. Downstaffing

    KSjo88 replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

    It's sickening... you assign me 5-6 patients at a time...and they get needier and needier. Not medical or nursing wise either. Just plain needy. Oh and how about our hospital has a menu you can...