SoCalGalRN

I just received an email that I have an interview scheduled for 6/1. Did anyone else apply? Has anyone interviewed or been selected? The job posting didn't mention how many they were seeking or when they want to start the program so I'm pretty los...

How do you have time to eat at 2200? I barely have time to eat a protein bar at 2300. I'm still usually busy passing/hanging meds at 2200. If not, that's when dressing changes get done, trying to catch patients before they want to sleep.

I eat dinner/breakfast at 5pm, eat a quick snack at 11 pm, eat my packed lunch at 2 am and eat something around 830/9 am when I get home before I go to sleep.

I had a similar patient a few times over the course of a couple weeks. I was so happy when he went ama. He threatened us with violence as he was leaving and I was just flabbergasted. I'm 7 months pregnant and he was threatening me physical harm. I ha...

I'm making $74,000 a year after 1 year of experience at my hospital. I live in a high COL area. I recently finished an MSN and will be looking for a new job soon.

I will suggest you take a look at the California board. With one year of experience, you may not be able to get a job in Sacramento. If you do, the pay is incredible and the COL is lower than most other areas in California. I'm from California and we...

I guess I'll get back to you. I recently finished my MSN and I'll be looking for a new job next year. I'm absolutely not working on an NP though and I'm very vocal about how happy I am to be done with school.

My night shift differential is low for the area at $3.75 an hour. I work nights because I thought it would be a good place to learn as a new grad and $7,000 a year made a big difference for us. I hate it, I feel terrible, and my life is basically in ...

I don't ever call out "late". I do notice that day shift seems to call out with 2 or less hours of notice pretty frequently. Like it's unreasonable for them to be awake by 4 am but night shift is, of course, up by 4 pm.

I say "RN". Sometimes I add that I work in a hospital. I don't talk to strangers on airplanes. Headphones go in immediately and I pretend I can't hear anything.

You HAVE to continue to the NP portion? I finished my accelerated entry MSN in August as have the option of going back for another year to become an NP, should I choose to do so.

Sometimes you just don't adjust. I've been on nights now for over a year and still feel terrible 80% of the time.

I have a three hour round trip commute for a job I hate. So, yes. :)

I recently completed my MSN and am working at the bedside. Though, to be fair, it was a second career degree for me.

I'm living under a rock so I hadn't hear about this but I would LOVE to see a BSN as an entry level nursing degree. I think it would do wonders for the profession.

If you aren't available to start for another 9 months, I'd say start applying 1 month before your anticipated move but keep in mind that you would still need to fly into town for an interview if you want to be considered, even for a delayed start dat...

I've been on nights for a year and I'm still miserable. I like the work better and I love my team but I feel terrible. I sleep very poorly during the day and not for very long. I waste my days off drowsy and napping on and off. My sleep on my nights ...

San Diego has one of the toughest job markets around. If you don't have connections, you probably won't get a job. It took me 7 months to get a job in the LA area and my commute is a *****.

This is why I am choosing to leave my job after I have my baby this winter. There's no way I would reasonably be able to stick to a pumping schedule and work in acute care. It is important to me to give this baby the opportunity to be exclusively b...

We occasionally get observation patients transferred to our med-onc floor, especially when the ambulatory care center shuts down. There's usually little to no difference between them and our other patients. They are mixed in our assignments.

Hah. What is a paid holiday? My work states we get like 7 federal holidays paid but all that means is that we get 1.5x pay on the night before the holiday. Working the night of the holiday gets us no extra pay. We get no pay for not working on th...

Nope, because I'm not doing the FNP portion, as I said. I know that the school is not helpful with finding preceptorship and many students struggled a great deal getting the hours they needed. But unless you're currently working in a capacity that le...

You could complete the FNP portion in 2 years working full time. I am not currently doing so as I'm pretty burnt out from school. The ladies I know at western who did or are doing the FNP track have all dropped to at least part time. I can't remembe...

The MSN-E.

It took me 7 months to get a job on a med surg floor and I was about to get desperate and start applying to SNFs. I've been here a little over a year and I'm very ready to move on to something bigger and better.