RUNBNursing BSN

Lately, we have been getting 6 couplets on my postpartum floor. Over the past year, administration has also added a lot of new policies which means more work for us. This includes measuring 2 voids after admission (used to be 1 of at least 500), more...

Hi! I worked for NFP between 2017 and 2020. I really enjoyed it but towards the end I got a bit bored especially with the virtual visits during the pandemic. However, it's super niche and the nurses I worked with had been there for years and yea...

Supposedly we were checking sitz bath to avoid burning the patients (??). The worst was if I started off with 3 couplets because then I would get 2 or even 3 admissions. This hospital is a catholic hospital in Central Jersey where the pay...

That sounds a lot more reasonable. The half hour vitals was insanity and I felt bad for the moms that just wanted to rest. Our duramorph patients would get q1h respiratory checks for 24 hours, it was so dumb. Measuring 2 voids of 500 was dumb too be...

I'm in NJ. When I was hired I was told that the ratio at this particular hospital is 5 couplets and if I would be able to handle that. I wasn't sure what was "normal" so I said it was fine. No I know it was a red flag.

Hello! I know this post is a bit old but I worked for NFP for 3 years. Feel free to ask me questions.

Hello all! I need some advice on how to proceed in my current situation. I graduated with a BSN in 2017 and started my career in nursing with Nurse Family Partnership. My position is considered public health, I do home visits with first time, low inc...

My son was 3 years old when I started with NFP so he was in preschool (free where I live). I could drop him off before work and for a time he stayed in an afternoon program and I picked him up at 5:30 but eventually I could schedule my visits so that...

Hi! Yes, I was able to get a job in mother/baby in a large hospital, I think my NFP experience helped me! I left NFP in October. Ask me anything!

Like the previous poster said, it depends on average deliveries per month. The hospital I work for has on average 400 to 450 deliveries per month. On day shift there are generally 3 nurses in the nursery that do everything you described. On night shi...

Hello all, I need some advice! I just interviewed for a position in the mother baby unit (nights). This hospital has the most deliveries in my region (5000+) a year and they are known for their maternity units. They are rarely any open spots in ...

Thank you so much for your your advice, I think you touched on a lot of important points. I know its not comparable, but I went through my BSN program with a newborn and working as a PCT at a big hospital in the evenings and sometimes nights, I found...

Hello all! I need some advice about an offer I got today. I'm in 4 year, part time, doctoral program (women's health nurse practitioner) which I just started this month. I currently work a non clinical 9 to 5 job doing home visits with fir...

The reduced paid training is definitely BS. This is a non profit catholic hospital so I guess maybe that has something to do with it? Their new grad internships are very competitive since they are the main perinatal center in the area and I guess no ...

Thank you for your encouraging reply. I was offered the job and will be taking my med exam on Monday! 7 couplets sounds like insanity to me! I hope they treat me nice as a new grad. I agree that coworkers can make or break your shift so I'm hoping mi...

I have definitely considered branching out to other specialties that are "easier" to get into. I definitely need benefits for myself and my son. I've looked into outpatient surgery but those positions seem to be even harder to get into than hospitals...

I think you're right, a clinic job would probably be the most beneficial, but I really need to work full time, which is why I chose the part time track. I'm attending Rutgers and I've heard many good things about their program and clinical placement...

My program starts in 2 weeks, its a part time program and I will begin the clinical portion in 2 years, right now the program is an asynchronous online model due to COVID, but even before COVID, in person classes would be once or twice a week in the ...

I had my son right before my sophomore year of nursing school, your support system is key. It also takes a ton of discipline and organization. I did not go out to any parties or social activities for 2+ years. You can't be afraid to ask for help. I h...

My end goal is to work in primary health and/or prenatal clinic. I do believe a hospital job would be more stressful than my current job, but eventually my 9-5 hours will simply not work with clinical hours for school as they will be in outpatient se...

I think you're probably right, I live in Central Jersey and moving out of state is not an option. I have been going back and forth about doing medsurg but the specialty director of my program has told my my experience in my current job is more valuab...

My program is the primary health track, so I plan to eventually work in primary or prenatal care. I will definitely not be doing any deliveries ?. Clinic would definitely be more applicable to my future goals but the hours are not conducive to the pr...

Hi amb, I cannot reply to your private message as I do not have enough posts. In an ideal situation, I would totally not care about the pay as I understand this is an amazing learning opportunity that many people would do for free. However, I have a ...

Hey, I applied for the summer 2016 externship program and have scheduled an interview. They have also invited me to apply for a fellowship that focuses on peds oncology, stating that the compensation would be $13.55/hr. I was wondering how much you g...

here's a link to the New Brunswick school of nursong curriculum for reference: http://nursing.rutgers.edu/students/curriculumarchive/RevNBCurriculum.pdf