OUxPhys BSN, RN

I worked for a well known hospital and they determined it was better financially to keep hiring new grads than to pay people who stayed longer. And people wonder why us millenials keep job hopping.

Hello! I am thinking go moving out of state down the line. I have family in Colorado but a family friend's father loves Utah. I could see myself in northern Utah. However, I am curious. Is Utah safe to live in? I have read stories about the downwinde...

You will get a much longer orientation (more like a residency) in the OR as well as a much better work/life balance. LTAC....there is a reason why the money is better. Much higher workload/stress.

You do get cost of living increases and then any other raise if Congress/President approves it.

Yet every ER hires new grads now LOL. Same with the ICUs. I've met my fair share of ER and ICU nurses who were less than stellar yet had the gall to call out someone else. You are right though. Those nurses tend to leave and not last because they are...

Floor nurses always get disrespected by ER and ICU nurses (may not be all the nurses that work in those areas but there are always some). It's an inferiority complex. Just keep working your tail off. Ask questions. Show that you want to learn. Kill t...

Congrats!

You could try OR. Personally, if I had to do it all over again, id do an associates program for RT (radiation tech), Nuclear med tech, radiation therapist. Those jobs all make really good money and you don't have to deal with the BS that RNs have to ...

Recruiters and HR are not your friend.

My biggest issue wasn't with the dilaudid pt's but the pt's who set alarms on their phones to let them know when they were due pain meds next. That really burned my biscuits. Glad I don't have to deal with that nonsense anymore. Thanks JCAHO for maki...

Before the pandemic by VA paid significantly more than the local private hospitals. That gap has narrowed somewhat due to the private hospitals increasing pay and incentives while my VA hasn't. We have been told that they are looking at increasing sa...

Long story but our department was not included for a retention bonus (10%) so we wrote a letter to upper management and we were told nursing salaries and incentives were currently being evaluated for the whole hospital so maybe mine will be?

I love my job now that Im away from bedside.

Congrats! I started in the cath/ep lab a few months ago and I love it. I do not miss bedside nursing or the BS that comes with it.

It's not just health benefits but benefits in general. You used to get rewarded with a pension for your loyalty. Now those are garbage too along with the health benefits.

My first job was cardiac stepdown at a large hospital system. They had RT's for us to give breathing treatments like nebulizers and inhalers. When I left there to go to VA the floors handle the breathing treatments while the units had RT's. If you ne...

Rhythms, medications. Are you ACLS certified? If not make sure you get that as well. Understand the procedures they will be doing. It sounds like you should already know some of this though if you worked on a heart stepdown. It really won't be much d...

My lab the nurses can scrub in, although usually the RT will scrub in. RN's will mainly circulate, give meds, monitor/chart.

PCU is a little different from MS/Tele. PCU is another name for a "Step-down". You're basically taking patients that no longer need ICU level care but can't go to a MS/Tele floor. Usually with PCU you are required to be ACLS certified and some PCU's ...

Money and job security mostly. I wish I had gone into nursing right out of high school but back in 2004 nursing wasn't really talked about as a career for men. Had it I would have done Air Force ROTC while in nursing school and then gone into the Air...

It's a typical double standard but luckily it was dismissed a few days later. Had it not it would have created a dangerous precedent. It's why I'm against the 2-week notice. If they don't give you a notice for being fired why should you do the same?

It's Wisconsin.....

On the flipside my hospital has plenty of travelers that have experience and they are still horrible.

I wouldn't encourage anyone to be a nurse now because you are not properly compensated and you don't work in a safe environment.

Joint Commission never had any credibility to begin with.