bear94 BSN, RN

A close friend of mine is in a custody battle with his ex. She is extremely unstable and unfortunately suffers from a multitude of psychiatric issues. Recently, she kidnapped their child and the child was found in filthy conditions. She is safe now w...

I am someone who wears both a small and medium in a lot of things. I have only ever worn grey's anatomy scrubs, and a small is ALMOST too small, but a medium is huge. I have heard Jaanuu takes forever to ship, so I don't want to order the wrong size....

That's what I thought, I just know that lawyers can be unforgiving and I wanted to make sure I knew my rights and how to protect myself.

I'm leaving my job at a big ER to work at a smaller one close to home. The staffing on a daily basis where I am going to work is 1 RN, 2 LPN's, and a tech (float RN and house supervisor RN available when help is needed). I'm curious to know what kind...

Three weeks ago, on December 5th, I asked my boss if I could go down to PRN status so I could go back to school (the school I am going to was able to enroll me last minute or I would have given notice much sooner). She did not answer that email. So I...

The unit I am speaking about isn't my own, it's an ICU step down unit in the hospital I work at (I am an ER nurse and our department is actually over staffed. The only over staffed unit in the hospital, actually ). I give this floor more patients tha...

I agree with you that sign on bonuses can appear as red flags, especially when not every unit offers them. But how can employers better go about getting staff?

For the past 4 years I have been commuting an hour one way and it's been awful, but especially for the past 7 months I've been doing 12's. Can't take it anymore. It's going to be very weird getting home right away from work. Ive never had that "luxur...

Your calculations make me feel a bit better about taking a pay cut! I am hoping the 90 extra minutes I get back from not commuting will make a difference in my life.

I am from central Illinois. Around here, most new graduates have jobs lined up about 5 months before graduation in non-medsurg areas (i.e. only 4 people from my graduating class of 54 took jobs on a medsurg floor. The rest took jobs in ICU, ER, OB, P...

I am in the process of leaving my job that requires me to drive an hour away for a job that is only 15 minutes away from my house. I took a pay cut. Sort of. Current job: day shift has a starting wage of $22.50/hr, and working nights earns you $24....

I am a newer nurse. I will say that nursing school is difficult, but not nearly as hard as being a nurse for the first year, give or take a couple months. Remember that when you graduate and start working. Everyone is in it for something different. I...

I made a post similar to this, simply asking for advice on making the switch from being a nurse at a level one trauma center to being a nurse/clinical supervisor at an eight bed, rural ER. I didn't really get many replies to my original post. I think...

@houtex your comment was extremely inspirational and helped me gain a better understanding of what I will be in for. Thank you!

I do not have children, so I can't speak about the influence your baby may be having on you... But the way I see it, is you have had a couple of months to let your feelings stew and release their real aroma. So, your mind is probably made up. I think...

In the ER I work at now, there is ONE, seriously, one tech who does her job without me even having to ask. We hardly ever work on the same days, but I do get to work with her at least twice a month. It sounds stupid, but sometimes I am so overwhelmed...

Rose_Queen, I feel like a lot of the posts I see on here about new grads having difficulties with job hunting are based out east!

Currently pending a job change from an ER nurse at a level one trauma center, to an ER Clinical Supervisor/RN at a rural, 8 bed ER. Will keep you in mind and let you know how this transition goes for me. I won't go into great detail about why I am m...

I am so envious of people who get to wear scrubs of all colors with little accessories (i.e. Jaanuu's zip up scrubs, and their beautiful floral prints). I have to wear navy blue and cannot have any extra bells or whistles. I too feel better at work w...

Not sure if you've ever had to drive an hour one way to work before, but I have and it gets old VERY quickly. I just left my job at a 32 bed, level one trauma center ER (an hour drive from my house), to work at an 8 bed, rural ER 15 minutes away from...

Thank you for the suggestion! I tried doing that also. I found material, but it was a little hard to fully understand. Also, I'm aware facility policy can greatly vary! At the big hospital I have worked at, LPN's were classified no differently than C...

Meh. No different to me than "documented" patients who still meet the same criteria, "basically live in the hospital because their families can't take care of them." "can't go to a facility because *no one will take them for some bs reason." I treat ...

Also in the midwest, started in a medium sized city making $24.75. It was quite the commute for me so I started working at one of the local, rural hospitals and they pay the same starting wages ($24.75)

This is extremely true. Especially, for me, the last part where she states "there is the process of facing the reality that graduation did not automatically fix everything in your life that you would like to change." I will forever have the memory ...

It's finally official. I am leaving my first job as an emergency department RN, and starting a job much closer to where I live. Commuting an hour one way while working nights just about killed me. Literally. I fell asleep at the wheel more than twice...