EternalFeather

I am almost a year in as Dialysis RN. I want to take the CDN certification after a year because the hospital I work at will reimburse and also offer salary increase for certification. I want to start studying now so I can take it when I am ready. Would like to know any tips for the exam. thanks

Your coworkers will probably not care and at the same time gossip. Thats just inevitable. 8 years ago is a very long time and who cares? You have been stable since, changed for the better. People change, ie; people get married and divorce within a year or so... Just be strong and if the situation or the environment is too triggering for you then leave. You do not have to prove anything to any one. Just take care of yourself. If anything, having experience being a pt and a clinician now will help you do your job better. You might have developed a level of empathy and other clinical skills that will help you with your assessments and bedside skills in that new specialty or anywhere as a nurse in general. Besides, having experience in medsurg means you have seen a plethora of medical conditions and have seen so many psych conditions. It should be a little adjustment and you should be OK.

I've been an ICU nurse for 4 years. Mostly worked in medical ICU. The units were usually mixed of dirty and clean and surgical ICU pts sometimes. It was a mix of many kinds. The thing is I've never done is balloons and open hearts and impellas ans other specific neuro ICU stuff. Since the pandemic, I think I've forgotten how to take care of other types of ICU besides covid... I accepted an ICU job but and recently just got called that they will place me in level 1 trauma ICU, neuro ICU, surgical ICU. I thought I was going to a medical ICU but I signed up for a crisis staffing job. Surgical ICU maybe I can handle but I don't know what to expect in a trauma ICU and neuro ICU. Not sure if I bit off more than I could chew. Should I take back my decision and no go forward? I'm an ICU nurse but new to travel nursing. Need advice thanks

Doctors do it! A LOT! Why can't nurses? Nurses, we need representation! Nursing field as a whole, worldwide needs to change this stoic, martyrism, strict as a nun attitude. We shouldnt hate or feel different toward nurses who are active on social media. We need different attention besides the unthanked angels/heroes, "not smart/good enough to be a doctor", etc... Let's be honest... A lot of other nurses dislike the social media active nurses because of so many reasons but more commonly because they have confidence, tend to be younger and attractive. Yes, some are just jealous. LOL We have to embrace social media. Lets us have some form of therapeutic release, have various interactions with people and have fun with creativity in whatever we post or share. It will help non medical people understand nurses, and be willing to hear us out, and represent us and hopefully help reform laws that will impact patient care, nurse work safety and all that jazz. I am happy there are a lot of nurses on social media. As long as they don't violate HIPAA, bully, spread problematic information, hate speeches, or any negative messages,... I am all for it.

It was problem. I would avoid that person as much as possible. It went on for a year. I told coworkers. I wasnt the only victim. Some even tolerate it. Apparently its an expected thing. Anyways, I'm not there anymore. Out of sight out of mind.

I guess Im just gonna leave it alone. Im so active for other people who are victims of sexual harassment but I cant do it for myself. Im just gonna try and move on.

Basically, I left my last hospital job because of covid and other personal reasons. I recently got an emaik for a compliance exit survey. It has a specific ID so its not anonymous like I would like it to be. I wanted to report about this other nurse who would touch me inappropriately. Never reported while I was still there because I was afraid of any form of retaliation or unneeded attention. I don't want to speak about my experience and I don't want to be a part of the HRs investigation. I want to remain anonymous. I don't want to do nothing with them ever. I'm scared they'd want to involve me in their investigations, call me in, have me panel interviewed, become blacklisted or whatever. The hospital is a tenet hospital so I'm scared to speak up. Help need advice

I decided to resign at my job... I left properly, gave 2 weeks notice and everything. I was just fed up. The workplace already sucks to begin with, but then with everything associated with the pandemic, working through the pandemic and getting sick with it and survived it, going back to work and working alongside travel nurses who get paid more for doing what I do. I hated it most when I was the charge nurse of an ICU unit and other make shift ICU units because ICU had to expand... the PPE issue, reusing and recycling PPE, not getting compensated for risking my life and my family, burnt out to the max. When I got COVID I was stressed and scared and literally very sick. just felt everything was so unfair. I've had it and so I decided to quit. I also left believing in the promise of travel nursing. But I left after the pandemic rate has gone down. Fast forward to now, almost 1 month. I apply to travel nursing assignments but I always get rejected. I worked in a level 3 adult trauma ICU and the hospitals want level 1 experience. Also some travel assignments pay very little. I was told that it was gonna be bigger or worth it. Some agencies are tricky and try to put down big numbers but if you break it down and do the math, its not worth it for me. For example, 1500 (the usual I get, some even offer 1100) Gross. Gross per week. How is that better than 1700 - 2000 bi-weekly with benefits; insurance, etc... I don't see the point in driving far, sleeping in hotels, loneliness... etc The ones that I'm interested in keep rejecting me... I am happy that I am not in a stressful working environment but I am sad that I am unemployed and I need to start coming up with an income soon. I don't want to apply for another permanent position because I don't want to end up in another bind...I am sad and disappointed that the travel nurse positions I apply to keep rejecting me and the offers are not worth it. Now, I am starting to regret leaving my old job. I just feel so lost right now.

Nursing is my only degree. I am currently in a MSN Informatics program. Taking my first class. I thought I had done enough research but now I am seeing and reading negative things, especially with the current school I am in. It's all online. I'm not sure anymore. I am not a super user. I dont have any special computer skills LOL. I am currently in the very first class which is one of the MSN core class so, not yet the actual informatics course. I am starting to doubt myself because I read things like its too competitive, theres no job market, you need to have IT experience on top of nursing experience, where you got your degree matters... all that stuff. I actually like the idea of me being a nurse informaticist, but the negative things so far has me feeling that even after I get this online degree, it will not have prepared me for the job... Should I drop while its still early?

I wonder if I change to part time or prn after at least 6 months to a year. Will there be a renegotiation of salary then?

Well the new grads that i talked with said that they didnt sign a 2 yr commitment or something like that. They are free to leave and if they left before 6 months, they are not hireable again by the same corporation. I don't know how Im going to feel working next to a new grad who gets paid almost the same as me but then i might also end up also teaching/training that person. I can do more than new grad, but im only getting paid .50 more. I didn't even get a sign on bonus. I honestly feel like poop. I want to resign. But im already on orientation. I dont want to start over again with the job applications and new hires stuff.... only thing i see is to stay knowing that im not being compensated... I cant stop thinking about how i just didnt negotiate. I should've been brave... life sucks major.

So I recently started a new rn job. I just found out that my salary is only $0.5 higher than new grads in the hospital I work at. I have almost 2yrs experience. Suddenly I dont feel like working anymore. I'm so discouraged right now. Is 0.5 difference appropriate or am i asking for too much? Looking back at it. Only reason I decided to take it is because a relative works there. I think I shouldn't have been a coward and negotiated for a higher salary. But i just hate confrontations like that. it makes me anxious and scared. I dont do it a lot. Im just such a coward... sigh... I hate myself for this. I had a feeling at first that the base rate offered by the recruiter was low but I was just such a fearful, unbrave dummy so i took it like I was desperate to work there. What can I do or should do? Its already too late to talk to the recruiter about it. And I'd be scared to do so. I already accepted and signed all the paperwork and already on orientation. Should I apply to another facility and make sure I bargain my base rate? Should I stay at this hospital for a few months till I find a better paying position? Stay for 2 years so that I wont be accused of hopping around jobs? Thanks in advance.

How should I fill out spaces that asks for the director's or anyone in managements' contact? Im applying for a few positions and there are spaces that ask for their contacts. I dont want them to be called...

Isnt agency work the same as traveling? If its something else how can i get into that? Thanks

Im trying to move on in my career journey but Im just a little nervous and scared. Ive been unemployed for 2 weeks now and now im enjoying my short break but eventually, I have to find a job. So, i recently resigned from an icu after being there for a year. I resigned the proper way: 3 weeks notice. I had been wanting to leave way earlier but i decided to make it a year just because a year looks better than less than a year. It was rough, i was burnt out, stressed out and depressed. Somehow, i managed to make it. About the unit: level 3 adult trauma but applying for lvl 2; it was a legit icu dept. 3:1 ratio. The patients are 70-80% of the time obese. Its a 35 bed but we only have 1 or 2 cna, so there was usually barely any help. 3 pts per nurse is normal but getting a 4th and 5th is not surprising. Also, in addition to total care, we were also doing things that we as nurses shouldnt like a lot of the doctors job... on top of that, management puts lots of pressure on staff to do more things that are not realistically possible... not to mention, there was bullying and it seemed throwing people under the bus was the favorite sport, which sucks cause were all already struggling but being mean and not supporting each other just makes it so much worse... i could go on... but, basically, the workload is just too much, the working environment was very toxic, theres too much responsibilities for 1 nurse and its unsafe for both pts and my RN license was always st risk. When I resigned, the director&manager basically said that they would not give a good reference if any employers would call their office, because I only lasted a year. It doesnt sound fair at all. And this is one of the reasons Im scared to apply to other jobs because Im afraid the places i apply might call the unit regardless with or without my knowing and then i get thrown off the bus... also i have a feeling they hate me and that they wont give a good reference is because i was always one of the people at the recieving end of the grunt of the dramas as i was one of the people who would get bullied often. One nurse told me that the charge nurses and other nurses liked bullying me for reasons like i was new, i was too kind, i was even told that my resting face is "trying to look cute or naive" like they couldnt stand my appearance for no apparent reason, i get picked on so they can see me cry or something. Which, I never cried. Ever. I cant help the looks i was born with... I would like for my next job to be a place that i would love and that i would gladly stay in for more than 1 year. I dont want to be tagged with having commitment issues in my resume... working at that icu dept had traumatized me so now im open to other specialties but i just cant decide and Im fearful of critical floors. I know 2 years would have been the most ideal, but i dont regret it at all. I made it a year and for me that was enough. Im actually happy im out of that place now. So much happier. Currently, im talking with a travel agency because its short term contracts and i wouldnt have to commit a year or so epecially if i didnt like working at a place. But i just realized, I only have 1+ year of working experience. I dont know if any windows for travel nursing may open for me yet. A lot of facilities require 2-3 years. Plus, i hear things like the regular staff can be unwelcoming to travel nurses and they tend to be mean to them... Im open to applying for another full time position but i would like it to be a place that is opposite of my previous workplace. But then... Its hard to know all that beforehand. I want to feel as if I am starting over in a place that i would love and enjoy working at for years. I just want longevity, supportiveness and not to be burnt out again. I would even consider relocating just for that promise. So far, I havent applied to any permanent positions yet because of this fear. I dont want to make the wrong decisions. Please, i need some advice.