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  1. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad. I chose to pursue nursing as a second career based on all of the stories I have heard of nurses being valuable assets in a community/in demand etc. I did well in school. I passed my...

  2. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As an update to this post (since I am still getting some feedback) I would say that I am happy that I made the transition. I worked nights on a med surge floor and made just shy of $55K. I am grateful...

  3. I need intracatheter pressure explained to me

    kemansha1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad working about 7 months on a med-surge floor and last night I found out that I have been using a carpuject incorrectly on PICC lines. If I need to deliver 1 ml of a medication I thought...

  4. I need intracatheter pressure explained to me

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in General Nursing

    https://www.bd.com/posiflush/flash/s..._pressure.html Keep in mind that the PICC internal lumen can contain 1-2mL of fluid. If you inject 1mL slowly all you are doing is priming the PICC. The brisk...

  5. I need intracatheter pressure explained to me

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Good

  6. I need intracatheter pressure explained to me

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! This video is exactly the explanation I was looking for. I was thinking that the pressure would be determined by the change from one diameter to the other ie: if you hook up a garden hose...

  7. New Grad off Orientation

    kemansha1 replied to froggy93's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am so glad that somebody else noticed how shrill this board can sometimes be. In my real life so far as a precept I have not had anyone be as mean as I have read on this board. Just because a...

  8. Northeastern University Direct Entry September 2016

    kemansha1 replied to kcd3's topic in School, College Programs

    I graduated from NEU in August. I did the Direct Entry Hybrid program and I am happy with the education I got. There were definitely some things about the program that were not clear when I started...

  9. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know what they pay although I have heard rumors that they do pay well. I am working at the moment in Newport although I have an interview for a job at Rhode Island that I applied for months...

  10. Working Nights and Having a Life

    kemansha1 replied to Annath's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm about to start a job working 3 nights a week too. If you could do 6 nights on and 8 off would you do it? Has

  11. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think you are right to some extent about the gender thing. I have heard a lot about nurse bullying and how nurses "eat their young" especially with less experienced colleagues. It does seem a...

  12. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am actually thinking that this "soft launch" approach is the way to go. Maybe I can find a gig working nights (probably a 24 week stacked strategically) leaving me time to still do...

  13. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks. I do plan on hanging in there. Your story was really helpful. I think I just need to know that my financial situation is temporary. With the cost of things and student loans etc. I do need...

  14. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you. It sounds like you had a similar experience to my own. I am not above doing the work - I am a hard worker and I don't feel nearly as cavalier and arrogant as some have suggested. I want...

  15. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you Rocknurse. This advice is actually helpful. Believe me I have enough of the inner critic, that most of the rest of this thread have piled on to, that I'm wishing I had never reached out for...

  16. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I really haven't gotten any empathy on this thread anyway, even though I really was just hoping for people to tell me something along the lines of "it gets better." Yes I did do research but perhaps...

  17. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I take your point, but given the training I underwent to pursue this, the cost of which was not insubstantial, I don't consider myself a "laborer." I think that the fact that this profession is at...

  18. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am really sorry that this bugs you. I realize that frank discussions of money are relative to location. The northeast is an extremely expensive place to live and I hope to be a respected...

  19. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well I guess the hospital job (with shift differential) is in line with what I hoped to make. Since I went to school in Massachusetts where the cost of living is astronomical it seemed to me like...

  20. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You're right and I probably just need a reality check for what pay is actually going to look like. It's just really depressing. I wish there were more posts on here about how people really love...

  21. Encouragement needed - Frustrated and insulted by hourly rates

    kemansha1 replied to kemansha1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks everyone. I am in Rhode Island and I have a BSN. I am also definitely planning to go back to school for an NP or possibly PA and the plan is to go sooner rather than later. Since, as I said, I...

  22. What is the new grad salary in the lifespan hospitals??

    kemansha1 replied to yp1624's topic in General Nursing

    I had an interview at Rhode Island Hospital yesterday and it seems like starting salaries haven't budged in at least four year according to what was quoted above: $26.52 per hour base pay 1.75 evening...