Scuba RN

My hospital has purchased badges for us to wear and the gel dispensers have sensors on them now to monitor the staff to see if we are "cleaning" our hands properly... talk about insulting and a waste of money. Also - if I can't find a pill cutter, which is often, I cut the pills in half w/my (clean) scissors while its still inside its packing. Works great! I was a dedicated Covid-19 nurse for over a year, I always used the Sani wipes on my steth and anything else, too.

I am a new RN & am starting my first job this Monday -- and I am so Excited!!! I am working nights, every other weekend & every other holiday. Exactly what I expected. Hospitals are open 24/7/365 -- if you don't want to work those kind of shifts, maybe you need to apply then only to medical offices or find a new career. Hospitals don't have "office hours." I am 43 and sacrificed a lot to get where I am today - and understand that although I am older & have a lot of work experience - I am new to the nursing field so I expected to start off on nights. I know that if I want to move to days I will need to put in the time to earn that spot. I am not entitled to anything. I agree w/several things people have said here 1) that age/maturity and work experience can = a better work ethic (but not always...of course) 2) that today's generation don't know how to communicate with co-workers/supervisors appropriately because they communicate digitally (not face to face) and think it is ok to say what they want, when they want & don't expect any consequences. I think entitlement and bad attitudes of course though really boil down to the individual person ... my great friend/study buddy from school has a great work ethic, but she is 20 years younger than I am & I see a big difference in our expectations of things & our abilities to communicate. It is the same thing w/where you end up working - I want to be a NICU or Labor/Delivery nurse - but landing those job esp as a new grad are hard. I am thrilled w/my new job as a AMCU nurse - I am going to learn so much on that floor! On the topic of pay - I was thrilled to find out that I get a pay differential for nights, another one for weekends and got a new hire bonus... I was not expecting any of those things and am very grateful that I landed a job with them.