Catalin BSN, RN

Catalin has 3 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Psych/Med Surg/Teaching.

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1. Great Salary But Sometimes I Wonder...

   Catalin replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   Definitely not worth it. My friend works for amazon and makes $300,000+ yearly. Works 2 - 3 days out of his week. He doesnt have even 5% of the responsibility I have as an RN. Doesn't have to deal with violent patients who have no reprecussions for t...

2. If Nurses are "Essential", Why Can't We Be Treated Like It?

   Catalin replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

   hello all, My point in this post is that its all just incredibly disappointing how we're treated even worse now than we were before, and the public is paying attention to us now. I picked up this Overtime because I had an emergency before christ...

3. If Nurses are "Essential", Why Can't We Be Treated Like It?

   Catalin posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've been working through this entire pandemic and it has been nothing but stressful. I am now motivated more than ever to find work off bedside. I now join the increasing number of burnt out nurses who look to leave bedside. Which is awful because b...

4. What else can I do with my BSN

   Catalin replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

   All my friends and anyone I meet in a tech field (CS/IT) seem to have it good. Higher pay than RN's, less stress, always able to take breaks (and they take longer breaks during their 8hr shifts), frequent bonuses, good hours, work from home, and unbe...

5. What else can I do with my BSN

   Catalin replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

   Well, it's more of a family run CNA school. None of those options are available. There are lots of jobs available in my area, but at this point, after all the things I've dealt with in my career, I don't want to go to anywhere that's not a major hosp...

6. What else can I do with my BSN

   Catalin replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

   I currently teach CNA's for a local CNA school. Its the perfect side/2nd job but the hours aren't there. It bums me out because I really enjoyed my rotations in the hospital. My preceptors said that I was "more like a coworker than a student." But I ...

7. What else can I do with my BSN

   Catalin replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

   I've been trying to get into a hospital job for the better part of 2 years. No luck. Every job I've been able to land treats their nurses poorly and they're all jobs that have incredibly high turnover (like a SNF for example). I have 1 year experien...

8. What else can I do with my BSN

   Catalin posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm having a hard time finding a good job in Nursing and I've just been frustrated with the field in general. Im heavily considering just leaving the it behind entirely. I've had no enforcements or any sort of issue with my license. I'm considering j...

9. Male RN's with Long hair - Job Interviews

   Catalin posted a topic in Men

   I'm in the process of growing out my hair and job hunting at the same time. I've gotten comments to shave, which isn't a problem. However I've sacrificed my sanity this summer dealing with all the sweat that comes with having a mop of hair on my head...

10. Getting a job in a hospital

    Catalin replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have a BSN. Seems like no matter what I cant even get an interview though. Starting to get a little hopeless

11. Getting a job in a hospital

    Catalin posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is all I've been trying to do for months now. But no matter what I can't even get my foot in the door. I live in Washington State and I've been constantly applying for local hospital jobs in my area. Now I've been an RN since mid 2017 and an LPN...

12. Is this nursing?

    Catalin replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so frustrated with this entire experience so far. I feel like once upon a time it wasn't this bad. I see you have a lot of experience, has it always been like this??

13. Is this nursing?

    Catalin posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm in disbelief over how nurses are treated. I've worked in several areas and completed internships in many more as an lpn and RN. I've been licensed for 3 years and I'm already fed up. Patients, doctors, and management treating me like nothing. An...

14. Just a vent... medical vs psych

    Catalin replied to Mandychelle79's topic in Psychiatric

    The thing about Psych is that we don't have doctors or the equipment like Med/Surg does. When I worked M/S, we had different doctors throughout the day whether it be at 3PM or 3AM. We don't have IV machines or any equipment. We needed to remove stitc...

15. Your facility limit number of admissions? Staffing

    Catalin replied to SuburbsGirl's topic in Psychiatric

    I work psych. My inpatient facility states that you're only allowed 12 patients, but I've also heard of days where it was 14 due to not enough staff.