Topics About 'Hospitals'.

Can hospitals require you to do "extra" on-call shifts? We've been asked to start doing a "Back Up" call weekend in addition to the "1st Call" weekend we already do. That means twice as many on-call weekends. Some of the younger nurses are threatenin...

Here are some conversations that are taking place at hospitals everywhere across the country. Do they sound familiar? "Did you hear Kim is leaving?” "Kim !?? Kim in Step down?? Nooo! You don't mean Kim! She's been here forever!” "Ya! a...

Nurses are the glue of healthcare. Nurses were pushed thin before COVID, and then during COVID, nurses were pushed to the limit. In the early days of the pandemic, nurses cared for patients without protective equipment and chose daily to put thei...

They are all hard and one pay more than the other. But is all that work worth the money and the more money you make the more taxes you pay... Hospital or facility? Why?

I understand that people often go into medical specialties to get out of the on call/long hours of other hospital areas of work. However, lately it seems like our hospital, outside of 9-5, is really little more than a glorified clinic. Can't get a sp...

I currently work per diem night at a hospital after working full time night for the past two years. But I don’t see myself being able to do it much longer considering that my hospital has a waitlist for days. (Its a small hospital with little to no r...

You probably recall watching the frightening and surreal news stories unfold in the Spring of 2020. Hospitals were overflowing with patients infected with COVID, medical facilities were clamoring to obtain supplies that were formally considered basic...

0445Alarm goes off. Day 3 of my back-to-back 12-hour shifts. I hear regularly from friends (none of whom are nurses) “You’re so lucky, you only have to work 3 days for a full-time job”. Hmmm, wonder if any of them are getting up this early? 0615Wait ...

I’m becoming more and more negative when I walk into work. I love being a nurse and I love working in the ICU, the problem is my unit is INTENTIONALLY short, the whole hospital for that matter. When we want to pick up shifts there are only specific d...

Hospitals and Nurses Are OverwhelmedThroughout the US many hospitals are overwhelmed with the ongoing pandemic of the COVID-19 virus. They are short-staffed on nurses forcing them to work long overtime hours. Many are so overwhelmed that they are hir...

I know people come here to vent and I see SO many people wanting to leave the hospital but I want to know who LIKES working in a hospital. If you do like working in the hospital which unit do you work in and how long have you been there?

Hi All! Just wanted to start a post on salaries in NYC for those who are job searching or considering a switch. I just switched from a medical center outside the city to NYU Langone. I went from making a base of 66,500 to 89,500. There is also an OR ...