Is going for MSN worth it right away after getting your BSN or its better to work for 1-3 years as ICU and then go for it? IS getting masters gonna give you bigger positions which can potenialy increase you salary? Or just getting a BSN is enough and can slowly grow you salary?

Hi everyone!! I recently started working in L&D and was paired with a very sweet and super knowledgeable nurse who has been absolutely wonderful during my orientation.

She’s currently in her third trimester of pregnancy and has been so gracious with her time, patience, and knowledge while guiding me through everything.

I’d love to get her something special for her and/or her soon-to-arrive baby as a little thank you for making my transition into L&D so much less intimidating. 🥹

I’m looking for something thoughtful and meaningful rather than just a generic gift card or something overly expensive.

What would you appreciate receiving as a pregnant nurse/coworker? Or, if you’ve given a mentor/preceptor a gift before, what did you get them?

Would love to hear your ideas! 💕

howdy :-)
27yo F, bedside pediatric hem/onc nurse of 5 years here!!

Ive been thinking about “what comes next” for me, and would like advice if anyone has wisdom to share!!

I really love this patient population, but have become burnt out with the stress inpatient/hospital nursing calls for. I believe I will try and do time as an outpatient infusion nurse if/when a spot opens up.

Long term, I have been debating going into education or research. Is the pay okay? Do I need a masters to pursue either route?
I think I would like patient/family education more than nursing school education, but both sound nice.

What jobs do you have? What do you wish you knew about non-bedside nursing careers?

Thanks guys!!!

Im just curious about hearing from others about their experience getting their BSN online. Im currently enrolled at Excelsior University based out of Albany New York and Its been a miserable experience. What are some experiences with programs that still exist that you wouldn't reccomend to other nurses?

Hi everyone! I'm a student from Pakistan working on a project about reducing unnecessary workload for nurses and making healthcare work more efficient and less stressful.

I'm not a healthcare professional, so I'm trying to learn directly from nurses about what actually happens on the job. I'm not looking for patient information or any identifying details.

If you're a nurse, nursing student, or nursing assistant, I'd really appreciate your perspective. You can answer only the questions you feel comfortable with.

Quick questionnaire

1. What type of nursing do you work in?

• ER/Emergency
• ICU
• Medical-surgical
• Labor & delivery
• Outpatient/clinic
• Long-term care/nursing home
• Home health
• Hospice
• Public/community health
• Other: ______

2. How long have you worked in healthcare?

• Student
• <1 year
• 1–5 years
• 5–10 years
• 10+ years

3. What takes up the most time during your typical shift?

4. What tasks feel repetitive or unnecessarily time-consuming?

5. What kind of documentation/charting takes the most time?

6. Are there situations where you waste time looking for information, supplies, medications, equipment, or people? If so, what happens?

7. What tasks or responsibilities cause you the most stress—not necessarily because they're medically difficult, but because they're difficult to manage alongside everything else?

8. What tasks are most likely to get delayed when the unit gets extremely busy?

9. Are there tasks you think could realistically be automated or made easier with better technology? What are they?

10. What is one thing you wish your hospital/clinic's software did better?

11. If you could have ONE tool or system that would make your shift easier, what would you want it to do?

12. What should technology absolutely NOT try to do in nursing?

13. What do you think would make patients' experience better while also reducing nurses' workload?

14. If you could eliminate one unnecessary task from your workday tomorrow, what would it be?

Optional

15. Country/region (optional): ______
16. Anything else you think a student trying to improve nursing workflow should understand?

Thank you so much to anyone who takes the time to respond. I'm trying to understand the real problems before deciding what, if anything, I should build.

Please don't share any patient-identifying or confidential information.

i’m a fresh grad & just started work as a staff nurse & im getting pretty bad pre shift anxiety even when ik im tagged w a nice preceptor. its so bad that sometimes i barely get any sleep at all esp morning shift. im 3 weeks in and the imposter syndrome is real, the learning curve is so steep and everyday there’s that stress of having to learn & grasp as much new knowledge as i can before i’ve to be all on my own after probation ends.

i think my anxiety mostly stems from not knowing what’s going to happen during my shift, or fear of making a mistake eg med error/ if my pt deteriorates & idk what to do etcetc.

any advice out there :(( im so scared i wont be able to pass probation, let alone make it past the 1 year mark in this industry 😭

Good evening, anong resources pwedeng gamitin for Prometric Exam and tips pls to pass. Thank you po

Hi everyone, I hope this is allowed… I’m an RN currently enrolled in an MSN program. My assignment is to interview 3 nurses from different cultures/race/generation. If any nurse is interested in answering these questions, it would be greatly appreciated.

Interview questions:

Your Age/Culture/Generation

How long have you been a nurse

What specialty area are you currently in?

Describe the type of work and hours you desire to work?

Describe what you desire from your work life?

What do you do for self care/relaxation?

What do you desire from your nurse manager?

Thank you again, 🙏

Hi to everyone, I am a registered nurse with almost 9 years of experience in the ICU( approximately 6.5years in coronary unit, 1.5years in general internal ICU and 6 months in covid-respiratory ICU).

Also, I have an ALS certificate.

I am considering about working at a cruise ship as a nurse, so I need as much as possible information from other nurses who actually works or have worked on the cruiseships.

I have some questions.

First of all, how much I would earn or how much I could expect to earn monthly?

I have read somewhere that nurses get a officer status( private room, access to passenger areas, free excursions ) is it true?

How tipical day looks like for nurses on board?

How often I could expect some emergency? What type of emergencyes you got mostly?

What about free time? How often i would be able to leave a ship and visit a city/port? How much time I would get for it?

Is it possibble to change a shift with colleague to get more free time?

And also how good my english must be?

Just wondering if there’s any other new grad RNs out there who, like me, need an income(and RN experience) so took a job at a SNF. I’m in northern CA (very competitive) and after applying throughout the summer I took the only RN job offered to me and started working at a SNF in August…and while I’m grateful for the income and experience…the job itself is overwhelming and I feel incompetent. I got a total of 6 shifts of “training” (2 am shift, 2 pm shift and 2 noc shift…different nurse “training” me each time) before being on my own which just seems crazy to me ‘cause on my first shift by myself I had 15 patients so felt like a chicken with my head cut off passing what felt like, a million meds for the entire shift…it was awful…my anxiety was through the roof. Would like to know…are there any other new grad RNs out there who took their 1st RN job at a SNFand what was it like? how did you or are you coping? and if you stayed how long was it until you felt semi-comfortable doing the job? and if you didn’t stay where was your next RN job and how did you get it?

Have worked on a heavy medsurg floor (trach vents ect) for the past 5 years … bedside & charge trained. It’s getting exhausting and physically taking a toll on my body. Looking to switch into inpatient dialysis and these are the rules
1:1 patient ratio on a 9 bed acute unit
Dialysis technicians work alongside
Work is 4 x 10 hour shifts 6 - 4:30pm or 7-530 - not requestable you will have a mix of both
Every other Saturday requirement - 2 Saturdays in a month
On call - 1 night every 10 days 530p-6am there can be
Sunday on call 6a 6p
Mobile dialysis will go to patient and ICU

What are our thoughts ? I’ve heard really great things about dialysis and not sure how this compares

My mom is in Msicu in bad shape on a vent. Her nurses have been so amazing. One was telling me she loves bath and body works. Would I be allowed to gift her a hand sanitizer cozy and pocket bac? I’d like to send in food for all of them as well. It has to be packaged right? Can you please give me ideas? Thank you so much.

Hi my dream is to always work in Saudi Arabia as a nurse please let me know if it’s possible I have the 2 year practical nursing certificate I got from Canada. Is it possible to apply to work in saudi ? I am a canadian citizen.

I am a New Grad BSN Nurse. I interviewed yesterday for an ER position and I think it went bad. I interviewed with the director and the manager. The director did the most talking asking me questions the manager only asked me one question. I did come in prepared. I prepared myself for a week for this interview, however, this interview was not what I expected it would be about. The director asked me scenario questions and I answered to the best of my ability from my previously knowledge from what I learned in school. I was not sure if I was right or making any sense (I did my best). She proceeded to ask questions about the hospital i worked at as a PCA. I did interview with them and did not end up getting the job . I am not going to tell her I interviewed there and I didnt get the job. She said oh that hospital is a great hospital and theres better patient ratios then here. I said that hospital does not hire new grads in their ER which is true and that is somewhere I want to be. Again I am not going to tell her I was rejected from working there. She asked what problem would I fix about there that part I blanked out and I told her I can not think of one I would like to skip. This interview did throw me off. I came in with expectations of I would be asked questions a get to know about me why I chose to be in this company, my own experience, why I picked the ER you know the basic interview questions. But instead it was focused on the hospital i previously worked at and answering scenario questions that seemed tailored to experienced nurses where I did not feel too confident with my answers. I was looking forward for this interview and excited I finally heard back after 1,000+ applications. This interview destroyed me. I went home crying. I do not feel confident that I would get the job based off of it. Its exhausting putting in time and effort to apply for these positions to receive rejection emails on a daily basis. I want to give up. I hate feeling that I humiliated myself at these interviews. I really want this job it is close to home. I want to get my foot in the door. I have over four years of healthcare experience. I wish the interview was more focused on who I am not testing my skills since I am a new grad I don't know anything. I asked 5 really good questions at the end of the interview. She told me I would here back next week. It is either she sees my potential or thinks I am not "good enough" for the job. All I can say I tried my best. Just because I played the lottery does not mean I will win it.

Hello! I am looking for some opinions/advice. I am a 23 year old, recently moved back home and I'm working in veterinary medicine as a vet assistant (being doing so for 3 years). I am not an RVT/CVT but most of my friends who are in vet med right now are going to school for it which is making me question if I want to as well.

To start off I am in so much debt from my animal science degree and that is why I am living at home right now. I making on the high end of vet tech/assistants due to speciality yet I am not making a livable wage especially in a big city and there's not much opportunity to make more.

I have so much anxiety from this job and get stressed and burnt out easily. I think most of the anxiety comes from lack of education. You don't need a degree to be a vet assistant and I could’ve skipped college, done this, and still be making the same. But that means that everything I've learned in vet med has come purely from working in the field. Knowing the basics of physiology, anatomy, and nutrition help but to be honest I just do what the doctor tells me. Which leads me to worry about the medication I'm giving or that I am misinforming a client of how to take care of their pets even though I am following directly what the vet said. But I always felt better with a second person confirming or written instructions which doesn’t always happen in vet med. Plus there are more than one species that we have to worry about.

The stress and burn out is happening because I'm not just an assistant/tech, we are the anesthesiologist, the dentist, the receptionist, the surgical or kennel assistant, giving the medications, educating clients, restraining patients (which in itself is a balance between we are making sure the pet is comfortable but also making sure me and the vet don't get harmed), and more. Most of the time clients cant/dont do much to help their pets due to cost (which is very understandable), they don’t understand the work we do, and get mad at me about the cost because I’m the one going over the estimate. And I don’t even want to go into detail about the horrible work culture, nepotism, and over time. I’ve been bit once by a dog as well and once by a cat due to the other tech not properly restraining. And I’m getting back pain from being in weird positions to restrain these animals all day.

All that being said I love being a vet assistant and actually helping these animals. And when I find a good group of coworkers, they can make the job feel so much better. But I feel like I am letting animals down by even considering other job options…

I was looking into becoming a registered nurse either going the ADN route and having an employer pay for a later BSN or going straight for ABSN. But I am worried about my anxiety and making mistakes in human medicine and also all the human liquids lol. I don't mind animal poop/pee but not sure about humans. I don't really care about there being mean people because in vet med I’ve met some of the meanest clients and also coworkers.

My plan is to shadow some nurses in the next couple weeks and if I like it try out the ADN or ABSN route while also working my vet job. Just in case if I end up hating it I have vet med to fall back on and possibly go the RVT route from there. But I just want some opinions if this is the right path for me or in general? I love animals so much and I know volunteering can be an option as well.

I just want to do something I love for the rest of my life and I’ve been feeling like vet med is not the place for me for 2 years now. I also heard RNs have a lot more options in the field while I feel like I've maxed out in veterinary medicine but maybe I'm wrong about that.

Hello all. I finished classroom-based orientation Friday and tomorrow is my first actual day on the floor (in a new grad residency program, so not being thrown to the wolves or anything).

For more background I'm 29 and this is a cereer change so I know the basic things: be humble, be respectful, HR isn't your friend, boundaries, punctuality, etc. I will be orienting on day shift and then going to night shift after (which I'm not looking forward to). I will be in a neuro step down at a household name hospital system (think Mayo Clinin, Johns Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic - I just don't want to specify and out myself).

What should I bring with me that I'm not thinking of? Someone please tell me what to pack and what not to pack. What should and shouldn't I do to learn but not be annoying or in the way? What advice do you have, as general as life advice in the profession, or specific to any area of this career like documenting or whatever else it is i can't think of because I'm just starting?

Thanks guys. Happy to be a part of the community now. ❤️

English isn't my first language, so please overlook any mistakes. I work as a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit, and for two days I was working with one person in a room with eight babies. Every time I spoke to the supervisor about how difficult it was to manage four babies alone, she told me, "The babies are stable, and we can't do anything." I tried to do my job as best I could. Today it happened again, and I spoke to the supervisor, and she told me the same thing. At the end of my shift, while I was still trying to manage the situation, the afternoon shift nurses arrived, and I overheard her telling them, "I'll bring so-and-so over, and there will be five of you. Each of you will be responsible for two babies. Don't worry." Should I speak to the head nurse? Or should I ignore this because tomorrow my shift will be the same as the five?

Is there anything else (or some things) lucrative that one can do within the nursing the profession or outside of the profession but with the nursing knowledge as a backdrop?

Helppp
For nurses like me from overseas who wants to work in Australia

I am so frustrated. I am trying for a job. I applied to an agency 10 days ago and Im still not even close to working. I am hired but I have had to do extensive online classes, hours and hours of unpaid work. Every time I try to log into anything my ID and PW are "wrong". I have talked to corporate numerous times. I am sick of all this run around. Im going to apply elsewhere. Anyone else ever experience this?

The title explains my ramble. I don’t get why there isn’t a better shift for people. Who decided 7-7 was the best we could do? 7AM (6:30 shift change) is too early while 7PM-7AM is hell. What about 12PM-12AM or 10AM-10PM. Maybe overnighters could do 11-7AM. Something more manageable for their wellbeing.

I work nights and though I love that it’s quiet, my body just gets thrown for a loop every day even on off days. Even if it’s not a large amount of shifts it feels like my body is playing catch up every single day. I am starting to hate working bedside solely due to the hours.

Which is the better Review Center for aspiring RNS overseas that wants to work in Australia??

I’m starting to seriously think about going back to school for my master’s in nursing, but I’m honestly not sure what direction I want to take yet. I’ve been considering things like FNP, nursing administration, and other options.
For those of you who have gotten your master’s in nursing (or are currently working toward one), I’d love to hear about your experience!
What did you get your master’s in, and why did you choose that route? What do you like about it, and what do you *not* like? How has it affected your career, schedule, pay, and job opportunities?
And most importantly — **do you regret getting your master’s, or would you do it again?**
I’m really just trying to hear honest experiences from nurses who have actually gone through it before I decide which direction I want to take. Any advice or insight would be appreciated! ❤️

I’ve been a PRN princess the past 2 years. I just got a a PRN job in PreOP/PACU but I also got a Full time offer for NICU on days.

In AZ a new to service NICU job on days is like .01% chance. My goal long term is being PRN/ part time. Because full time just doesn’t work well with my family. I feel like PRN part time NICU jobs are almost non existent in Phx. Should I even take the NICU job? I feel like there’s more opportunities for PRN/part time in preop pacu. Or should I do both for a year and then quit the NICU if they can’t offer me part time at a year.