Hello everyone, I graduated BSN in Puerto Rico on 2016 but for some life changing events involving a hurricane destroying Puerto Rico (Maria) i could not get it. Now time skip into NOW 2024 ,I’m currently serving in the US Army and really interested in becoming a Nursing Officer but I need the nursing license to direct commission through the AMEDD program. So Texas nursing board said a fuck you go back to college 5 more years, New Mexico board requires a previous license.

-What states would be more flexible to get a license with my situation? -Any recommendations on reintegration into Nursing refresher courses -Any recommendations to study for the NCLEX

Bachelor’s degree in science of nursing from Universidad Ana G. Mendez in Puerto Rico obtain on May 2016. Credentials already been validated.

Do I need to take any prerequisites before I start LPN school in the summer? Idk anything about the program and sign ups are over in a 2 months and a half. I’m almost done with my CNA program so I know that will help me get accepted but idk what to do. HELPPPP

hey everyone, to those of you who have graduated from LACCONAH, how was it? I like that their curriculum separates pharm into three semesters as opposed to one semester in other ADN programs. how well did you feel the professors taught, and how often were clinicals (and for how long each day?). how well did you feel prepared for the nclex? and any other input you may have will be greatly appreciated (:

I'm currently working in home care because I couldn't stand working in a busy,fast paced clinic environment nor could I work in a nursing home. I just don't like how exhausting working in a clinic / nursing home setting is. It took me a while to realize that when employers mention "fast paced environment", it just a nicer way of saying an understaffed environment.

I just come home feeling like I'm about to burst into tears after every long shift in home care. I'm stuck sitting in a tiny, stuffy room 8 to 12 hrs a day, under close supervision of the family, staring at the patient, tending to their every request like a servant. Its unstimulating, mind numbing, beyond boring. Most of all, I don't feel like my patients actually need any real help. I'm just cleaning up their messes, changing diapers because their families are too lazy to do the work. I don't feel like I'm needed nor do I feel like I'm actually making a difference. Often times, the patients are taken care of better than I ever will. These patients are treated like kings and queens. Not joking.

Initially I entered nursing because I wanted to work at a hospital and that I will eventually work my way up to my RN. Right now, I am set to begin the RN program literally next month.

But I keep hearing all these horror stories about how nurses are quitting due to the risk of losing their license as a result of understaffing. So I don't know if things will eventually get better after I get my RN. Sure, I will get more interesting work and might enjoy it more. But is it worth the risk losing my license? How bad is it?

Running around 12 hrs on my feet seems like something I'd be able tolerate till 45. I don't think I can do it forever. I would like some real honest advice. No sugar coating about what hospital nursing is like.

Had to stay late because my relief never showed up and when I finally went to clock out (over an hour and a half later) a patient walked out of their room with coke, mtn dew, and a full urinal, then proceeded to throw it all at me :D I was literally walking to the room where we clock out too 😭 I surprisingly kept my cool until I got home even after a 16 hour shift with literally only me and 4 other people working in the entire facility 🧘

Hey all, first time posting here, and I'm looking to crowd source some opinions. I recently started working at a small rural hospital as my first nursing job, and they are trying to overhaul a lot of their policies and procedures. The most relevant being how they want to deal with involuntary holds and patient deescalation.

Recently, there was a situation with a violent patient on the ED that wasn't addressed well by anyone, staff or admin. It got to the point where the patient was actively throwing things, attempting to hit staff, the whole nine yards. During the debrief, my name was brought up due to me having several years of security and mental health experience before becoming an RN, and my CNO asked me to look into different programs and possibly look at becoming an in-house instructor.

For context, we don't have in-house security (which was my first suggestion) and that role is being filled by our maintenance team. They didn't have any idea what they were supposed to or legally allowed to do during the incident with the violent patient.

I have experience with SIT and CPI in a hospital setting, and wasn't overly impressed with either of them from a physical safety standpoint. CPI had a decent verbal deescalation training. Seen some interesting things about AVADE and TIDES, but I'm more interested in how they've worked in practice rather than advertising. Thanks for your time!

I’m an ER RN, and I have had interactions with 3 different pts claiming to be an RN, all within 48 hours, who have been unkind, cursing at me, not compliant, standing in the middle of the hall screaming obscenities about how dare we do blah, blah, blah. None of these pt’s seemed to know what I was talking about when it came to lab or radiology results… I tried my best be professional, but for fucks sakes…if you’re an RN in need of medical assistance, please don’t be a dick to another RN or medical professionalwho is only trying to help 🙄

How do you properly say in Spanish that you have to start an IV on a patient or that you will flush their IV? I speak a bit of Spanish but if there is a proper way of saying this I’d like to see what is said! Anything is helpful!!

Hello amazing group! I am graduating nursing school in the spring. We plan to move from WA across country to TX about a year or two after I graduate. So the question is, should I specialize right out of nursing school or should I just choose med-surg (that I currently have an offer for a daytime position)? What is your expiernce? What would you recommend? We want to make sure that I am highly employable.

Is it just me who spent way too much on black friday? This is my first black friday as a nurse and I’m trying to convince myself that I deserve it since I worked so hard for this lol. I spent almost $1000 on christmas gifts, skin care, makeup, clothes, a couple of shoes for work and on jewelry and I still have some stuff in my cart that I’m deciding whether to buy or not. 😬

I left the state I went to school in and the hospital I applied to is affiliated with my school. I went to Hawaii in September, after trying it out I moved back at the end of that month. I have been trying to get a job with (hospital) since then.. I finally got an interview with the ICU and ER about two weeks ago and was not given an offer for a position. I am being told directly that I am interviewing “really well” and then no offer comes. They have also made interesting comments about me living and staying in (state). I am not sure if it’s being held against me that I left for a month but it is frustrating that I haven’t landed a job when I put so much time in at (hospital) during school and also as a tech. I have been back and forth with HR and just don’t feel like they are trying to get me a position in the hospital. I see postings all the time for new grad positions. HR contacts me and says we have med surg nights.

I contact my dean and tell her all this that it is disheartening and she contacts HR and they then text me with med surg which is the complete opposite of what I wanted. (Same HR person)

What should my response be?

I do not want to work that job especially after waiting months for an interview to find out it’s basically a curious interview

Anyone else here guilty on overspending during black friday or is it just me?? This is my first black friday as a nurse lol and I’m trying to convince myself so hard that I deserve it for working hard but now I feel guilty as I’ve spent $1000 on different stuff like christmas gifts, a couple of shoes for work, skin care, makeup, clothes and jewelry. 😬

I work as a CNA in a SNF and a few days ago I was taking care of a patient that was placed on 1-1 watch due to him previously falling and having behavioral problems. He has an assortment of health issues and I was told that he was slowly declining with time. I thought it was going to be a regular shift just watching over him to make sure he was okay. I bring him his breakfast tray and he starts eating in his room with his back turned to me. Everything seemed fine until I realized he was vomiting a white liquid on the floor. As more vomiting occurred I went and told the nurse what I saw. He had been drinking a small carton of milk that was left on his table. The issue was that he had actually aspirated and the nurse was concerned about this.

She told me if he had another episode of vomiting to let her know. After sometime I realize he’s actually wheezing. At first I thought it was just something caught in the back of his throat, but when it didn’t go away I went and told the nurse. She comes in and confirms the wheezing and checks his vitals. His 02 sat was 68% and his temperature was dropping. We transfer him over to the bed and they try to provide treatment for him, but he’s not complaint and constantly yanks the oxygen mask off. I later found out he was actually on mildly thick liquids. I spoke to the nurse about this and she said that he regularly drinks tea and other thin liquids. We also thought that the milk might be spoiled because maybe it had been sitting out for too long, but we’re not sure. A few days later he died. I feel horrible when I think about this situation. I wish I had paid more attention to what he was drinking. His back was turned to me as he was eating so I thought he was fine until he started vomiting. Coworkers of mine tell me this is not on me and that he was declining mentally and physically. Not eating as much as before either. But I can’t stop thinking about the situation and how things would’ve been different if I had taken the milk and thrown it out before hand.

Not so much an update but it’s in reference to my previous post. I’ve been prn hospice for 1.5 years now. My position was created to be a float pool prn position. They are calling us resource. But essentially we are trained in all departments and will fill in for call ins and pto. We can act as a visit nurse and just do emergencies, deaths, eol visits, literally anything. We have never had requirements. New manager didn’t know that and assumed we were to take holidays and on call and asked for our availability. I said we don’t have those requirements and she said surely you do. I said no check the policies and I have emails stating so. Then I went to hr to get clarification on who trumps what. Am I required to follow her orders or policy. Hr didn’t know.. we find out where we stand tomorrow.

But out of curiosity I wanted to see all the different ways companies across the us and globe handle prn when it comes to requirements/ oncall and pay for that

Thanks!

Anticipated in 2026 nursing students will have the opportunity to take their exam remotely. Thoughts?

3 years ago, I was in college with no real direction, pursuing a business degree that I wasn’t interested in. I ended up dropping out and got a plumbing job but I can’t stand the thought of doing this for the rest of my life. My mom is a CRNA and through many conversations with her, this seems like something I would really enjoy doing.

I’m looking into going back to school and getting my nursing degree. I have about 2 years of a bachelor’s completed with probably very few nursing prerequisites. I’m debating on whether to go straight into pursuing my BSN or get my associates and do a bridge program to BSN. Any pros/cons to either approach?

I saw this on our unit and just did the nastiest eye roll ever. My eyes almost got stuck in the back of my head

I've seen people pick oxycontins off the ground and give it to the patient because the process of changing the ledger plus calling the pharmacist in to dispose of the drug officially is too much fuss.

I do not recommend it. I have done it before in the past, but it is not easy. Has anyone worked from 11 pm-3pm? I work in an LTC and it is an 8 hour shift. AM to PM and PM to NOC makes more sense and is better compared to working from night shift to day shift.

I have been an LPN for 12 years, I have taken prerequisite courses off and on the last decade to pursue a bachelor degree (my pre-req science courses are old, I will need to redo those). I do not want to continue to do bedside nursing, should I still pursue an LPN-BSN program or pursue a bachelors degree that is related to healthcare- healthcare admin, health information, etc?

Hey, my nurses. I have a question that needs help! I graduated in August and passed nclex in Sep in TX(I moved here for school). Due to some personal reasons I must move back in spring. I’m wondering if anyone knows any hospitals have spring new grad residency openings? I have a few months experience and i did endorsement already so I should have my license very soon. I will have my ACLS done in Jan. Or if anyone is willing to be my referrals? Thank you so much 😊

Delete if not allowed but I am 17 years old and I am very interested in healthcare and nursing. I was wondering what the best path would be for someone who is nervous about working a lot, I am in a trade school that focuses on healthcare science. I am also quite shy but very interested in outpatient care rather than inpatient

Back when I was 18, I got charged with domestic violence against my then partner. Long story short, he beat me and hospitalized me many times so it was just a bad situation overall. Fast-forward to today, I'm interested in becoming an LPN or a nurse and want to know if that prior charge would disqualify me. More info: the charge was back in Florida, the case was dismissed without conviction, as I had no priors and explained the situation to the courts. I now live in AZ and have no charges here either... I figured I'd go through the fingerprint clearance card process first before making any final career decisions, but I know that doesn't guarantee employment. Would it be smarter to get it expunged?

Hi everyone, What’s it like working as an Operating Room Nurse in San Diego? Are there any particular challenges or benefits to working in the OR here, and how does it compare to other cities in terms of pay, work-life balance, and growth opportunities?

Today Te Whatu Ora (our national health service) nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants and kaimahi hauora stopped work from 1100-1900 due to Te Whatu Ora considering pausing care capacity demand management. This is an online tool where we input the data per shift for each patient based off acuity and nurse skill set in order to establish where we need more help and to ensure safe staffing ratios. The hours needed for patient care should (in a perfect world) match the nursing hours for the shift. Without this digital trail Te Whatu Ora and the NZ govt. can say that we aren't short staffed (when we are).

Safe staffing saves lives

https://www.nzno.org.nz/about_us/media_releases/artmid/4731/articleid/6840/te-whatu-ora-nurses-to-take-nationwide-strike-action

Hi guys, what is the average registered nurse clinical instructor salary, just teaching one clinical per week.

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read this post. I have been deciding between the advertising/PR field and the nursing field for a while and cannot decide, but I need to for school purposes within the month. Here is the pros/cons list of the nursing vs advertising field and I would love some insight.

The reasons I want to go into nursing are because of the job security, the health insurance, the plethora of options in the healthcare field after graduation, the pay will allow me to be independent, and when I am old I want to be able to say I made a good impact in the world and helped people. I have a passion for women's health and my heart is somewhere in labor and delivery, NICU, midwife (something along those lines). I want to make enough money to travel the world and have the vacation time to do this. From what I have read online the nursing field will allow me to accomplish this dream. I love the idea of being able to leave work at work. I don't want to stress about work in my personal life. I also like the option of being a travel nurse. The cons of nursing are that I have a creative spirit at heart and thoroughly enjoy making videos. I have been to school for communications (did not finish) and liked or loved all of my classes. I know I would regret not leaning into this passion because I love it so much.

The reason I want to get an Advertising and PR degree is because of my passion for creating content. I loved directing films in school. I enjoy thinking about how to curate and deliver a story or message that will make people want to watch to be educated or to purchase something. I find it extremely interesting. I loved making infographics, doing photography shoots, and studying the patterns of people, and don't mind the other aspects of the industry I may find more boring. The idea of remote work sounds amazing to me. Nothing in the Advertising and PR gives me the ick EXCEPT the fact that I may not be helping people and in fact could end up doing more harm than good. The cons of going the Advertising and PR route is the job stability. I would be at the whims of the economy and other such things. The benefits are not as good and I could end up making less money (or more) than nursing. It completely depends on my luck and hard work combined as well as where life takes me. I also might not be able to leave work at home. The inconsistency and idea that I don't know what the future holds regarding job security gives me anxiety. I have always made friends with more free-spirited and creative people and have dreamed of a nomadic lifestyle (at least in my 20s). I want to be able to video my travels, meet people, learn from them, and somehow make a difference in the world and the people around me.

I believe both will allow me to live in a big city as that is where I want to end up. One of my ideologies is when facing a big choice, I choose the option I will regret not doing. I do kind of feel if I didn't give the advertising/pr degree or creative industry a try I would regret it, but I know I can dedicate my free time to content creation on platforms like YouTube or TikTok without the restraints of clients and bosses breathing down my neck. Plus if I am living in a big city I can collaborate with other creatives. At the end of the day, both fields are interesting to me. I am STRUGGLING to choose and honestly terrified I will make the wrong decision and hate myself for it. Any advice is appreciated.

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Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some advice and insight from those who’ve been in similar situations or have knowledge about this. I have a disciplinary action on my nursing license that happened 10 years ago. After that happened. I moved and started a family and have recently thought about getting back into nursing. But first I would have to complete my consent agreement. I'm willing to do that but was wondering if it's an actual waste of time and money if I can't even find a job after.

I’m worried about how this might affect my ability to find a new job. Will potential employers automatically reject me because of this? Are there certain types of facilities, specialties, or regions that might be more understanding or willing to hire nurses with disciplinary actions on their record?

If you’ve been in this position or have any advice on how to approach applications, interviews, or even just rebuilding my career, I’d love to hear from you. I really want to grow from this experience and prove that I’m a capable and compassionate nurse. It was a really stupid mistake 10+ years ago.

Hi!

I’m graduating from my ADN-RN program at a community college in a year and would love some advice on my next steps. If anyone has insight into average salaries, hourly rates, or even tips on how to maximize earnings as a new nurse in this region, I’d love to hear your advice!

I have some nursing school debt to pay off, so I’m wondering which areas of practice typically offer higher wages. I’ve heard that travel nursing can be very lucrative, but it also seems to be frowned upon. Is travel nursing a realistic option for a new graduate?

Hello all!

I'm a CNA/PCT at a children's hospital in my area and I'm working my first holiday soon, Christmas Eve. Many of the kids in my unit usually are with us for a while, usually without parents, so I want to make their holidays as special as any other child's. I will wear a holiday-themed scrub top, but I don't know what else to do. I have a few ideas I'll list below.

- Face Paint

- Little gifts (stress toys or something, idk I need ideas.)

- Little snacks..? Candy?

- Games

I don't know, but I thought y'all might have some good ideas of things to bring/do.