Would like to warn all nurses, do not accept a sign on or retention bonus with Centura Health. They literally got everyone to sign a retention bonus, then cut everyone's hours...nurses are counting the months to leave and/or retire. The corporate people are greedy to the point of cutting ER staff (while explosively busy) AND this past week, cut the one hour/week new mother breast feeding support group. Who does this? They have fired the nurse educators, phlebotomists, dietary aides, CPR support, and squeezed everyone else so tight you can't pay your mortgage. New nurses, do not accept the 30K sign on bonus warning. There are better hospital companies.😊
My job is like this. No lab techs and most of the CNAs are canceled constantly because we should be able to work without them. It’s cool in an ICU until you end up with some 500lb patients and it’s just 2 nurses on the unit.
Would never recommend nursing to anyone. Retired after 35 years. Things have done nothing but go downhill. At the end I felt like a factory worker. I hope I never get sick.
Never take a day shift on a new job. Most nurses want day shift and if no one working there already will not move to day shift. There’s something wrong
I applied to a home health agency who gave me an interview that felt like a high pressure sales pitch. All they would do is talk about how great the job is. They barely asked me any questions about my education, backgroud, or work experience. They pushed me to give them an answer THAT DAY as to whether or not I wanted the job. When I said I'll think about it and get back to you, they said they agreed, but called me every day for the next week. I told them I wasn't interested and blocked their number.
Work at a Plasma donation center... They are open 7-7 with shorter hours on the weekends. Therefore no overnights. In addition, it is easy paperwork, physicals, and sometimes phlebotomy at some places.
Hi Liz! I'm so happy to see that this channel has grown and evolved. I remember watching this channel back when I was an undergrad and I love that you've been spotlighting current nursing issues and professional burnout. I think turnover is a huge red flag, something I didn't ask about for my first job (regular turnover and leadership turnover). I'm glad you're encouraging nurses to ask about the orientation process. I'm training a nurse right now who's excellent but struggling with the EPIC EHR (surprise, surprise). She's getting an extension to specifically be able to get more comfortable with the computer. It's good to ask if you'll have consistency with who's training you (this makes a big difference in terms of success)
I find that most RN job descriptions throw in everything but the kitchen sink. You are expected to work anywhere at any time. Short-staffing will continue and nurses are expected to "help" in another unit. I love the "trolling" in the parking lot idea! 🤣
I appreciate that this advice is so translatable to other career choices too. Thank you, Liz, for setting this up. (I hope the nurse attorney comes back.) ❤
I work in the middle of nowhere Canada (Northwest Territories) on a psychiatric unit. It's all still paper charting. The ratios are great.... no more than 5 patients. You work 2 days and 2 nights and get 6 days off, which is awesome
@@chiobabe2180 I started at $50 an hour. You get all sorts of premiums for weekends and nights. The wages are a lot higher in the north due to higher cost of living. I take home roughly $6,000 pre-tax a month and save about $1200 a month
The longer I go into nursing, the more scared I become for my friends and family as they age. Poor staffing leads to poor patient outcomes. Also side note, I worked in an ICU and we mostly specialize in neuro (we did have MICU patients). We were so short staffed we did something call “team nursing”. Basically 2 RNs to 7 patients. Usually no ancillary staff. Once I had to do it with my boss and I felt bad for her. She hasn’t done direct care in over 10 years. I had to be charge nurse because she couldn’t. On top of this I was the only trained neuro nurse and then the other 2 were new grads. It was awful.
As an older nurse, in a LTC/ACUTE REHAB setting, I see so many young new nurses using their own smart phones to connect with Dr. Instead of using facility phones. Charting on personal computers. How do I make them understand this is a high risk thing to do? They feel it is normal.
This me scared for the care for older people at skilled nursing facilities. What’s the best option for older people who need care? Private nurses at home?
It seems to me the "cost" of being a nurse has gone up over the past 30 + years that I've been working in the medical field. At this point my body is also paying a price for the work I have done. I have about 24 - 32 hours worth of physical energy per week to offer at my hospital. But they want more and lately have been using mandatory over time to get it. For me this is not sustainable and if it keeps up they will be losing the 24 - 32 hours a week that I can give them. That seems like a "shoot yourself in the foot" sort of scenario and also not much of a thanks from a profession I have dedicated much of my life energy to. I am tempted to smack the next executive that refers to it as my "OMC Family".
When your orienter is teaching you the med admin computer program and tells you no one is really using the computer on wheels to ID pt or admin meds. "We just scan a patient label and take meds in because it us faster."
I’ve been nursing nearly 30 years I’ve enjoyed for the most part… just be careful research prior to signing up for those “promising contracts“ I’m nursing some but I’ve started a lip gloss 💄business dedicated to nursing. Yes our job requires us to download an app on our phone.
When you use ur own cellphone on a corporate server they tend to blind swipe ur entire device upon ur resignation and without informing you of this before hand
My current assignment uses a msging system to msg the providers etc ...they give you the options to use my personal mobile phone but I always use the works wow. They specifically said provider shldnt use it for orders but they do it all the damn time and we have to put the orders in....
Okay whether I worked as a staff nurse I still was expected to do a lot of education on my own personal computer at home and they would not give us time to do it at work because we're too busy. And then as a travel nurse I also do a lot of educational work on my computer prior to starting my job on my own personal computer. There is no way around doing this as a travel nurse because you have to be have all your credentials and education completed before you even start a job.
Thank you for this video. I was a lil nervous about the RN driving. I love the input she brought because I've been treated like that .."a warm body' but still nervous... Lmao 🤣🤣🤣 Liz said it as I was typing it.
so much gaslighting . nurse for 12+ years.i trained in dialysis and it's been challenging as i went to different places for orientation shifts- then they're like well it's the same assessment skills regardless of where you're located. Where's others had there's in same (home) location and are comfortable. But i was hired casual... Guess my own fault. They have accommodated extra orientation but it's not a good feeling as i'm being treated different and now like i'm incompetent.. 🚩
Mint tea bag in a paper mask helps. Worst wounds? Foot ulcers on diabetic feet with maggots in them. Necrotizing fasciitis in male genitalia, open abdomen from a close range shot gun wound.
At one facility I would bring my iPad Pro and would log into the website to do charting for the patients. I did not download anything to my device. I liked it because my device actually worked instead of the crappy computers the had and I had to be in their wifi network. So when I would leave I could not log in or access any of the charts.
You must not have made it much further in the video after they mentioned concerns about lack of diversity. They brought up another example of having only Filipino staff, and not having Hispanic staff to serve the population. Not only that, but they also delved into gender, age, and specialty, the latter two with regards to experience especially.
📌🏪 My friend was hired by an agency which paid $20hr, and was told the nursing home will hire you after 90days. When she asked was told that she will get FT at $15hrw benefits. If you stays with the agency she will get $20hr/w no benefits. ??Could agency's do this to nurses??. 👍🎤good video.
