I’m wondering how I can get started in aesthetic nursing. I’ve always wanted to do it and I am currently in an ABSN program. But I’ve heard that all these jobs require minimum 1-2 years of direct injection experience (and I’ve looked for open jobs, and they all do). I’m just wondering HOW do you get experience if nowhere will hire you without it? I know it’s a competitive field but it still doesn’t make much sense to me. I tried looking on the aesthetic nursing Reddit but wasn’t much help

I’m interviewing for a job in the ER end of the week. What are good questions to ask? For context, I have 2 years experience high acuity med surg and 6 months outpatient triage experience

Currently a perdiem RN, 3+ years on same inpatient unit. New perdiem agreements were presented last week with a base rate DECREASE. Why would anyone staying in the same job agree to less pay plus increased holiday requirement? Struggling to find any reason how this is at all fair and I shouldn't just walk away from this job.

I wish all being requested to take a cut would band together and walkout but no way to find all those people!

Please share your thoughts?

Do I really need a full year of Med-Surg experience, or is six months enough?
I started working on a Med-Surg floor, and I honestly hate it. I was an LPN before becoming an RN, and my goal was always to find non bedside job or something a little more relaxed once i got my RN.
While I was in nursing school, I felt like I was led to believe that I needed to work in Med-Surg if I wanted to have other career opportunities as an RN. Now that I’m looking at other positions, it seems like almost every job requires at least one year of acute care experience. I understand why my LPN experience doesn’t necessarily count toward those requirements, but it makes things difficult because I feel stuck in a job I really dislike.
My question is, do I really need to stick it out for a full year, or would six months of Med-Surg experience be enough to start applying for other positions? This job is causing me a lot of anxiety, and I dread going to work every single day(i have only been here 3 months).
I’m trying my best to make it to the six-month mark so I can at least put the experience on my résumé, but I honestly don’t know if I can push myself to stay for a full year.
Has anyone left Med-Surg after six months and successfully transitioned into a more relaxed position,Preferably not bedside. I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences.

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The manager of my unit has taken another position within our organization and I have decided to apply. As the title says, what were the best qualities in managers you loved? Current nurse managers, what are some helpful words of wisdom I can use during my interview?

Or dumbest thing you’ve heard of being reported? Or, if you’re brave, dumbest thing you’ve reported and you’re thinking back like “man, that was silly of me…”

I just heard about how nurse A was helping nurse B with a patient (both new grads), and nurse A said, “I’ll give all of your medications, my chart is open right there, can you chart them for me?” Then gave all but a prophylactic Pepcid. Went to nurse B later and said “I uncharted the Pepcid because I didn’t give that one.” Then nurse A opened a complaint against nurse B for not giving it and documenting under her chart. Then reported her to the board of nursing for it.

Hi everyone! Does anyone know of any nurse residency programs in the Yonkers or NYC area that are accepting applications for new graduate RNs? I’ve applied to so many positions but keep getting rejected and am having a hard time finding a residency program. I’d really appreciate any recommendations or advice on hospitals that are willing to hire and train new grads. Thank you!

Hi everyone! Looking for advice here, I've been a psych nurse for almost three years, I started out in ER psych and worked there for a year and a half & after that went to inpatient psych. I've always loved my time in the Psych ER & liked my ER experience in school.

Lately I've been considering switching to the ER to:

1.) Get some medical experience

2.) Broaden my skills

3.) Try something different bc why not lol

Im really excited at the idea and basically have a position with my old ER but im nervous at the same due to having to almost learn my skills all over again & nervous people will think im dumb since I dont have much medical experience 😅. Any psych nurses on here that have gone from Psych to the ER??? Any good resources to brush up on certain skills on?? Any advice would be appreciated!

*note: Originally posted in r/psychnursing but resharing here to get advice from non-psych nurses too, plus I could repost here for some reason

Hi all, i’ve been a beside RN for 7 years. The last 4 of those years i’ve been traveling, but i’m exhausted with healthcare.
I want to change careers and be done with healthcare all together. I only have a ADN and i’m not interested in putting any more money into nursing degrees. Does anyone know of good options for me? I make 100k a year traveling and I would like to make something similar (I know that’s probably unrealistic). I live in a very rural area in Appalachia so that limits me a lot.

Spent 10 minutes explaining why jumping out of bed unassisted with an unsteady gait after orthopedic surgery is a bad idea. Patient nodded, agreed, smiled.

Two minutes after walking out of the room, the bed alarm is going off and they're halfway across the room trying to reach a cup on the bedside table.

At this point educated on safety in a chart just means I tried, but human free will won.

Never forget.

Lately every handoff feels like a speed run. The outgoing nurse hits the main highlights, hands me the brain sheet, and is basically at the timeclock before I’ve even opened the chart to double-check drip rates or pending lab orders.

I get wanting to clock out on time—I really do—but I end up spending my first 30 minutes just trying to piece together what was actually done vs. what was just charted. Is this standard on your units now, or are people actually giving full bed-side handoffs without rushing out the door?

For us, it's the bladderscan machine. There are 30 beds on the floor and somehow the bladderscan is perpetually hiding in a clean utility room on a completely different floor, or left uncharged in a vacant room.

Second place goes to the wall-mounted otoscope that never has the right battery or probe tip attached.

What is the ghost item on your floor that vanishes the second a doctor orders it?

Hello Everyone,

I am currently looking into transitioning out of bedside into a non-bedside role in 2027. I feel like my job hunt is going nowhere so I wanted to try something different like networking but I don't know where or how to start. I've already contacted my previous employers for any available non-bedside roles. Should I also contact nursing faculty for any opportunities? Maybe look for conferences to network...just looking for some tips on how to network effectively...thanks!

Hi everyone, i am a new grad RN and soon I will start working in a local hospital. I am thinking of going in PICU or pediatric ER.

I want your advices which one is better, harder and more stressful and also your stories.
Thank you💋

My ED is piloting team nursing/team leader nursing. Each area has 3 nurses with 1 team leader. The team leader covers the 3 nurses that have their specific assignments. They jump in when a nurse is overwhelmed and will also provide break coverage. We did it yesterday for the first time and it was the most not overwhelmed I felt!

Any other EDs do this? How’d it actually work out in the long run?

Dear scheduler, if I request ONE freaking PTO day 3 months from now and you deny it, I will be calling out. K love you, bye!

Hello,

I finally am happy in nursing/healthcare. Personally, I don’t believe nurses aren’t compensated remotely fairly for the amount of license liability in bedside roles.

As a bedside nurse (profit or non-profit system), nurses are the BIGGEST expense that they are desperate to reduce/control the cost of… As a hospice nurse, by being good at your job, you both CREATE and PROTECT the business’s money. I can’t stress this enough, the way your manager speaks to you is in completely different when you aren’t viewed as an expense that needs to be controlled. Especially if your pet dies, you have an emergency, or otherwise need to ask for time off/support.

Pros: Same pay as bedside, minimal liability, reduced chance of patient harm if mistakes do occur (basically zero), *less personal care/CNA work than the floor* (WAY fewer diaper changes on average), control of your schedule, a salary instead of hourly (you go home early all the time and keep the remainder of the salary!!!), sometimes a company car, likely decent AI resistance, I could go on and on… you can literally take your kids to practice in between your visits.

Cons: There are some… On-call can be required but not always (usually 1-2 days a month, some places up to 1 week/month) with bad pager pay (pay per visit very generous tho), death is sad and can be taxing, the Stage IVs can be INSANE and the grossest wounds out there, a lot of people won’t listen to you, sometimes you have to work late, and 8-5 (but I view that as a pro personally, again, you get off early!!!)

Ask any questions :)

Clicking through the eligible jobs though it looks like there are also OB, ED, and PACU etc positions that are eligible as well.

The doorknob request.

was a break RN tonight and wasn’t told by the primary nurse that the pt had a procedure or was NPO nor was it written on the board. i checked the pts chart earlier in the shift and saw he had a general diet and honestly im such an idiot for not rechecking the chart later in the night.

the pt had a cup of apple juice at 0300 and i found out after the primary RN’s break that the pt had surgery at 0730………….. i know its a stupid thing to rant over and its not the end of the world but i hate feeling stupid. obviously i notified the resident when i found out and told them about the juice, along with telling the primary nurse and charting it. however- now i just have intense anxiety because the resident called my personal cell phone asking about the situation. im actually dumb asf for this

Sometimes a perfectly executed draw will still show hemolytic rejection. RBCs release massive amounts of potassium, LDH, and free hemoglobin. Lysed fragments will also “cloud” reads.
Its mostly not your fault either. The patient’s RBCs choose to hate people sometimes.

I understand this is kinda a niche or personal problem but what area of nursing actually lets you see the sun throughout the day?

I'm currently a student going through clinicals, I really enjoy the work, and the hours are fine. My issue is that all day feels like 10am because in the hospital you don't ever see the sun. The hospital floors are either fluorescently lit or dim all day. Patients don't open the window shades in their rooms either so the rooms are dim as well.

I'm someone who enjoys a lot of light and being able to see the outdoors or at least spend a little time going outside. Is there an area of nursing that allows that? I'm almost interested in home health because I could drive with my windows down and experience a change of scenery. Anyways, interested to hear what others think!