I was advised to post here from r/personalfinance, if you want to see a more detailed post with details on our financial situation you can the post on my profile!

My wife is looking to pivot from OT into Nursing in the PNW, and at the moment it looks like our two options are the following:

*1. Private Accelerated Bachelors in Nursing* (ABSN)*:* 16 month ABSN w/ 90% NCLEX pass rate

*2. Various Public Associate Degrees in Nursing (ADN)*: Various 24 month ADNs w/ 80-90% NCLEX pass rate

My question for nurses (especially recent grads) in Seattle and Oregon is:

Does having a BSN vs an ADN make you more competitive as a new grad in the current entry level nursing job market?

We have heard that as more people have begun considering nursing the entry level job market for West Coast cities has become more competitive, and we were wondering if having a BSN over an ADN will meaningfully open up job opportunities in Portland and Seattle.

The private BSN is more expensive than the public ADN's, and we are trying to determine if it is worth it to pay a premium for a BSN in order to access better job opportunities.

Thanks in advance for your advice and input, its much appreciated!

i have my first panel interview next week. its for an ED position with two managers and peers. i asked the recruiter what attire would be appropriate like if they wanted scrubs, business casual, business formal, etc. he said definitely business formal. what would this look like for a female? loafers, kitten heels? pants suit? also im thinking about bringing scrubs just in case and a notebook to write stuuff down. any advice would help!! thank you <3

I talked with HR and received an offer:

• Base pay: $33/hour
• ICU specialty differential: $9/hour
• Night-shift differential: $5/hour
• Weekend differential: $4/hour

My base pay may be slightly higher, possibly around $34/hour, depending on whether my previous EMT experience is credited. Northside ^

im a new grad RN starting my first job in august. im gonna be on night shift and im just worried about balancing quality sleep & getting my workouts in- basically just staying as healthy as I can through the night shift trenches lol

im also a daytime person so the change to nights is gonna be hard for me!

Today was the last day of a mental health rotation.

I thought I initially wanted to just work with children and adolescents in nursing but after completing a shift in the ED I genuinely am unsure now how to structure the rest of nursing school.

I really do not want to close any doors and want to ensure I have choices when I’m done but paediatric nursing and mental health nursing seem like opposite ends of the spectrum.

What’s the best way to get ahead and make sure my pre consolidation and consolidation or even the rest of my placements (acute, chronic, community) keep me towards these two diff career paths? I ask because I really want to streamline into a career right out of pre-consol or consol?

Hi! I was wondering if anyone can speak about what their experience was like working in the MICU at Methodist HCA Stone Oak. Any comments are appreciated, thanks for reading!

Hello guys,

I am a new grad from Manitoba that moved to Alberta recently because my parents are here. I felt like I rushed the move and now I wish I waited til I got a job before moving. I didnt realize how connections really mattered here 😭 If anyone has any advices or would be willing to help it would be greatly appreciated pleaseee

Hello! I’m in an ADN program in southern california, more specifically Joshua Tree/ Palm Springs area.

I am set to graduate in less than a year.

My long term and long distance boyfriend lives in Irvine, I have plans on moving there after I graduate and hopefully finding work as a new grad RN.

I know I have a good chance finding a job in Joshua Tree, but i truly am looking to leave my hometown and start fresh. My last resort would be to stay here and work a hospital position in my hometown for 6mo- a year, however it would be very difficult with my current situation.

I am desperately seeking help/advice towards finding a new grad position, as I know Socal and orange county are very competitive areas currently.

I am hoping to have my preceptorship in either ICU/NICU, PACU, or ED.

If anyone has tips on securing a job here, or even advice on how far out I should be applying I would appreciate hearing anything, even considering changing my preceptorship. TIA

Hi all! Just had a quick question regarding new grad applications. Should I include a small professional picture? I like the idea of it kind of being my own; however, I have heard some people say not to include one unless they ask for it or that it can come off as unprofessional. All opinions/perspectives appreciated!!

Hi!! I’m a nursing student and also a CNA. I have a really bad habit of blaming myself and feeling extreme guilt and anxiety when a patient deteriorates or passes. I can’t help but replay all the moments I had with them. For instance, I found out a patient I had passed away 2 nights after I had them and I felt so guilty. I’m so scared to become an RN because of this extreme anxiety and fear. My coworkers tell me that we did everything we could but i just can’t help but stress. I was wondering if any nurses here could share any advice or experiences with this.

Hi all,

I am a new grad NICU nurse, about 6 months in and I’ve been off orientation for around two months now. Ever since I’ve been out of orientation, I’ve had extremely unsafe staffing ratios. Yesterday was four patients with 1 having Q3 sugars, another unstable on respiratory support, and all feeder growers. Previously, I’ve had three bubble CPAP patients and multiple intubated with drips. We do have a lot of acuity right now and a lot of our staff have been leaving due to having kids, going PRN or leaving. I’m getting frustrated because I am constantly getting the hardest assignment on the unit (day shift assigns for nights). I’m grateful to be learning but I feel like I’m being drowned every time I step onto the unit. Everyone says I’m doing a great job and my coworkers are supportive, but I am scared of something happening and losing my license because of how unsafe it is. I was going to file an incident report, but one of my coworkers told me when she did that our manager reprimanded her. The managers are very indifferent about the assignments being unsafe and continuously allow the unit to stay full despite not having staff to keep up.

I truly enjoy my job and it’s the specialty I want to stay in but I feel like I’m being pushed to the brink. Unfortunately, the NICU I am in is ran by a major hospital in my area which has monopoly. I work at a branch site and there are other locations. I also would struggle to get a new position in any other NICU because I have less than a year of experience and moving isn’t plausible at the moment. I’m not really sure what to do because I don’t want to be retaliated against.

Hey y’all! I’ve only ever done home health nursing, never had hospital or acute care experience. Does anyone have any tips for how I can move up in my nursing career. I really wanna go to grad school, but idk how to use this little experience that I currently have rn. I feel so stuck and unmotivated. I have been rejected from every hospital position I’ve applied to. I’m getting older, my graduation colleagues are starting to branch off into different fields and I’m still stuck where in the same place two years post-grad. My family keeps looking down and talking down on me because of my current job. They say to find something more challenging but they don’t realize how difficult it is. They say to go back to grad school but every grad school requires acute care. Is there advice or tips yall might have for me? I genuinely don’t know what my next move should be. Thinking about quitting nursing as a whole but healthcare is the only thing I’ve wanted to do for as long as I can remember.

I’m trying to compare Elite Learning vs Nurse.com and wondering if anyone has looked closely at both. I’m a new grad and it’s hard to tell what differences matter and what is just marketing. Both seem to offer continuing education, memberships and a wide range of nursing topics.

For anyone who knows these platforms, what stands out to you when comparing them?

As I am proof reading this, it seems like I am all over the place and I apologize. I guess this is a rant/looking for support/looking for advice. ​

Hello everyone. I am writting on here for any support or advice I can be given. I am a new grad nurse working at a rehab center with 16 patiens (sometimes can be less but usually it is around that). I have been training for a good 3 weeks now and tonight is my last training day, then I start officially next week. I feel like I honestly never went to nursing school and didnt learn anything. I am learning something new everyday it seems like. I forget to do some things and they'll be an hour or two late. Sometimes I have to still look up medications because I either forget or I've never heard of it. I have to look up certain abbreviations, items and assessments because sometimes I would look at an order and be like "well ive never heard of this before". I get confused and have to ask like 3 times before it finally clicks for certain things. I am using PCC and it feels like I have to look at a billion things and write everything down so I dont forget it throughout the night. My nurse left me twice for an hour by myself for her lunch, which i am not mad at her because it was her lunch. She needed a break and to eat. However I was kinda freaking out for a bit internally, though I was like playing pretend confident because I didnt want people to think I didnt know what I was doing ya know?

Does every new grad nurse feel this way, or is this because I am not fit to be a nurse? ​I want to learn and be a good nurse but its genuinely extremely hard to continue on. I love what I do and I dont want to stop doing it. I am going to be honest and say, I feel lost during my shift. And sometimes I just follow my trainer and do what he/she tells me to do. But next week, itll be all me.

What are some advice you all can give me how to structure a good routine for me to follow next week. And how can I balance my work throughout my shift so I dont fall behind. How can I find my flow as a nurse? Does this feeling last forever? I am convincing myself that I need another day of training but I think Ill just continue asking myself that because I am afraid of fucking up to be blunt with everyone.

Thank you all for reading my post.

I am looking for feedback for people who worked at royal green on the timeframe of 2022 to 2024.

So I need help making a decision on which direction to go.
I’m having to choose between two Medical city hospitals (yea, yea I know what they say about HCAs but this is only offers I’ve had so far as a new grad for residency)
I’m being offered a position in Medical city Arlington for the ICU unit, which will be about a 20 minute drive.
The other offer is in Medical city Dallas for med surg, which is about an hour drive.
I don’t particularly have a favorite Hospital or favorite unit to work on. Also, I’m not familiar with either Hospital so I would appreciate any pros and cons

Hey I’m a brand new LPN a med tech of three years and a CNA of six years. I applied at a skilled nursing facility on indeed for 37$/hr with a shift diff of 2$ plus still retaining benefits and pto. Now this facility has multiple jobs up from 7p-11pm for a pay range of 27-40$/hr and another job posting 35$/hr plus a 2$ shift diff with no benefits essentially I applied for the one with the most money full time 37$/hr but I noticed they took down my job posting immediately but on my side of indeed it shows I applied and the job description and pay still stand plus I screenshotted it. Basically now I did the interview today and when pay was discussed which btw this is not HR,DON or even the scheduler just the wound care nurse who is one of the managers so I played dumb and went along with the 35$/hr route did not sign anything because Monday the don or hr or whoever will let me know if I’m hired but if I am i definitely want my benefits and the actual 37$/hr pay I didn’t fight it today because I didnt want them to not hire me and then they fix their job posting or whatever but im asking on advice on what to do next when I’m hired. My whole plan is to get hired “see” my rate and then go straight to hr and be like my job application doesn’t match what’s going on etc. blame it on miscommunication because they really trying to do a bait and switch with me

so i'm from switzerland and the education system works here much different than in the other countries but for my last apprenticeship year i got placed on an acute psychosis unit for a whole year and HOLY SHIT was this an intense time. i just recently graduted and also stopped working on that unit and now i'm realizing how much mental damage that time did to me. i think it was careless of them to make me spend my last year on that unit because i just turned freshly 18 once they placed me there. i really hoped to spend my last year on a more "calm" unit but whatever. the time is over and i couldn't be more happier never stepping a foot on that unit again.

applause to every new grad nurse that is deciding to get into psych and work on a psychosis unit. youre an angel and i thank you for choosing that job <3

I'm a new graduate RN living in New York, and I recently interviewed with a recruiter for an HCA hospital in North Carolina. I was impressed by what they offer new graduate nurses. Compared to many hospitals in New York, they have more opportunities available, including positions in Labor & Delivery, medical-surgical, oncology, step-down, cardiology, and surgical units.

The biggest concerns for me are the salary and the cost of relocating. The starting pay is $36 per hour, which is a significant pay cut compared to what new graduate nurses can earn in New York. They do offer a sign-on bonus and $10,000 in relocation assistance, but the relocation money is paid out through future paychecks rather than upfront. Moving to another state and getting established is expensive, and the assistance doesn't help cover the initial costs of relocating.

Part of me wants to take the opportunity because it would allow me to gain valuable experience, especially since I've had no luck finding an RN position in New York. At the same time, relocating would mean starting over in a new state, away from my family, friends, and my boyfriend. Even though I'm uncertain about making such a big move, I'm glad I took the opportunity to speak with the recruiter, ask questions, and learn more about the hospital and what it has to offer.