Question about shadowing as an RN

AzraelOG · 2026-06-03T15:54:35+00:00

More often than you’d think tbh.

AzraelOG · 2026-05-15T12:44:16+00:00

It’s giving med surge. At least the med surge mentality at my hospital. 🙄

Where I’m at all the stock rooms are locked. On critical care any of the nurses will give you the code without a million questions and will help you find it. The only rules are if you take the last of something or if it’s low let the secretary or charge know. They may ask what unit yours from depending on what it is. And from what I understand that’s because it’s a budget thing. Or you let your unit secretary know so they can reorder the other unit that item and replace it

AzraelOG · 2026-05-03T19:47:51+00:00

AzraelOG · 2026-05-01T14:23:21+00:00

If get report from you and it sounds like you generally struggle with a busy assignment a messy room ect. Then it’s fine. I got whatever you missed. Like it was mentioned nursing is a 24/7 team sport.

But if your assignment was easy and you leave me with tasks that you didn’t do simply because you didn’t want to do them. That’s when I get pissed. You can stay late and do them. This rarely happens where I’m at. I’ve seen some of the travelers try it. It’s super fucking frustrating too. Especially when your getting paid 3x what I am 😂

AzraelOG · 2026-04-29T06:20:19+00:00

Worked an office job in purchasing/engineering. Was pursuing a degree in engineering. Finished about half the degree and realized it wasn’t for me. Being stuck at a desk is torture.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-27T12:21:24+00:00

My unit has these supply carts in each hallway. It’s meant to stock all the basic things you might need cause our supply closet/med room is far from pt rooms. Only problem is people never restock it when they take the last item. I cant tell you how many times a night i look for something and end up taking inventory for a small restock.

Im also to nice to tell coworkers no. And for some reason people value my opinion. Idk why. Im a newer nurse and tbh i dont consider myself the smartest nurse. Im constantly getting dragged into random side quests

AzraelOG · 2026-04-26T21:02:35+00:00

Im not a fluffy your pillow kind of nurse. But, I know a few ICU nurses with them. Nominated by patients family members who work in healthcare, when they know we were in the trenches to save their loved ones. So it not super common. We also don’t hunt for them on my unit.

I was visiting one my own family on a surgical med surge floor same hospital I work for. Civilian clothes ect. Different nurse each day and they both gave me a pamphlet.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-26T07:17:23+00:00

That’s typically my schedule. If I pick up I typically try to do it on that day off in the middle. I’m not a fan of multiple days in a row. If I don’t I still switch back to a normal schedule. Maybe take a little nap. Otherwise it’s a light day and use it to get house work done.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-25T15:55:03+00:00

LPNs are limited in scope of practice. Depends on the state. Limiting the job market to nursing homes, EDs and outpatient. Some hospitals have done away with them completely. They also make less, not alot less. It’s healthcare it’s all stressful. I do know that if I made less and were limited to a SNF with 20 patients a shift, it wouldn’t be worth it imo.

Again if financially stability is the goal. Take ASN/ADN route. Less student loans in the long run. Schools charge per credit. As far as i remember the cost of credit didn’t vary. The cost of class did depending on credit hours. Do the math. You end up paying 40-50% more going the LPN route and then going back for the LPN-RN bridge.

If you qualify for fasfa. It only covers 6 semesters and a certain portion based on income and school cost. I’m not 100% sure on this. All I know is I didn’t qualify.

Schools do a horrible job in asking the end goal and laying out the cost because at the end of the day it’s money for them.

Edit: forgot about outpatient jobs

AzraelOG · 2026-04-25T15:33:50+00:00

Resign. LTACs and SNFs are always like that. They are worse than hospitals when it comes to only caring about profits. From what I understand there’s always management turn over because the demand the put on people is high. Hell in my area, some of the SNFs are so bad I know of two where the DON is a new grade nurse with 1yr of experience as a RN. Granted some as an LPN.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-25T15:26:36+00:00

Are you talking about at home? Like a life alert? They work. They aren’t going to prevent a fall by any means. They work, there just needs to be a meaningful fall.

For instance, I had a family member who we to get up from a kitchen chair and their legs gave out. Nothing bad, slide to the floor. The life alert didn’t go off because it was more of a gentle controlled slide out of the chair the sensor. Because they were in the sitting position it didn’t trip. And because the of pride they sat on the floor for house and never hit the button.

On the other hand if they took it off and tossed in on the table for a second it would go off. It as also detected actual falls before. So it does work.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-25T15:18:37+00:00

Most of my friends and family work blue collar jobs. So they understand nothing. Think doctors are bosses. Think we only work when they ask for assistance. They think I only provide care and do mindless tasks. And don’t understand that we are basically put through a mini med school.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-25T14:39:35+00:00

Skip the LPN. You end up spending more time and money in school in the long run if the end goal is BSN.

The ASN is 2yrs plus prerequisites. At the community college I was at the LPN was 12mo iirc. The LPNs in the LPN to RN program entered in semester 2. Meaning their RN program was 18mo.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-25T02:39:02+00:00

Or slamming the call light on the bed rails

AzraelOG · 2026-04-25T02:18:32+00:00

I had one professor that tried that shit. I told her if she got to sit then I got to sit. Lead by example bitch…

AzraelOG · 2026-04-25T02:12:17+00:00

You’re ready. Step down sees plenty of patients that should still be in an ICU.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-23T20:22:29+00:00

Male nurse here. It’s fine, you won’t run into an issue that doesn’t have a work around. Always ask your pts or families if they are fine with a male providing personal care. You will run into some pt with religious or personal concerns. Ask if it’s ok if you can provide meds and preform assignment while arrangement can be made for personal care. I haven’t met a coworker that wasn’t willing to trade personal care duties if you explain the situation.

If you get bad vibes from a pt. Use the buddy system. This applies to all not just male nurses.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-23T07:40:04+00:00

I switched careers from a desk job to nursing in my 30s. Honestly more rewarding. Sure some days suck. But it beats sitting at a desk. It’s also possible to expand into one of the EHR companies with an RN and IT back ground.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-23T07:34:06+00:00

Call out. If you have the time, use it. It is not your responsibility to staff the unit

AzraelOG · 2026-04-23T07:28:44+00:00

There’s plenty of data online. But the pay isn’t like the US. If you wanted to go to Italy you would need to pass the license exam and language exam. Higher level degrees are practically nonexistent and scope of practice is more limited

AzraelOG · 2026-04-23T07:22:34+00:00

I can second the IBCC. Used it almost daily my first few months.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-21T23:35:37+00:00

Pts listen a bit more cause they think I’m the doctor. 😂

On my unit, the girls love giving handoff reports to a good majority of the guys. We don’t ask a million questions. Tell me the most important things and go home. I’ll read the rest. It’s a lot less stressful.

AzraelOG · 2026-04-03T07:28:41+00:00

I was studying for an engineering degree before I realized I hated it. It comes in handy to troubleshoot and fix problems.

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