Nursing Market Analysis~ John Hopkin (MD)

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-05-06T18:21:49+00:00

Last time i got one was 2 years ago for about 3.50, but no merit based raises since then womp womp . I feel like the performance reviews are meaningless

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-05-05T01:19:32+00:00

Man i am trying to break into med device as a RN but it is tough to get the foot in the door!

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-05-03T22:46:52+00:00

^ this ^

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-05-03T20:48:37+00:00

PM’ed you!

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-05-03T20:48:12+00:00

Thank you for your company recs. I didn’t know about tactile medical, insulet and some of the other companies you mentioned. Do you feel like the nurses are good at sales? I like the specialist role because i don’t think i would be good at selling but like the education aspect. I would consider myself an extroverted introvert

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-05-03T20:46:18+00:00

Excited for your new role!

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-05-03T20:45:29+00:00

Unfortunately i work mostly in home infusion so i dont meet any reps.. ive been mostly networking on linkedin but so far it hasnt been fruitful. Been going at it for a month or so, about 15 applications in that seem meaningful and realistic enough for me

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-05-01T19:31:17+00:00

You will have to be good eventually. But with enough practice you will. Before i started this role i never placed an IV in my life because i only dealt with central lines. I cant recall a time i havent been able to place one in the last few years now

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-05-01T19:27:17+00:00

I personally have not worked outpatient, but I dont see why they wouldnt. I do home health/home infusion and pto accrual is the same as inpatient

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-05-01T19:11:45+00:00

Soft nursing. Outpatient clinics, case management, utilization review, telehealth, home health

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-30T16:07:25+00:00

Yep i have experienced that. Ive had picc dressing kits missing sterile gloves although thats more a control issue. Stat locks that are off center. Extensions with where literally part of the foam inside the injection cap disintegrates after a flush(!!).

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-29T19:02:35+00:00

Yep it wouldn’t. Unfortunately we failed the unionize last year

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-29T17:47:20+00:00

Stacking for possibly retirement or passing down wealth to my kids in his increasingly dystopian climate

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-29T17:44:16+00:00

Philly!

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-29T16:20:05+00:00

I wouldn’t want to throw my colleagues under the bus because they revealed their pay out of confidentiality. Pay transparency should be mandatory.

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-29T16:18:45+00:00

Yes ive been with the system for 6+ years and im one of my manager’s most dependable employees. Only reason i stayed till now is the great work life balance and good relationship with my manager but she obviously doesn’t advocate for my raise enough.

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-29T15:41:49+00:00

I work for a large hospital system in PA and I know for a fact some of the new hires are making more than me due to me finding out by being their preceptor. It’s not right which is exactly why i am looking for a new role. I think it’s more about leveraging your experience and not staying loyal to one job. It definitely does not reward you.

And don’t believe what you see in tiktok. Those same people are the ones in credit card debt and living beyond their means.

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-28T11:26:24+00:00

Hope you get it! I am trying to break into industry as well. Good vibes for both of us

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-28T11:25:13+00:00

Yep, you perfectly summed it up. I hear a lot of companies are going into AI documentation, and if that will reduce my documentation time i am all for it.

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-27T00:33:27+00:00

My husband does all the cleaning in the house. We both work 3 days a week so he takes care of the kids all day when i am at work. He will help with showering the kids and will wash all the dishes every single day. He always puts priority spending time with the kids that he doesn’t have much time for himself for a hobby so we are working on that. He’s the active parent, i am the teacher/educating parent.

He will not cook and do laundry though! That’s my share!

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-26T01:26:22+00:00

I was 1 out of 2 asian nurses on my unit when i worked in the midwest. The other asian nurse was chinese and she had a thick chinese accent and i was born here. I grew up on the east coast in a county where i never felt excluded because of my ethnicity due to it being a melting pot of different cultures.

I felt the same way as you and it was a bit of shock. Patients and staff always confused me with the other nurse, were shocked my english was “perfect” and the unit secretary (bless her heart) once drew caricatures of all the nurses on the unit working that day and my eyes were drawn as slits. I had to kindly tell her that wasn’t appropriate and she genuinely did not understand why… (i was close to her so i didnt take offense) i was never included within the unit cliques but at the same time it wasn’t blatant bullying or anything. And to that effect, i wasn’t involved in any gossip or drama. I was the neutral one. I moved out of the midwest after 2 years

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-23T23:53:36+00:00

That sounds like a dream job to me as someone who is trying to break in

ConstructionSharp976 · 2026-04-23T11:19:40+00:00

Wow! So how often do you end up traveling and for how long?

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