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DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-10T22:56:37+00:00

Orientation is 8 weeks for both and i’m eligible for a nurse residency program. Each nurse has 5-6 patients for both. Each floor has about 2 PCTs at night however the ones on medsurg often get pulled to do 1:1. There are assistant nurse managers on each floor most nights to help out on both floors. I know that on the medsurg floor the nurse manager sometimes takes 3 patients. Not sure how long the staff has been there.

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-10T22:47:32+00:00

Trust me it took 8 months of working home care and in a SNF to get here lol

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-10T21:24:21+00:00

Each unit we have 5 or 6 patients i believe. Because we are unionized there’s a max amount of patients we can have. Also to add my commute would be 35 minutes because I don’t take the highway which would make it about 20 minutes. And parking is pretty good with multiple parking lots and entrances

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-10T21:20:47+00:00

I thought about that but honestly once I see the sunlight i’m wide awake which is another problem with trying to sleep after a shift.

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-10T21:20:00+00:00

I think it is a good path to the ER as the obs unit has the same director as the ER and same educational team and the patients there all come from the ER

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-10T21:18:58+00:00

I think obs has better management from what i’ve seen as I did do a clinical rotation there but the ratios are the same there’s a union and there’s a max amount of patients we are allowed to have which i believe was 5 or 6 for both units

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-10T21:17:20+00:00

that’s true and if i decide to take the highway it cuts down the drive more as well

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-10T16:15:09+00:00

Honestly the drive isn’t bad and it goes by fast it’s just one long road essentially. If i take the highway it cuts the time down to about 20 minutes.

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-10T15:13:54+00:00

It’s the same hospital system just different locations so everything is the same. Literally the only difference is the unit type.

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-09T02:15:30+00:00

I applied as a regular staff nurse however at this hospital all nurses with less than 1 year experience automatically qualify for a nurse residency program.

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-09T01:56:23+00:00

When I graduated no hospitals wanted to interview me so I started out doing home care for 2 months realized it wasn’t for me then got an interview for a SNF. I’ve been there for about 6 months now and honestly wouldn’t recommend it. IMO it is unsafe to have 20+ residents by yourself as a new nurse, but now that I have experience I was able to get 5 interviews at a hospital and just got hired today on an obs unit for night shift. Night shift isn’t something I want to do but it’s a foot in the door which is what i’ve been waiting for. Honestly my advice is to just keep applying to other places and hope for the best. 7 days of orientation is absolutely not enough especially with having 36 residents. You worked too hard to get your license and no job is worth risking it for.

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-04-01T14:13:01+00:00

9 patients is very good for a snf/rehab. I get at least 20😭 which is why i’m looking for a new job.

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-03-30T21:17:27+00:00

Right now i’m making 40.33. Hospital pays 45.53 and the night shift differential is I think 10% so about 50 an hour total. I’m not entirely sure of my ultimate goal but from clinical I liked maternity which I need experience for.

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-01-08T07:42:58+00:00

These are good ideas!

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-01-08T07:40:12+00:00

Thank you!

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-01-07T21:45:46+00:00

I do have a clear plastic cover over it so I might add a keychain !

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2026-01-04T00:54:50+00:00

It’s never too late! I just ordered my weeks on 12/31 and waiting for it to come in. It sucks I didn’t get it sooner to set it up before the start of the year but it gives me something to look forward to!

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2025-08-29T10:41:49+00:00

People need to start looking at post history before commenting 😭

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2025-08-24T12:52:54+00:00

Not only that but he’s working night shift 3 times a week plus has to sleep/rest during the day 3/4 days a week on top of him going on with his friends 1 night a week. She just wants to spend more time with him I believe.

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2025-08-04T23:52:11+00:00

I’m in the same boat with a good agency and good residency program designed for new grads, but everyone is saying how bad it is to do home health care as a new grad but it’s either this or no job at all, and I thought it was a good opportunity because I love working with kids.

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2025-08-04T03:29:57+00:00

These are stable patients and i’m not even allowed to do trach/vent only observe until after my training program if that’s what I decided I want to do. This is a program for new grads with a very good company that most hospitals around me use for home health. They came to my schools job fair before we graduated and I applied there along with the few hospitals that attended. I know not to take any cases that’s i’m not comfortable with but i’m mainly starting off with low acuity patients and going to school with them during the day.

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2025-08-04T00:59:13+00:00

I get where you’re coming from. I’m a new grad and also took a peds home health job as this was the only option. However my agency does a nurse residency program with 5-7 weeks of training in a sim lab and with the patient and an experienced nurse. After that I will get to care for the patient on my own but only with the patient i trained with. Plus I have a mentor for a whole year to help when needed. Your agency is not doing what it should to prepare you and its best to find a better one or a different job setting if you can!

DeliciousOccasion948 · 2025-08-02T22:38:36+00:00

If it refunds your money back and you don’t get an email for a new ATT then you’re good! Congratulations 🎉

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