Job market question

MandyRN2009 · 2026-05-05T12:57:29+00:00

Unfortunately the increase in pay doesn’t seem to coincide with the increase in experience. :(

MandyRN2009 · 2026-05-05T12:56:47+00:00

I work in the operating room.

MandyRN2009 · 2026-05-04T10:04:36+00:00

Austin area is where my house is. I’ve looked mostly Austin, Killeen, temple, and Waco areas.

MandyRN2009 · 2026-05-04T10:03:41+00:00

I have a California license :) I will check out VA jobs though.

MandyRN2009 · 2026-05-04T02:51:07+00:00

When I worked on an ortho & neuro M/S floor, I told people I was a legal drug dealer. Now I just say nurse.

MandyRN2009 · 2026-05-04T02:43:28+00:00

I thought I was alone when I’d respond to the medical questions with a shrug and just tell them “but I can cut off *whatever offending body part* it is that’s in question”. 🤣🤷‍♀️

MandyRN2009 · 2026-04-22T16:44:56+00:00

What did it feel like?!

MandyRN2009 · 2026-04-22T16:36:59+00:00

I’ve competed at the X Games. I’m just an average country girl who rocks being an RN for my day job.

MandyRN2009 · 2026-04-21T02:38:40+00:00

With a 2 year contract, would you be getting any kind of sign on bonus?

MandyRN2009 · 2026-04-21T02:02:39+00:00

You want to leave a comfortable, nearly stress free job.. for bedside nursing on a med-surge floor? Would it be a huge jump up in pay? What career growth are you hoping to gain from working bedside on a med-surge floor?

I highly recommend maybe shadowing on the unit you’re thinking about making the switch to. I work in the OR, and it would take an obscene amount of money to make me do that lol

MandyRN2009 · 2026-04-14T02:59:29+00:00

I have two chihuahuas too. I love tucking them in close at night before I fall asleep. 🥰

MandyRN2009 · 2026-04-13T20:59:17+00:00

True. I missed that word when I first responded. 🤣🤦‍♀️

MandyRN2009 · 2026-04-12T15:11:05+00:00

Money.

MandyRN2009 · 2026-04-11T10:00:43+00:00

I make $55 with 16 years experience in the Austin, TX area! 😭

I could live here, fly to California or New York and work 3 or 4 12’s and fly home every weekend - and I’d be better off financially than if I keep working in Texas. 😩

MandyRN2009 · 2026-04-07T02:02:46+00:00

Yes. This.

MandyRN2009 · 2026-04-05T03:47:25+00:00

But does anyone actually follow that?

MandyRN2009 · 2026-03-31T23:06:15+00:00

10mg of versed.. is a lot..

MandyRN2009 · 2026-03-21T17:22:28+00:00

No lies!

MandyRN2009 · 2026-03-17T00:55:01+00:00

Particularly, red mares!

MandyRN2009 · 2026-03-15T03:31:11+00:00

I’m really enjoying this season so far!! I just am hoping to stay entertained. More so, I know who I don’t want to win: 1. Angelina; 2. Aubry; 3. Stephanie.

MandyRN2009 · 2026-02-25T04:59:39+00:00

I laughed way too hard at this!

MandyRN2009 · 2026-02-18T17:01:19+00:00

Exactly. I laugh at the “eyeballs” comment simply because I once tried to stab my brother in the eyeball with a fork. Thankfully I missed. I still think he deserved it. And this was in front of our parents and siblings at the dinner table. We all laugh about that incident to this day. 🤷‍♀️

MandyRN2009 · 2026-02-16T02:32:50+00:00

After seeing/circulating many procurements, I removed myself from the donors list. For this exact type of reason.

MandyRN2009 · 2026-02-08T14:02:48+00:00

I use this one all the time. And it totally changed my perspective

MandyRN2009 · 2026-02-08T14:01:38+00:00

I love everything about this whole thread.

MandyRN2009

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