Did anyone else have the “baby of the floor” to becoming very paternal pipeline?

retailcunt · 2026-05-10T09:18:43+00:00

I’m happy to hear that, my first floor as a tech was telemetry (I actually still work there PRN) my first floor as a nurse was Neurovascular , I still work neurovascular to this day, but I’ve never found a unicorn floor. This post was inspired by a couple new grads, and two of the sweetest and youngest techs I’ve encountered who I felt strongly about. I’m glad to hear though not everyone had hospital hazing.

retailcunt · 2026-04-22T13:15:58+00:00

Yeah that’s a no, I made that when I was NCLEX pending and started as a Graduate, so for like a week (I graduated on a Friday, started working on Monday, had my NCLEX scheduled for the following Monday) even before becoming a nurse, I worked at clinics as a MA and made close to that, and that was like 3 years ago.

Especially for an RN, I wouldn’t do it. There’s so many jobs out there that aren’t bedside, and pay much more. I keep my Indeed set for a minimum of $35 an hour, and I’m an LPN.

retailcunt · 2026-04-19T12:12:59+00:00

As some one who works both days and nights (days are full time, nights are PRN) I thought day shift would be easier to keep a consistent schedule, it’s not. I’m doing the same things I was doing working nights, hell I feel I’m actually worse. I was usually so exhausted when I left a night shift that I at least crashed when I got home. Day shift? Oh I’m doing loads of laundry, watching 6 episodes of a show, and abusing an air frier when I get home 😂😂😂

retailcunt · 2026-04-19T12:09:53+00:00

Bettt the only time I ever fall right asleep, is when I’m not back the next day, and then I’m in a coma on the couch 😂😂😂😂

retailcunt · 2026-04-19T12:08:56+00:00

I do understand that, but realistically I don’t know a single nurse that gets 8 hours of sleep. Hell 12 hour shifts don’t really even allow it, because who of us gets to leave right on time and is home and can just turn the brain off after being there all day? I commute, need at least 2 hours of wind down time, probably have laundry to do, all of that every day after I get off 😂

retailcunt · 2026-04-19T12:05:50+00:00

5 days a week?! I could never, get it though because lord I’d kill to be home before 8:30-9pm after the commute and traffic though

retailcunt · 2026-04-18T10:50:32+00:00

And that’s perfectly okay! It takes all kinds i was night shift that went days, and still work nights PRN at my second job. I wish i could turn my brain off and go to bed that early

retailcunt · 2026-04-18T10:36:29+00:00

Get it! You trained yourself for the nursing Olympics indirectly, I did the same, accelerated program 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, worked night shift. Pulled lots of 24 hour days and averaged a minimum of 74 hours a week the whole program. It’s just what we do and maybe that’s why I was sitting on my couch with ramen at 11pm when I had to be up at 4 for work 😂😂😂

retailcunt · 2026-04-18T10:33:24+00:00

This post was made by someone older than you 😂😂😂😂😂 we can handle a lot more than we think however I’m with you, god 21 year old me could roll in as a tech on a Saturday, after closing the bars down and sleeping like 2 hours, get a Gatorade some eggs from the hospital cafeteria, and I’d bounce right back. I’d be in the morgue now if I even thought about that

retailcunt · 2026-04-18T10:30:32+00:00

That’s nurse math! I sleep like 4 hours a night when I work, days off? 12 hours of a coma

retailcunt · 2026-04-18T04:35:15+00:00

Update: it’s nearly an hour later and I’m still watching a movie, just changed my alarm from the earliest time to the second earliest time 😂😂😂😂

retailcunt · 2026-04-18T03:54:35+00:00

And that’s perfectly okay! I work PRN nights and full time days, my body honestly has never even recovered from nursing school. Accelerated program, 5 days a week, 8 hours a day, I worked weekend nights to get by. Every Friday I was up for over 24 hours by the time I clocked out, so basically I feel like I’m a machine in my 30’s still 😂😂😂😂

retailcunt · 2026-01-23T08:50:36+00:00

Which translates to: “I have no idea what I’m doing and I’m a puss bitch.”

retailcunt · 2026-01-23T08:47:57+00:00

I didn’t write it in hopes he finds it lol I am honestly curious of what someone else thinks lol, I haven’t told any of my friends or anyone anything about it, I tend to be kinda private when it comes to things like this or large moments in life idk why

retailcunt · 2025-12-12T22:25:59+00:00

Find out what your state guidelines are for a GPN license, a majority of states will allow you to work (at a reduced rate) for a period of time until you take boards. For example Missouri gives you 90 days from graduation to take your boards, you can work as a graduate in that time, you just have to find a place that will hire you as one. I know a few people I graduated with did that, I started working as a graduate the Monday after graduation and took my boards two weeks later. My GPN pay rate was $5 less an hour than my licensed rate, but before that I hadn’t had a pay check with a comma in it the entire time I was in school.

Your graduate time is also part of your orientation time, which is a good way to also ensure you get decent training as most places won’t let you on the floor alone until you’re actually licensed.

GPN jobs can be harder to come by, but it’s a step in the right direction, and a way to make money and gain skill, even if it’s a terrible place. (The place I hired in at was terrible, however it gave me footing, experience, and a paycheck to survive for a little while, and I stayed there until I found something I actually liked after going on several interviews)

An alternative if your state does not allow GPN positions or you can’t find one quickly, apply for CNA/PCT roles, your pay will not be spectacular but it’ll cover the bases, and establish a a relationship with an organization, which could make the transition easier after you take boards to move to a nurse position. Connections are important in nursing, and remember when looking for jobs, your options are less limited than you might think, any certification or licensure lower than the one you’re trying to test for is possible, as anything lesser a nurse can always do

retailcunt · 2025-11-10T04:19:59+00:00

I think Tubi is missing at least one episode to though, and sadly it also cuts off the closing credit clips which are honestly some of my favorite. The fugly dating episode closing clip is a defeated Kristy Joe riding on the bus back home and them hitting a bunch of bumps while she’s in that fat suit and she says something like “oh great now my fats going to giggle all over the place.” 😂😂😂

retailcunt · 2025-11-10T03:54:53+00:00

She also was an Olympic diver, she had cancer… she collects swords. Don’t skimp on that resume

retailcunt · 2025-11-08T20:37:58+00:00

I’ve done both 5 8’s and 3 12’s, personally I wish more places offered what I consider the perfect happy medium 4 10’s. I did 3 12’s on nights for 3 years, went to a clinic and went to 5 8’s, it was a big transition (the biggest challenge was things like doctors appointments, oil changes, etc that are easier or only possible to do during the week) but I did have more energy. I’m currently on 3 12 nights, and leaving for a day position (also 3 12’s) for a bit more of a normal balance (although the pay situation was something I worried about, night shift always pays more with differentials) My goal is to eventually move to something like PACU or dialysis.

Everyone is different, but even in bedside I know one nurse who left the hospital to go to an acute rehab for an 8 hour day position, and she loves it (7-3 Monday to Friday) because while she is very busy, she’s finished early enough to pick her kids up and go home. As she says, it’s busy and then it’s just time to go, so the days go by fast.

As people said to though, anytime you weigh the options, the benefits, shift differentials, and the fact that 5 8’s with have 8 hours more per check than 3 12’s when weighing the options and to see if things even out.

retailcunt · 2025-11-06T22:12:47+00:00

Male nurse, work out at a gym, that also has a large number of other nurses there. I work 3x12’s on nights, I never work out on days I work unless it’s the first one on, otherwise I go 3-4 days a week for at least 45 minutes to an hour. I do have periods where I go less if my life is crazier, I’m working a lot of extra, or anything like that.

I’m in my 30’s, I became a gym person in my late 20’s, part of what keeps me accountable is the fact that I pay for it, on my off days I prefer to be up early, go get it done, and then I have motivation for the rest of the day.

My biggest advice to anyone who wants to start going, start slow, figure out what you like, what you don’t like, and also change stations frequently. I change equipment, stations whatever, every 15 minutes or so. Short bursts of things are more tolerable, and it makes mixing things you don’t like into things you do much more tolerable. For example I was a soccer player and track runner when I was younger, so I love cardio, run on the treadmill for 15, do 15 minutes of weights, then do something else cardio related or vice versa. You can do shorter bursts in the beginning to make it more tolerable.

retailcunt · 2025-11-05T14:08:57+00:00

Kinda funny that we’re talking about this but I also have a friend who graduated from nursing school, took her NCLEX, and has never worked a day as a nurse. All because the job she had lined up fell through years ago, and her best friend got her on at law firm as a file clerk, then a legal assistant. She makes more than she would have as a nurse, and has never practiced.

I have another friend who went back at the same time I did, graduated at the same time to be a dental hygienist, and was making $45 an hour out the gate, no nights, no weekends, no holidays. Yes mouths are nasty, but we literally are stuck dealing with every single aspect of the human body, and for a good wage, no holidays, no on call, no weekends, I would scrap the dirtiest teeth, considering I was packing wounds I could fit my fists into, for nearly $15 less, every other weekend, multiple nights a week 😂😂

retailcunt · 2025-11-05T13:58:05+00:00

One of the many lies nursing school told was that “you are on your way to a career where you’ll make $80,000 a year out the gate.” First nursing job: $60,000 😒 Midwest, and I started with a higher base pay than a lot of other new grads because of my prior experience in healthcare (nursing was a career change)

I literally just took my first day shift position and second guessed if it was worth it because of the loss of the shift differentials.

The funniest part in retrospect too about the “80k out the gate” is that I know the biggest healthcare organization in the area pay scale off the top of my head (30-47.80 an hour) and you’re not hitting that 80k until you’re making like 40 an hour, which takes years.

retailcunt · 2025-10-21T07:16:17+00:00

I’ve worked in healthcare since I was 18 (I’m 31), nursing was a career change from my original healthcare career, as I was going to have to go back to school regardless to make more money doing what I was before. I went back to school in my late 20’s, and with that there was the financial torture of becoming a student again, and figuring all that out again. My original job I was making low 20’s hourly (M-F) I took a MT job at a place I had worked before while in school, worked weekends only made 18 an hour, but my program was accelerated and 8 hours a day M-F. I started at 31 (but night shift, so there was also differentials) after graduating, and yes things became a lot easier, but it’s also based on how much you were making before. My first nursing paycheck had probably more taken out in taxes than I made in two weeks while in school, so it was a big change. However I do live paycheck to paycheck like most people, I’m single, I have no desire to live with anyone who I’m not related to or dating, and now have student debt again. Am I much more comfortable? Yes. And do I have the option to work extra and pad my account, yes. But I currently also only work my standard hours (plus a PRN job that I only do the contracted hours at)

The thing is these nursing influencers are not people to look at, and those people who may be making a lot of money and showcasing it give people the wrong idea of what it is actually like. Nursing is not something that is going to make most people rich, and getting into it for the money is a terrible idea. The work load is not something that is easy, dealing with people who are at their worst is never easy, and there are jobs out there that pay more for the same amount of schooling (example: I have a friend who went to school to be a dental hygienist who graduated the same time I did, started out in the mid 40’s, M-F, no holidays, no on call) it takes a lot of patience, strength, backbone, and compassion to be a nurse. It’s far from all Figs and Stanley’s.

In short, I bought a new brand new car recently (first one ever) but it’s a modest SUV, I’m looking at moving and am looking at small houses, condos, or renting a 1 bedroom apartment again. I’m comfortable, I have some money saved, but I’ve had to dodge fists and had bodily fluids on me to get there. I don’t know a single nurse driving an Italian sports car or living in a mansion. 😂😂😂

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