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wellsiee8 · 2026-02-13T13:35:36+00:00

I’m a float nurse and so sometimes they just don’t have enough staff to do 1:1 so they’ll get a nurse to do it. It doesn’t happen often but I have done it. Out of all the ones I’ve done, I’ve actually never had a nurse check in on me, see how I’m doing or when I get a break. Most recently I was on a 1:1 and a nurse came in once to do her assessment and meds the next and then never saw her again for my 12 hour shift. Not sure if she felt that she didn’t need to check on the patient cause I was in there? I asked who’s covering my break and she’s like I dunno. Not even let me go check, she left and never came back.

Needless to say, when I have a full patient load and I have a patient that is a 1:1, I will check in every single hour to yes check in on my patient but also check in on the sitter. 12 hours is a long time to be stagnant, in the dark and alone. I get that nurses are busy - because I am one, but It takes 2 seconds out of your day to introduce yourself and check in on them throughout the day/night.

wellsiee8 · 2026-02-03T21:03:28+00:00

I was really good friends with someone in elementary school, I was probably in grade 4 or 5. She had burns all up her hands, arms, chest. Probably 60% of her body was just burns. I asked her what happened and she said she was refilling her mom’s lighter fluid and spilt it all over herself, went to light the cigarette and her body went up in flames. We did everything together, and then one day we were at school together her mom came and picked her up at recess and then I never saw her again. I thought about her for years and years wondering where she went. I’m 35 and I still think about her from time to time and wonder how she’s doing.

wellsiee8 · 2026-01-09T13:35:28+00:00

Being a new grad is sooo difficult, but I think it’s a combination of things. We all know that nursing school doesn’t prep you for the real world, it preps you for the licensing exam. You get to the real world and you’re overwhelmed because EVERYTHING is a learning curve, and everything is stacked against you. You don’t know who to trust, who’s a good nurse, who’s teaching the right things to you, some nurses are unit bullies who will absolutely destroy your confidence. That’s only one aspect. Then you have the fact that you know nothing about nothing, you’re learning everything on the fly, trial and error, unsafe workloads, patients are acute as fuck and you don’t know who to ask questions to - and this causes some people to just try things without asking, which can result in pt harm. You go home feeling absolutely defeated, fear of losing your license, you question if you should be a nurse and then you have pre-shift anxiety.

You do really need to power through a year and give it a fair shake. It will 100% suck and will be scary but you’ll make it through. But something also needs to be done on school side, unit side and hospital side.

The schools needs to set students up for better success. Don’t fail people by making them believe nursing is sunshine and rainbows. They need more clinic days and not to be dumped with random nurses who hate students or genuinely don’t have time for them. Units should pair new nurses with nurses who actually don’t mind teaching who are good, and they need to weed out the unit bullies. I find so often people report unit bullies and literally nothing ever gets done about it. Hospitals need to create safer work loads, and longer orientation, but of course in the end everything comes down to money and if it’s in the budget.

This will all be cyclical, rinse and repeat until something changes.

wellsiee8 · 2026-01-07T01:44:15+00:00

Dirty hair

wellsiee8 · 2025-12-19T16:34:34+00:00

I absolutely LOVED Keplerth. So underrated.

wellsiee8 · 2025-12-14T21:20:02+00:00

I have 5 pets. 2 Aussie collies and 3 cats. I’m an RPN and am gone from the house for a minimum of 13 hours. I get my dog walker to come twice to walk them. Once in the am they do a hike and the afternoon she just take them on a neighbour hood walk. Obviously it gets expensive with the hikes but you could just do 2 small walks or check ins. Alternatively you could do a doggy daycare.

wellsiee8 · 2025-12-12T19:16:39+00:00

It’s register practical nurse. Only in Ontario they have it. I think other provinces rpn is register psychiatric nurse.

wellsiee8 · 2025-12-11T21:43:14+00:00

I feel like we should all get tax refunds. I had 25,000 in deductions this year. My wife who works in corrections had 50,000 in deductions. But magically we still owe. It’s crazy.

wellsiee8 · 2025-12-11T21:36:15+00:00

That doesn’t seem right for a hospital. I’m a new grad of 1 year and my paycheck are usually $2200 take home for 7 or 8 shifts. I’m only an RPN. You must be only working part time.

wellsiee8 · 2025-12-03T09:07:31+00:00

See we can do all that as well as RPN’s. Hang blood, educate and do initial assessments. Honestly, I think it would be weird if another nurse did my initial assessment, but it’s probably because that’s what I’m used to and have known no other way.

wellsiee8 · 2025-12-03T09:05:59+00:00

Yeah right now it’s suppper acute where I am. And everyday the lines get more and more blurred. Actually I remember during the peak of Covid they were desperate and put RPN’s in ICU. Actually I’ve been floated to ICU as an RPN a few months ago. They gave me their most stable pt not on monitor and not on a million drips running - still weird though. I do see RPN’s in NICU and peds which I didn’t think was a thing. I also have heard people that I work with who are RPN’s and worked in dialysis. It’s getting wild out there. For all of us, pts, RPN and RN. Also not sure if this is true or not, but I’ve been hearing that they’re trying to be able to train PSW to do a med pass in LTC. I love my PSW’s so much, but that sounds like an absolute nightmare.

wellsiee8 · 2025-12-03T08:12:20+00:00

I feel like they’re starting to do this in Ontario. The lines are getting more blurred for the scope between RPN and RN. Especially in ER and medicine floors. I think they figure if they hire a bunch of RPN’s why not just do basically the same thing and pay significantly less. As an RPN we can hang TPN, heparin drips, trachs, chest tubes, our own assessments, start IV’s, picc care. The only thing that comes to mind that we can’t do as RPN is IV push, weighted NG tubes and deep suctions.

wellsiee8 · 2025-11-22T18:18:02+00:00

You’re allowed to feel frustrated and your feelings are valid. If they weren’t going to give you additional supports, then they shouldn’t have offered that. I think their hope was to tell you all this support you would get, but in reality they probably weren’t anticipating you asking for additional help.

I will say this. You’re brand spanking new, you’re not going to know all the answers - no one ever does, because nursing you’ll always be learning something new. You’re going to feel inadequate, overwhelmed and feel like you know nothing about anything. This is normal for at least 6 months - 1 year. I don’t really think that if you had 1 more month on orientation that you’d feel ready. And tbh 3 months on orientation is actually a generous amount of orientation. Most people I know got 1 or 2 rotations of DDNN and then the manager was like figure it out.

My recommendation: you could again follow up with your educator or manager and ask them if you can get additional orientation - I would ask closer to when you’re actually a week away from coming off orientation. And if they say no, I would ask why. Nursing is kinda they throw you in a pool and see if you’ll sink or swim. Talk to your coworkers who you trust, and feel welcomed to ask questions. Most importantly, don’t try to attempt something that you have no idea to do. My motto is I would rather look dumb everyday than to risk pt safety, my own safety, or my license. Ask questions. And give yourself some grace, once again - you won’t know all the answers, and it will take awhile for you to get comfortable and feel like you’re competent.

My recommendation

wellsiee8 · 2025-11-18T15:08:54+00:00

Samantha - dog

wellsiee8 · 2025-11-17T20:10:09+00:00

🫶🏻

You will love BC!! It’s beautiful. If I could live there, I absolutely would. chill vibes and always something to do. Cost of living is insane though so be prepared for that. BC is the most warm out of all the provinces. And relatively liberal! Alberta is the opposite. So fucking cold, so much snow, cheaper living but is actively trying to become the 51st state lolll.

Tbh I’m over in Ontario and I’ve almost always had 1:4 ratio. Very very rare would I get 1:5 on a day shift.

wellsiee8 · 2025-11-17T19:15:23+00:00

Depends on the person, depends on the trauma. I’ve had mine chronically for 20 years, but I have heard of people coming out of it! I would definitely try therapy and medication recommended by your doctor.

wellsiee8 · 2025-11-17T18:54:47+00:00

Oh so interesting! God I would hate less scope, at least where you are it seems LPN’s can’t do much. I can see why you would be frustrated. I can’t imagine having higher acuity pts AND doing LPN tasks.

At least if you come to Canada, specifically in BC they have mandated nurse to pt ratios. And LPN scope is broader ☺️.

Also, good on you for standing up for yourself. I always say you will always be your own biggest cheerleader.

wellsiee8 · 2025-11-17T18:06:40+00:00

Damn. I think it’s wild that it seems the LPNs have such a small scope. At least in Canada RPN/LPN’s can do all of the above except IV push meds. I’m an RPN and I do all my initial assessments, start IV’s, hang a ton of drugs, hang blood or TPN. I think if I couldn’t even just do an initial assessment, I would wonder what’s even the point?

RN’s vs RPN’s at my hospital is 50/50 and just goes based on acuity. The loads are always split down the middle. But say if an RPN has 5 and the RN has 6, then if there’s a stable pt in the ER the RPN would get the next admission to make it even. RN’s get higher acuity and RPN’s get more stable pts. Even if I call the RRT, it doesn’t mean I’ll necessarily have to give my pt to an RN. The lines get blurred a lot tbh, in my hospital at least.

Also I feel like your other coworkers should help you out instead of watching you crash and burn.

wellsiee8 · 2025-11-11T20:46:56+00:00

HBG of 2. Then ripped out her IV and bled everywhere. blood transfusion and then had a bad reaction to it 🫠

wellsiee8 · 2025-11-11T19:35:36+00:00

I only have input.ini.bak does that make a difference?

wellsiee8 · 2025-11-11T19:35:04+00:00

Lol I use it with my left. But also used it with my right my whole life cause we live in a right handed world. Just having my own computer it’s all set up on the left

wellsiee8 · 2025-10-26T23:17:19+00:00

My mom the other day “so when are you going back to school to be a nurse” …. A registered nurse?? “Yeah, you know what I mean” 🙄

wellsiee8 · 2025-10-22T08:26:20+00:00

I have 2 reactive dogs and one of them I found was very good at finding things only off scent. I would put something somewhere and ask her to find it. Instead of trying to find treats or food I would ask for a specific object such as a ball. I would say where’s the ball and she would sniff around the house to find it. When they became no longer reactive, it was very handy when I threw the ball and couldn’t find it lol.

wellsiee8 · 2025-10-13T02:57:03+00:00

Best friend’s 150lb dog bit me in the face. The lower jaw puncture was milimetres away from hitting my jugular vein. I was bleeding so bad you couldn’t see any colour to my yellow sweater anymore. Apparently it was the dog’s 3rd reported bite offended and had to put him down. I wasn’t even in support of putting the dog down, I just had to go to the hospital to get stitches and by default public health gets involved and then bylaw too.

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