Named after the hundred-eyed watchman of Greek myth, Argus watches the education landscape: spotting new opportunities, pressure-testing the ventures we're building, and tracing every read back to the real-world signals behind it.
Post-pandemic nursing shortages have made hospital retention a financial emergency, with hospitals spending $40-60K to replace a single RN. Simultaneously, new grads are openly broadcasting their distress on public forums rather than finding support through institutional channels, signaling that existing support structures have completely failed this cohort.
New graduate nurses experience severe anxiety, isolation, clinical self-doubt, and early burnout within their first 1-2 years, yet residency programs and unit orientations provide minimal ongoing psychological and practical support after the initial onboarding period ends.
New graduate RNs in their first 0-24 months of practice, particularly those in high-acuity units like ICU, step-down, and med-surg
A mobile peer-cohort and structured reflection platform that pairs new nurses with near-peer mentors (nurses 1-3 years ahead), delivers weekly scenario-based confidence check-ins tied to real clinical situations, and provides bite-sized mental skills content (managing patient death, combating compassion fatigue, handling difficult families) unlocked progressively across the first two years. The platform also gives nurse managers anonymized cohort wellness dashboards to identify units at retention risk before resignations spike.
The real-world evidence the pipeline drew on to generate this idea.
Hey yall, I’m a new RN about to graduate in a few months, and I’ve landed a job in the Neuro ICU. I’m posting this because as I’m getting so close to graduation I’ve been feeling a lot of anxiety regarding starting my career as a nurse. I feel really confident in what I’ve learned and my ability to apply my knowledge, but I think getting so close to graduation is making me second guess myself. I feel like I know a lot but I just don’t feel like a “nurse” just yet if that makes sense. I’ll be in a 16 week orientation on the ICU, so I’ll have a lot of time with a preceptor before I’m officially handling my own team, but Im just self-conscious about my skills heading into it. I want to be a great nurse so I think I’m just scared I won’t have what it takes. I’m just wondering if anyone else had the same experience? How long did it take for your anxiety to go away after graduation? submitted by /u/BrokenSteamboat01 [link] [comments]
I feel like I see this kind of post all the time, but I'm halfway through second semester and I feel so behind all my clinical groupmates. My grades are pretty good and my clinical instructor evaluated me generously, but he's also super patient and nice. I've passed IVPB meds several times and I still can't do it without some intervention from my instructor/RN, but almost everyone else can do it effortlessly. I have so much trouble balancing my care plan, charting, med passes, and actual patient care. Even with the patient care, my soft skills just aren't where they need to be. I did peri-care on a patient and had to help them switch sides several times because I lost the clean diaper underneath them, and had to have a CNA help me out. I've studied how to do bed baths multiple times and asked CNAs in my cohort, but I'm still lacking in practice. I also feel like my clinical groupmates are able to forge such strong connections with their patients, while being on time for their charting.
I’m currently in Intro to Med Surg and this class is only 8 weeks. I have a midterm next week but everytime I try to study I just can’t seem to find any motivation. My current grade in class is in the low 60s and to pass the class I need to get a 75 and that’s WITHOUT the homework. I seriously don’t even know what to do anymore because not even my grade is making me panic. submitted by /u/betacarrot3n3 [link] [comments]
I'm gonna be a senior in the fall and I've been applying to externship and PCT positions with no luck which is super disappointing. the fact that I haven't been able to get these jobs just makes me so anxious for when I start applying for residencies this upcoming school year. I don't have hospital experience except for clinical and I feel like i have nothing that could make me stand out to recruiters. I think my area is very competitive for nursing and I'm trying to prepare for the worst case scenario atp. Does anyone know anything I could do besides extern/PCT to increase my odds, or any advice at all submitted by /u/Ok_Cockroach_339 [link] [comments]
I am 2 months in on a step down unit. Everyone is super nice, they just have a big friend group formed already and they were all new grads at that same time. They all sit at nursing station and talk all night and of course my assignments are at end of hall. I’m just wondering if this is normal to be shy for a few months and not really sit and talk for a bit. i’m not sure how to break into the group or what i should do to make friends. it feels weird to just stand up there and try to chime in. or maybe im overthinking and it takes time submitted by /u/mbreezy_ [link] [comments]
Nurse with 1 year of experience, promoted to charge (yay!). but doesn’t feel like a yay because ever since I’ve been getting so much attitude from nurses my senior anytime I ask them about their patients or delegate responsibilities. I’m trying so hard to be a good charge and be helpful whenever I can. I’m also on the younger side compared to others on my unit. The worst attitude is from the unit secreties though, giving me shit about absolutely anything. I had the worst shift of my life yesterday, charge with 6 patients, people being combative, code stroke, etc.. Unit secretary decides to change the night shift assignment I made because she didn’t think it was right after I told her to change it back she goes I won’t you can do it yourself… so over this.. makes me not wanna be charge anymore. I never experienced the “eating your young” till I started charging. submitted by /u/olivebranch149 [link] [comments]
I work in a medical icu. I just hit a year and I feel burnt out. At first I attributed it to the newness of everything, learning definitely takes a lot of brain power and I was mentally exhausted but still optimistic. Now I am just anxious and irritable all the time. We are tripled every other day. I get really anxious before going to work. I’ve been looking into applying to other hospitals but my coworkers tell me it’s no use since it’s the same everywhere. Is that true? Our nurses get floated constantly to relieve others so we are left off with triples and short staffed. Makes me want to just quit bedside all together. I like the ICU but sometimes i feel i’m just surviving. submitted by /u/Independent_Bee7053 [link] [comments]
hi friends! i have only been doing bedside for 7 months and it has already worn me down. i do nights for a peds hem/onc unit and i am tired. my mental and physical health are going down the drain and i work on a unit with management that doesn’t really care about their nurses. what is a job that you love? one that doesn’t burn you out and that you still feel fulfilled in? submitted by /u/Popular_Goat_1840 [link] [comments]
I've been working on a med-surg floor for 3 weeks. I tried to move up to 4 patients today. I went to do some peri care for my patient this afternoon. She had a small PE and declined her blood thinner this morning. She was super funky, and I was trying to teach her how to wipe properly. We got her linens changed, and I was about to change her gown. She got diaphoretic, and I thought her SOB was giving her a panic attack. I tried to calm her down and put her oxygen back on. I thought she was being really dramatic because she had been freaking out about coughing up a blood clot in sputum earlier and making really theatrical gagging noises. (Edit- my mentor advised me previously not to allow attention-seeking behavior to slow me down. I've been trying to figure out what that would be. I was confused about whether this counted because it seemed odd.) I called the nurse training me for her opinion. She had me take vitals. She seemed confused, too. I have a point I remember when I started to
Halfway through nursing program & most clinical shifts this semester coming up are at Denver Health, Porter, Littleton, or Swedish (prior semester were up north or at LTC) Dreaming/thinking of future a little bit and need advice for looking at new grad programs. Would love Neuro ICU, but feel it’s too specific at first? I know everyone says avoid HCA (meditech + bad reputation), but what’s everyone’s advice/experience? Hear they have a new and great Neuro ICU / would that ever outweigh the cons of HCA itself and meditech? Or choose somewhere with a good new grad program on any adjacent floor/area and go specific later? Does Denver Health have a good new grad program? Aurora/Anschutz is too far of a commute - so sadly UCHealth is just not in the cards submitted by /u/Flashy-Scratch-234 [link] [comments]
Hi nursing family! I just want to rant a bit. I've been looking into transferring to another specialty because I've been working in my specialty (neurosciences/telemetry/trauma) for 3 years now and I'm getting severely burned out. On top of that, I have been harassed at work by another coworker and eventually HR got involved to stop the physical harassment but the psychological is still happening, to a point where I would get physically sick to work with that individual. However, it seems like I can't get a position anywhere as an internal hire despite people around me keep telling me I got the skills and the qualifications (charge nurse, resource nurse, preceptor experiences). I feel miserable coming to work and overall frustrated with my situation. Deciding to transfer is not an overnight decision. I have been brewing this idea in my mind for a while but the harassment is the tipping point. I feel so defeated and not wanting to go to work at all. submitted by /u/FilmAdditional6178 [l
More of a vent post than anything. Was in CVICU for 2.5 years and got out because of the stress and constant running around. Didn't even sit for more than 10 minutes at a time. Thought going into pacu would change things. Pacu isn't any easier almost a year in. On Thursday, I had to do post mortem care for a premie baby on the adult side of pacu. Was told it was 18 weeks but when they brought him down, he had to be 5-6 pounds and further than that. Obviously was incredibly attentive to the parents and gave them time to say goodbye. Then I had to undress the baby and put him in a damn fucking bucket and take him to the morgue. They can't come up with more than a fucking bucket? Pushing his little arm through his sleeve still haunts me. Poor mom asked me to keep him wrapped in his blanket. Worst shift ive ever had, 9 years in. Not looking for advice, just need to vent to people who understand. I never wanted to be peds for this reason and yet here we are. Applied for a non nurse position
So I am not a new nurse, have only been working 3 years and I switched jobs but have always worked surgical units on nights. When I was a new nurse, I was always hyper vigilant about every little symptom a patient would mention because CYA. As I became a little more experienced, I felt that I can use my judgement a little more to avoid unnecessary pages or secure chats overnight. Lately however, there are these two nurses at my job who are constantly nit picking me. I have several examples. 1) My patient had laparoscopic surgery. They originally said the pain was traveling from right side to left shoulder which typically happens when gas travels. At first they denied chest pain. Then after we walked and they still couldn’t pass gas (only burp) she mentioned it feeling like pressure in left chest. Now if I called a rapid for every time we had this after laparoscopic surgery, we would have a million. I messaged PA and we ordered EKG. I passed along to day shift nurse and she said I was n