Hey guys,
I've been a float CNA in a local hospital for awhile now and I absolutely love it. I love going around and meeting nurses and doctors and love being able to watch various procedures from all different specialties and disciplines. I feel like I've been able to do a lot the past few years. Being a float has also enabled me to see what unit in the hospital I really enjoy more than others. There is this one floor where the staff is amazing and supportive and since it's an ortho floor, I think it's a good combination of sick/healing. Anyway, there is a weekends position available that I am meeting with the nurse manager on Monday to talk about. If I were to work there, I would inevitably have to transfer from the float team to and move to my new home unit. Part of me is all for this because after I finish nursing school, I think the transition from CNA to RN on this unit will hopefully be seamless. The other part of me loves to float too much and will miss it. I also love my weekends off, as I'll be starting nursing school soon and hope to utilize my weekends to get the most of my social life as much as I can before I pretty much won't have one. But between the time that I start nursing school and now...I think the position on my favorite unit won't be open anymore.
I think being a float, there will still be more flexibility later on as well if I wanted to change my shift to accomodate my schedule...but I really love this unit.
Any advice? Thanks!
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