Ok.. I hadn't been able to find an RN job in my area as a new grad and now suddenly in the past week I've been given 3 interviews at 3 dfferent places- hospital, health dept, and mental health facility. The job I would LOOOOVE to land is at the health department. The RN job opening there requires no previous experience which is such a plus for me b/c the only experience I have is an externship in the ICU that last 2 months!!
Anyway... can someone describe for me the day in the life of an RN who works at a health department??? I am from a town of like 4,000 people so I know pretty much what goes on there. I know they do a lot of vaccinations and such. But what about the health department in a bigger city of say 50,000 people (just to give you an idea). I'm thinking it would have to be a lot different than the health department I am used to. So can someone paint me a picture please? Is the health department stressful--- as stressful as the hospital?? They have in their job decription that your duties include case mgmt of communicable disease-- I'd just like some info!!!!!
THANKS A BUNCH!!
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