starting 2nd job during the first year

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Specializes in NICU Level III.

how many of you have switched facilities within your first year? i have 10 months experience in a combined level II/III (mostly II...blah) NICU and i start on the unit at one of the city's two most acute level III NICUs. i'm orienting for 10 weeks on days when i have a night shift position, so i'm a little nervous about that because i know they do most of the procedures during days AND day shift is just a different culture. also, i want to start building rapport with the night crew since that is what i'll be working when i get off of orientation. hopefully i can convince the educators to get me to night shift for at least half my orientation. i'd be nervous to even start nights because of the huge learning curve (they do cardiac kids, ecmo..everything...ie, never transfer any babies out...my old unit transferred out all cardiac and most micropreemies) but i think days may really intimidate me.

anyway, if you switched jobs w/in the first year, was it like starting the whole process over of anxiety before work and questioning your decision to become a nurse?

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