This may be a lengthy post, i apologize in advance.

I graduated and received my AGPCNP certification September 2016. At that time i lived in a saturated market so I applied out of state for a job. I immediately got an interview for a job 1 day after i had applied for it in Virginia. I was flown up for the in person interview, my attending said" Hi , nice to meet you." Shook my hand while in the hall as he was going into a patient room..that was my interview. I was offered the job the same day. It was a General cardiology and EP job and since my RN background was exclusively cardiology, i thought it would be a great fit. I ended up leaving the job 10 months later because my orientation was 4 weeks long, my attending would give me about 10 seconds to ask my question otherwise he would rush off...just not a great environment for a new grad NP. Plus, the city was in the middle of nowhere and i am single with no children. I became bored and depressed. But on the plus side i learned skills quickly and had worked up to an independent clinic of 10 patients per day.

So the second job i took (which is the job i have now) is EP only. I am the first NP ever in the outpatient only setting (there are 6 inpatient NPs). Which has been a huge adjustment for a staff that doesn't like change. I see the patient, then my attending comes in after me to see the patient again( really redundant and waste of the patient's time, but they won't want me to have my own clinic). I write the notes, put in orders, set up dates for the procedure and answer patient calls independently, but otherwise i have lost the autonomy that i had at the first job. I also don't love EP. I knew i didn't LOVE EP after i had the first job, but i really wanted to move to a bigger city and have a better quality of life. And i figured i might like EP if i had better training. The pay was the exact same. Its been 8 months and ..nope still don't like EP. I am not the biggest fan of the staff... My chief NP is great but she is inpatient only, so essentially she tells me I'm on my own with the clinic. I also constantly face negative and unnessary comments about my age and being a millennial (im 30) from attending and the other NPs. I got into a disagreement with an attending my 3rd week there because he said i was a millennial and I needed to learn responsibility and accountability (we saw a patient together, he said he would be right back with the plan.. 20 mins later, he never comes back with a plan, I told the patient i would contact them after i discussed with my attending. I let the patient go without scheduling a procedure first, so the attending got upset) Ive been keeping to myself and trying to just work and go home and last the office manager called me a weird millennial for it. I don't see why my age is an issue, especially if they think i am doing a good job.

All of this to say that I am extremely embarrassed that I am ready to move on to another position, possibly out of cardiology together. Prior to becoming an NP i was loyal to every job i had and stayed for at least 3-5 years. Ive settled it up that i can try and stay to finish my year out at the current job. But i wanted to know everyone's opinion on how it would look on my resume to jump jobs again?? Am I being ungrateful? I'm afraid if i wait too long, ill be pigeonholed in EP.

Hi there! First, I would never tolerate being "labelled" anything. (I'm a baby boomer btw - lol). I've been an APRN for 12 years now and I see, at least in my area, that "job hopping" is not such a bad thing anymore. What is the job market where you are? Do you want to move again? If you decide to change jobs, you might find that you get questions about it and some possible answers:

1. I wanted to explore a new area of the country.

2. I realized that cardiology was not a good fit for me and want to pursue xyz specialty

I was an RN for awhile before becoming an APRN and stayed at one job 10 years. However, due to hubby's military service, I had several other jobs that only lasted 1-2 years. As an APRN I worked for 11.5 years in nephrology, then changed to cards about 6 months ago and absolutely HATE IT!!!! So...I was fortunate enough to be asked back by the nephrology practice so back I go. Please beware of noncompetes, amt of notice you must give and contracts in general.

Best wishes with your decisions - I'm sure there will be others along to help you figure this out too.

I don't think you should be embarrassed about wanting to leave that position. It sounds pretty bad. I can't imagine helplessly needing a physician to exam the patient after me, good Lord, no. This is horrendous.

I also can't believe the remarks about you being "millennial". If you were older, they would be saying you're too slow with technology.

I don't think you should worry that much about your resume. Just do it in a smart manner. Live and learn.