Hi! I graduated in May of 2007 BSN and passed my boards a few months ago and was having the hardest time trying to find a hospital position. I really wanted peds oncology but had a very hard time getting in so I thought I would look into peds in an office. To make a long story short, I quit after 3 days. It was sooo boring to me. I should have known something was up when I walked in on my first day and I had my stethescope and noone else did. In the office, they normally have the "back" office nurse and "front " office nurse. Since medical assistants are cheaper and can do the back office stuff, they really didn't need RN's back there so they stuck me on triage nursing. I had No patient care and sat on a phone for 8 hours scheduling appts. and dealing with minor, boring issues. Since you are new to nursing like me, I just want to give you a heads up that I didn't have. If you want to maintain your nursing skills, documentation, patient interaction, passing meds, I would really stick with the hospital. I was so worried that I would forget everything I learned and after 4 years of nursing I felt I wanted to do more than sit on a phone all day. I did find the job though by just simply opening a phone book and calling asking if they were hiring and faxing resumes. It was pretty easy to get the spot but I would think twice before leaving a hospital setting =) Hope I didn't scare you but that was my personal experience
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