how many nursing jobs have you had/how long have you been a nurse?

EarthChild1130 · Nov 13, 2010

I've been a nurse for 5 years...

Job 1: 1 year

Job 2: 1.5 years

Job 3: 3 years

Job 4: 2 months

new job as of today!

I don't like being a hopper either...my husband's in the military which is why I left jobs 1 and 3...the others just SUCKED lol.

kesr · Nov 13, 2010

Full time nurse for 38 years

Job 1: 10 months

Job 2: 3 years

Job 3: 10 years

Job 4: 22 years

retired

Job 5: per diem 2 years

HappyNurse2005, RN · Nov 13, 2010

I've been a nurse for 5 years...
Job 1: 1 year
Job 2: 1.5 years
Job 3: 3 years
Job 4: 2 months
new job as of today!
I don't like being a hopper either...my husband's in the military which is why I left jobs 1 and 3...the others just SUCKED lol.

number four must have really sucked if you left after 2 months! Hope this new one is better :)

tyvin, BSN, RN · Nov 13, 2010

>15 years:

Job 1: 11 months

Job 2: 14 months

Job 3: 2 years

Job 4: 3 years

Job 5: 8 years and going

All were full-time and permanent positions. I went from home health to LTC to hospice to psych and then settled down.

All the nurses I know have worked in more then one job. Othen times it's hard to find the right mix and until a nurse does they usually need to take what comes (some experience is better then no experience). My resume expands over 3 states due to my moving for persoal reasons.

Davey Do · Nov 13, 2010

I've had 17 positions in 11 different facilities in nearly 28 years.

Dave

NurseKatie08, MSN · Nov 13, 2010

I've been a nurse for 2 years, 2 months...been at my present job since I became licensed :-)

DizzyLizzyNurse · Nov 13, 2010

I was an aide for a few years and have been a nurse for the rest. Same facility for 9 years!

diane227, LPN, RN · Nov 13, 2010

I have been a nurse for 32 years. I have had a number of different jobs but some have been promotions at the same facility. I have worked in three different states.

Scrubby · Nov 13, 2010

I've been an RN for almost six years now....wow does time fly!

I worked as a carer in a nursing home for about seven months and it was a real eye opening experience. I think all nursing students should do this as part of their training because it helps prepare you for the realities of nursing. I left this job and was an AIN on a haematology ward during my final year as a nursing student, absolutely loved it because the nurses pushed me hard during this year they wanted to get me ready for being a graduate nurse. The experience was invaluable. During this year I did a clinical placement in the OR and really found my niche.

I did my one year as part of the graduate nursing program which involved 3 four month placements in ICU, surgical ward and the OR. I stayed on in the OR and haven't left. I don't think I ever will.

StephRN08 · Nov 13, 2010

Nurse Tech for 3 years on the same unit...

RN for 2 1/2 years...

Job 1 - 8 months in ICU

Job 2 - 1 1/2 years inpatient/outpatient oncology/BMT and IV team

I left the first job because I quickly discovered ICU was not for me. When I took my present position, I swore that I would never leave but the health system is integrating services. I refuse to go from a Magnet hospital to a unionized hospital. So I will be starting job 3 in a few weeks. Also did a 2 week part-time stint at a major cancer center in the area but quickly left because it was unsafe.

OutlawNurse86, BSN, RN · Nov 13, 2010

PCT for 3 years 1 on telemetry, 2 on PCU.

LVN for 2 years (this December), worked on telemetry, PCU, Med-surg, now back with my original crew.

Worked at the same hospital for nearly 5 years, but I've hopped around to dang near every unit.