What's your job in a hospital?

[CPA2RN]

Hi there! This is my first post, but I've been reading posts for a while now. I am so glad I found this website. I have decided to return to school to pursue a career in nursing and am very excited about it. Four years as an accountant is four years too many! Hopefully I will start the nursing program in the spring (my fingers are crossed that I get accepted), and of course all the classes are during the day (which is the only time accountants work). I definitely have to work during school and am having a hard time finding something that would be flexible. I really want to go to work in a hospital but have absolutely no clinical experience yet. I've read that a lot of you already work in hospitals and I am wondering what you do? Is there anything I would be qualified for now to do in the hospital that offers shift work? How do I go about getting a job there? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[Bonnie Blue]

My job, as soon as it starts, will be working with Phase I cardiac rehab. I will be seeing post-surgery and MI patients, helping them exercise and doing a little patient education. I'm really looking forward to it. It will be nice to do something using my degree. Plus, I will get to meet and work with critical care RN's that I may see during clinical.

I also got state certified as a nursing assistant. I took a 3 week class which included lecture and clinical. Then I took the state exam. Some LTC's offer classes for free in exchange for working at the facility a certain amount of time.