I have always loved art and creative outlets growing up and wondered if it has a place in nursing? I won't be a bedside nurse forever. I was thinking of maybe nurse educator creating sims/lessons etc and nurse researcher writing papers and creating ...
I've been a bedside nurse for over 5 years. 1 year endoscopy, 1 year med/surg/tele, 3.5 years acute rehab and just 3 months into iicu AND I HATE BEDSIDE NURSING! I feel like 3 months is too early to gain any meaningful nursing experience but I feel l...
Congrats on the plunge! I took the exam. ALOT of percentages and statistics.... the exam was written for any scope of practice so it will not be NCLEX questions or even remotely medically intensive. I studied for a month, very casually. Hope you have...
Nierdo replied to caseyuptonurse's topic in Rehabilitation
I work in an inpatient acute rehab unit in a hospital. Ive been told many times from many hospitals we are more sub-acute and do not really have the acute care experience needed for other floors. I beg to differ. We get alot of the same patients! I ...
When i was a new grad i shadowed and volunteered as an RN in a bunch of places that i HATED. I would drag myself at work everyday and try REALLY HARD to find something that interested me. It got to the point where i became really technical and became...
i feel the exact same way. its worse somedays and then some days i dont think about it at all and just have fun! I am a may '10 grad and about a year later i stumbled upon a new grad program... now i havent gotten any hours for MONTHS... i am a new g...
I worked as new grad registry and i did get less pay then regular registries, no benefits, weird hours, and less orientation. you do get the "harder" patients but think of them as an experience. being a new grad everything is overwhelming but thats ...
i went to a job fair at a hospital for "employees only" even though I was not affiliated with them. Turns out i was late and most of the places were packed up and gone with about only 4 or so left cleaning up. I asked the receptionist if there were a...
South Bay isn't good either... or should i just say the whole bay area has too many new grad nurses bc there are just so many nursing schools here?! I have been looking persistently to stay in the bay but looking for jobs is really hard here
i had the same situation. try to email/call/walk in to sister clinics or branches. you might have to drive a little further but maybe someone at those facilities can direct you to a personal email/contact. otherwise i say find other places to volun...
Thanks for the insight. This is my first contract and since there was no mention of penalizing me for leaving i was just running it by other nurses for their insight. I do not intend to quit just wondering if there was a loophole if i acquired a 2nd ...
Nierdo replied to sunkissedmspriss's topic in Career Support
i am a new grad and i got my first job with a registry. They had a program set up so that i could get orientation and a short preceptorship. I guess I was lucky to find a registry that would do that for a new grad... however, without a proper orienta...