Apply for new job after 2 months?

[chosh0417]

hi everyone!

i am a brand new grad nurse with just under 2 months under my belt on a med/tele floor

at a small hospital with 140 beds.

i have a dilemma and i need advice on what i should be doing..

i am currently working full time but renting out a room.

i like my job and feel like im learning a ton but i have money leaking that could be saved from living with my family in a bigger city.

ultimately i want to move to the bigger city in a year's time or maybe less, but im wondering what to do

there is a hospital job that has 5 openings-3 full time relief and 2 part time by my family's house- only 6 minute drive on a medicine floor. i would love to apply there but i am also reluctant as i just relocated to where i am now, a small city 4 hours away from where my family live, and i feel bad about quitting so early in the game. im also just starting to know people there and theres opportunities like taking a telemetry course and ACLS and so on.

but then again i really miss seeing my family as i only get to see them maybe once a month

i also feel like i have no social life here.

i am also concerned that if i decide to quit 4 months from now i still would not be able to get a reference from my current employer. I figure if i apply for the job in a bigger city now( they dont require experience) i simply dont have to put my current job experience on my resume, however if i work a couple of months more they are going to wonder what i did during my time.. or that there may not even be positions left...

sorry about my rambling

any advice?

thank you much appreciated!

[Scrubs_n_sirens, MSN, RN]

Just explain to employers pay and present your choice to relocate.

That's not a reflection of your work life, that's personal life choices.

You always need to put your current job on your resume though. If they run a credit check on you, it'll pop up and you really don't want to explain why you hid the job.

[CanadianAbroad]

I would explain you need to move home for family reasons. If you are honest in why you want to move, you more than likely will get a good reference. In the meantime, keep keep yourself in line and make the extra effort in order to get that reference you need.

[BonnieSc]

On the one hand... do whatever you want, sure. On the other hand... welcome to grownup life. You've been in the new town a couple of months; you have to give yourself time to make friends. Most new nurses are too tired to go out much at first anyway. It sounds like you have a really good job in a nice hospital which is nothing to sneeze at. And you get to see your family once a month! I don't know many people who see their families more often than that, no matter how close they live together. (It sounds like you're talking about your parents and siblings, right? Not a spouse and kids, which is an entirely different story.) And if you lived with your family, wouldn't you still be paying rent? I would hope so.

You've got a pretty good setup there. Stick it out for a year. If the other hospital has positions open now that don't require experience, odds are very good that they'll have something open in a year for a nurse with a little experience.