Career advice please

[maddieebobaddiee]

Hi! Hope you're all having a good week, happy early 4th of July 🤗 

 

So I'm in a bit of a pickle.. I've come to realize that bedside nursing is not for me. I tried 3 different units and the pace of the hospital is just too much, combined experience I really pute only have 6-7 months but I really only count 3 of them because I grew so much during that experience but I just wasn't fast enough, plus the patient ratio as a new nurse was a lot (6-7 patients per nurse). I really want a role where I get to know my patients and have a huge impact, I love getting to know people on a deeper level. The most recent experience was on a rehab unit and I loved the patients so much, I really learned a lot and am very proud of myself for trying my best and I did give it my all. I've applied for so many private practice/clinic/remote jobs and I really hope I hear back from one of them, I have a phone call for a dialysis position tomorrow and am excited about that one 🙂 It's 20 minutes from where I live so it would be a perfect commute! 

 

I guess I'm just posting here for advice and to vent

[maddieebobaddiee, ASN, BSN, RN]

FolksBtrippin said:

So glad you found a position! Just be open-minded, and soak everything up. Documentation is something that can get overwhelming for home health nurses, so make sure you get advice from your preceptor about how to handle that aspect. After you've done home health for a year you can transition to hospice, or you may decide to do infusions or specialize in something, like trachs. Good luck!

they said optional trach training after 2 months but I don't think I'll take them up on that one so soon LOL those are terrifying! I would be interested in hospice though

[maddieebobaddiee, ASN, BSN, RN]

FolksBtrippin said:

So glad you found a position! Just be open-minded, and soak everything up. Documentation is something that can get overwhelming for home health nurses, so make sure you get advice from your preceptor about how to handle that aspect. After you've done home health for a year you can transition to hospice, or you may decide to do infusions or specialize in something, like trachs. Good luck!

Now I'm feeling a little discouraged after thinking about it more.. I'll go to the interview and hear them out but I am honestly a little scared. Reading all of those posts about potentially dangerous situations is 😬 IDK. 

[FolksBtrippin, BSN, RN]

maddieebobaddiee said:

Now I'm feeling a little discouraged after thinking about it more.. I'll go to the interview and hear them out but I am honestly a little scared. Reading all of those posts about potentially dangerous situations is 😬 IDK. 

What do you mean by potentially dangerous situations?