So recently a friend of mine told me she's got an interview as a charge nurse position, only after less than a year of new grad experience in acute setting! I was completely baffled when she told me, not sure what advice to give her.
She told me that this is a 23 bed telemetry unit in a small community hospital with LVNS, RNs, CNAs.. monitor techs. She had some charge experience in a nursing home, and a little bit on a busy tele unit, but being a charge nurse on a telemetry unit!?! management said definitely no one internal would get the position, so for sure its an outside canidate. They said they would let her work as a regular staff on the unit for 6 months,.. and take on the charge role after. !?!??!! My friend has been looking for a job for awhile now, given this bad economy, but is this worth it????
why are facilities doing this? would you personally take it if you're jobless, in a terrible economy impacted state, and you can get a six months chance to be a regular RN??
