HH nursing for an "old" new grad?

[samdombek]

Hi, everyone! I'm a 46 y/o new ADRN grad, Jan 2006, passed NCLEX in March. I have just STARTED looking for a job now. Why the delay?? I DREAD the idea of having to start on an Med/Surg floor, which is where nearly all of my instructors have told us we should begin to learn skills/time mgmt, etc!! It is really home health nursing that was my inspiration (long story)for pursuing nursing as a second career late in my life. I'm no spring chicken, and I'm afraid I'm going to burn out real fast, physically and mentally, if I go the MS route. I've been reading the HH forum and it seems that there are similar MS skills that are done in the HH setting, which is encouraging . . .but on the other hand, if this isn't the case, I'm afraid I'll be pigeonholed into HH without the "REQUIRED" med/surg experience and I won't be marketable anywhere else--I will no longer be considered a "new grad" and won't be able to get into any new grad/preceptorship programs. Any advice on whether HH is an OK place to start for a new grad? I will be forever grateful for any suggestions and advice.

[jenrninmi, MSN, RN]

Hi, everyone! I'm a 46 y/o new ADRN grad, Jan 2006, passed NCLEX in March. I have just STARTED looking for a job now. Why the delay?? I DREAD the idea of having to start on an Med/Surg floor, which is where nearly all of my instructors have told us we should begin to learn skills/time mgmt, etc!! It is really home health nursing that was my inspiration (long story)for pursuing nursing as a second career late in my life. I'm no spring chicken, and I'm afraid I'm going to burn out real fast, physically and mentally, if I go the MS route. I've been reading the HH forum and it seems that there are similar MS skills that are done in the HH setting, which is encouraging . . .but on the other hand, if this isn't the case, I'm afraid I'll be pigeonholed into HH without the "REQUIRED" med/surg experience and I won't be marketable anywhere else--I will no longer be considered a "new grad" and won't be able to get into any new grad/preceptorship programs. Any advice on whether HH is an OK place to start for a new grad? I will be forever grateful for any suggestions and advice.

Hi there,

Honestly, I don't think there are many, if any hh agencies that would hire an RN with no experience. You would be working independently with no experience. IV infusions, dressing changes, cardiac, etc, etc.