How New Grads Manage To Succeed And Be A Happy Nurse, or... not.

[kocurek]

I'm Thomas. Graduated in 2019, but entered nursing in Summer of 2022. It's a long gap between graduating and starting the very first job. I like to share with you the experience of setting your feet on the nursing floor. Aches and anxiety, along with what elates you and makes you staying in nursing.

Why did you decided to be a nurse and how you evolve?

What makes you "tick"?

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

[kocurek]

Not to be able to land any job after years of studying was very disheartening. I questioned the point of ever working in the corporate environment of hospitals.

It made me wary of investing again into a refresher college course, when the pandemic started and the hospitals were calling for out of work nurses to come back.

Since few months I work on the med-surg/telemetry floor of a small community hospital and I LOVE it. Patients and coworkers are happy too. What else, should I ask for?