Interview - Job History

[Dobeigh]

So, I'm a relatively new nurse. I passed my boards in May 2013. Previously I've had 5.5 years history working as a monitor tech, nursing assistant, and unit clerk (all in one job) with the same company. I was hired, in the same company, as a registered nurse this July 2013 and I've been working there full time ever since. I have a Very good work history with this network. But I've also been working 3 PRN jobs and I'm not sure if I should include them in my resume. One of them, I worked from June 2013 to December 2013 but I quit without a two week notice because the pressure was so intense and it was so demanding I felt I would lose my nursing license if I worked one more day at that nursing home. I know that they will not give me a good reference because of this. Other than not giving a two week notice, I think their opinion of me was so-so. My other two PRN positions (which I'm still working) would have good things to say about me, I believe. I've been working those positions since October 2013. My question is.. should I even include them since I already have an EXCELLENT reputation at the hospital I'm currently working. The job I'm applying for is a cardiac step down ICU position and I'm currently a med surg tele nurse. I don't want to appear like I'm skipping around to jobs but, since I'm a new nurse, I do want to show that I have more experience than just being a med surg tele nurse. I'm not sure what I should do. Any advice would be very helpful.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

Don't know what your prn jobs were but the fact is that if you graduated last spring you have about six months experience as a nurse no matter how you look at it. If they aren't higher acuity-level jobs, they will add nothing.

Why not put in the time to be in the tele unit for a year to indicate that, like, you're not, like, job-hopping?