Is it possible to get back into bedside nursing as an NP?

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I've been an NP for the past 7 years but I've been thinking about doing bedside nursing for the past 4 years. I keep trying and trying to change my NP jobs to see if I'll find better satisfaction, but I've come to realize that I'm just not happy with it. Unfortunately, I did a direct entry program so don't have any previous hospital experience as an RN (outside of clinicals 8 years ago). 

1) Is it possible for me to get into bedside nursing by applying to new grad programs? Or is there another way for me to make this career pivot? 

2) If I can apply to new grad programs, what do you recommend I do for my resume - do I leave off all the NP stuff somehow? Or try to word it to highlight characteristics/skills that translate over? 

Specializes in Emergency Nurse.

$57/hr for a new grad. Wow! Maybe we will all be paid what we're worth some day.

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Yea it’s possible, I work for SFDPH  and there is many NP’s who are working as staff nurses right now. The pay is great I started with 1 year of experience in long term care and was offered $82 an hour per diem and as per diem you still get to work full time hours cause they are always short. I now have 3 years of long term experience and will be starting a new grad program through them and I get to keep my current position I’m just relocating to another facility (zsfgh). If your in the Bay Area apply cause they will hire you for sure with that experience

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36 minutes ago, BAY AREA RN said:

Yea it’s possible, I work for SFDPH  and there is many NP’s who are working as staff nurses right now. The pay is great I started with 1 year of experience in long term care and was offered $82 an hour per diem and as per diem you still get to work full time hours cause they are always short. I now have 3 years of long term experience and will be starting a new grad program through them and I get to keep my current position I’m just relocating to another facility (zsfgh). If your in the Bay Area apply cause they will hire you for sure with that experience

Wow thank you so much for this heads up!! Will look up today! Are their new grad positions just listed as “clinical nurse 1”? 

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