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Hi all,
I am so used to posting on the student forum I started to write this there then I remembered, I'm a brand new RN! I just had a question about this, was looking for input please.
I applied for an RN position back in late October and received my acceptance letter then.
I was told by the hiring manager that I would be put on the wait list at that time I got my letter, because there was a 6 month waiting list for the residency program. I was accepted into a pediatric/ICU rotation at a trauma hospital, which was really a dream come true.
Fast forward. I graduated in May and passed my NCLEX mid July, and forwarded my information (BLS, transcripts, etc) to HR, as was instructed.
I got a call recently that I can not start working until mid December. I explained that I was told I was put on the wait list in Oct, but the woman I spoke with said it went based on when I received my license number.
I am currently working as a PCA and my manager unfortunately can't help at all. I guess they are just backed up with applicants.
My question is. Should I wait for this program, or should I accept another job in a medsurg/tele unit with a different hospital system? This other hospital is much smaller. Still has good ratings though. I can start in August.
My ultimate goal is to move out of state and work in a peds burn unit... I know this is so millennial of me but am I being too impatient? I just put so much work into school like we all have I know, and I just want to start! Waiting for Dec also will make me wait to move where I want to as well.... what would you do?
TIA!
Right? I want a gap year to work on a tropical island as a bartender.
You can still do it......
When I tended bar at the party hostel, I met tons of professionals (mostly male Australian attornies, for whatever reason) who just quit their jobs, cashed out their life savings, bought a one-way ticket to South America, and wandered around having adventures.
In high school I lived in Central America, and I knew a ton of American and Canadian kids whose parents just decided that they wanted a 'simpler way of life,' uprooted the family, and relocated to our beach town to work in the tourist industry.
I also have a good friend from nursing school who works as a travel nurse six to eight months out of the year while living on a shoestring budget, then uses her savings to travel all over the world on a shoestring budget during the remaining months.
I know that they're pretty unconventional lifestyles, but some of these crazy adventures are actually attainable (especially if you're flexible, and don't mind living on $3/day and sharing a bunk room with 9 strangers, lol).
....Come with me, Not.Done.Yet....we can have an adventure...you know you want to...!!
KelRN215, BSN, RN
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This sounds amazing.