Looking for elusive hospital position, ? mention that working in doctor's office.

[Arno]

I graduated in dec 2012 with a bsn in New york, I passed the Nclex in March. I applied for rn job in hospitals with no chance of interview. Finally I tried for a big doctor office as I needed to survive and bills were pilling up. I was hired in June, the salary is very low, I am not getting the bedside experience I would like to and the job is more like administrative assistant.I am still applying for hospital job, and I would like to know if it is ok to mention that I am currently working as an office rn? Is mentionning that information in my resume going to help or harm new job applications?Also I am affraid that if I don't find a bedside nurse job now, chances of having one will just get slim as time goes. Thank you for your responses

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Moved to our Nursing Career Advice forum and retitled thread for best reponses to question

[Arno]

Thank you.

[westieluv]

It would look much better on your resume' to say that you are employed as an office RN than to have it look like you have never worked as a nurse at all. Office RNs may not do bedside nursing, but they do deal with patients all day long and have a knowledge base based on the cases that they have seen in the office. If you leave this off of your resume' it will look like a blank slate as far as nursing experience goes. I assume you meant that you graduated in Dec., 2011, so go ahead and tell them about your current job instead of having it look like you took a year off to do nothing nursing related.

Best of luck to you! : )

[amoLucia]

It would look much better on your resume' to say that you are employed as an office RN than to have it look like you have never worked as a nurse at all. Office RNs may not do bedside nursing, but they do deal with patients all day long and have a knowledge base based on the cases that they have seen in the office. If you leave this off of your resume' it will look like a blank slate as far as nursing experience goes. I assume you meant that you graduated in Dec., 2011, so go ahead and tell them about your current job instead of having it look like you took a year off to do nothing nursing related.

Best of luck to you! : )

I agree with poster. I'll add that you probably have an opportunity for learning about something bedside nurses think about infrequently, and have limited understanding; that being the INs and OUTs of various and different insurances and precerts, and CPT and ICD coding. They're skills that may be useful in non-traditional nursing positions if you choose to look in that direction. Good luck.

[Arno]

I graduated in dec 2012 with a bsn in New york, I passed the Nclex in March. I applied for rn job in hospitals with no chance of interview. Finally I tried for a big doctor office as I needed to survive and bills were pilling up. I was hired in June, the salary is very low, I am not getting the bedside experience I would like to and the job is more like administrative assistant.I am still applying for hospital job, and I would like to know if it is ok to mention that I am currently working as an office rn? Is mentionning that information in my resume going to help or harm new job applications?Also I am affraid that if I don't find a bedside nurse job now, chances of having one will just get slim as time goes. Thank you for your responses

I appreciate your response and I will now add my current job to my resume. I to be office rn, hours are great but salary is just not enough.