I need some advice. I'm a new nurse -- graduated in May, passed boards in late June. I worked for about a month and a half on a very busy med/surg floor and HATED it and ended up quitting. (Long story, but it wasn't a good floor and all the other new nurses there have quit as well).
Now I've been offered a position at an Allergy & Asthma clinic. My concern is this: if I take this job, will it pigeonhole me into this field? Or should I still be able to find another nursing job in a different field down the road? I'll get that all-important "1 year of experience", but it won't be in med/surg.
I figure I should be OK, because you hear all the time about the widely varying jobs that nurses have had in their careers. But I'd appreciate advice/reassurance.
Unfortunately, it was staff nurses who enlightened me so it is not something you can prove. I would love to find out from other nurses in differing regions if this has occured in their areas. No one was more shocked than I was not to get calls during the "supposed" shortage. That is why I felt it was so important to let the original poster know what can occur.
Hello CRUNCHRN, I too have seen this practice directly, at my place of employment. While they did hire the nurse, they quickly fired her also they said she was not catching on quick enough and maybe she should return to the clinic area. I would have never thought twice about it but they do discriminate agianst nurses who have no ambulatory care experience.
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Hello CRUNCHRN, I too have seen this practice directly, at my place of employment. While they did hire the nurse, they quickly fired her also they said she was not catching on quick enough and maybe she should return to the clinic area. I would have never thought twice about it but they do discriminate agianst nurses who have no ambulatory care experience.