New Grad Nurse Dilemma. Please help.

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I'm not sure if this is where I should be posting it but I just registered with this site and I'm in need of some advice. I applied to a hospital for 2 open med/surg positions and two days later I got a call saying that the med/surg positions were open and available but the director of the telemetry/cardic unit was looking for a new grad nurse for the telemetry unit. The HR recruiter asked me if I would be interested in the job and if I was could she forward my phone number to the director of the telemetry unit. I was so nervous that I said yes and kind of desperate for a job since my mother is hounding me about getting one. Anyways, the director from the telemetry unit called me and set up an appointment on Monday which was 5/7/12 and I was hired on the spot and said yes to the position but I don't want it. I don't know why I said yes and signed my name and everything. I think it was nerves and that that this is my first nursing job and my first job ever...like ever ever. It is now going to be Friday 5/11/12 and I have to go get my TB test read and I have orientation on 5/14/12 but I don't want this job. I never wanted to work on telemetry. It never interested me while I was in school and I'm not sure how to go about quitting (if this is even really considered quitting) Please help me. I did apply for other jobs at other hospitals at the same time I applied for the med/surg positions at this particular hospital. Like I said, I haven't started orientation yet and I just signed all the papers yesterday as in papers to see if I had any medical probelms, income tax related papers, stuff about TB masks fittings, etc, and had a breathlizer test and urine test. I'm scared. I don't want this job and I don't know why I said yes to everything. How do i get out of it? Please help.

Specializes in Thoracic Cardiovasc ICU Med-Surg.

OP, strong work. I wish you good things in the future.

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Good luck! You are making the right choice!

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Glad you made the decision to go for it. New grad jobs are few and far between and there was no promise that another offer would come as easily--if it came at all. This doesn't lock you into tele forever, and once you have that year of experience you'll be in a stronger position to look for jobs in specialties that you are interested in. And you never know, you may end up liking tele. Best of luck!

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Take the job! First of all, I agree that changing your mind could burn bridges that a new grad probably shouldn't be burning.

But, secondly, it's always easier to find a job when you HAVE a job. Your resume will either portray you as a nurse with zero experience and skills that ate getting rustier by the day, or that you're a skilled nurse with experience they can benefit from. If you absolutely end up hating it after you've given in a good chance, start applying elsewhere!

yup this poster is right, your always more appealing when you already have a job, have gained some experience under your belt, then you can move on from there. plus, you'll be working on a specialized floor, so their going to make you take more courses on this field... and you'll me more of a commidity, because you have this experience, where many others may not have worked this unit. give it a chance, take the job, try it out... hit or miss, but you got to try, you cant just sit there and wait for one of the other jobs to come through, this one called, take it, because you dont know if and when any more calls are coming. (a job is a blessed and luck opportunity- take it)

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Specializes in Critical Care; Cardiac; Professional Development.

With your assessment skills (starting with yourself!) you are bound to go far. Good luck and congratulations on getting the job.

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Specializes in Emergency.

You may surprise yourself at how much you like it. I would def not turn it down. You might find it isn't for you...but you will still have that coveted thing: experience. And your Mom will stop bugging you now!

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omg take the job! i know a ton of new grads that would kill for any position in the hospital!!! it is very unlikely that you will get your dream job as a new grad. you are lucky to have this offer trust me!!! in my area the hospitals get tons of new grad applicants and take a very small select few. this is really a good opportunity i would not turn it down!

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Specializes in Ambulatory Surgery, PACU,SICU.

Way to go! Get the experience and then you can always transfer. Congrats on getting a job

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tele is so similar to med/surg that i'm not sure why you are willing to do med/surg and not tele...I'd take it..experience is experience and as a new grad we have so much still to learn!

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If you don't want it, there are 124,349 people that would love to have it!!!

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You need a job. This will give you nursing experience, and after giving it a good trial if you still don't like it you can take your experience and start looking for a position you do like. There's no guarantee that a med surg job would have come around anytime soon.

Try to look at this positively- it's not the unit you want, BUT they offered you a job on the spot and you are starting soon and can start learning and gaining valuable experience. Pay your dues, and then use what you've gained to be more selective. It'll be good for you. Really. Many people work jobs they do not like, and while that can be soul crushing in the long term, in the short term it builds character and gives you a deep appreciation for your dream job once you get it.

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I did telel for my first job and didnt really want to be in tele but it has given me invaluable experience!

Take the job!

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