New nurse leaving hospital for office job.. advice?

[Cabana]

I’m a new nurse and took a job on a busy medsurg floor and started in early June. After almost four months of constant anxiety, seeing therapists and having some medication prescribed, I still feel so anxious that I never stop thinking about work and don’t even enjoy my days off. It's affected my everyday life, relationship, and perspective on nursing. I either don’t sleep well or feel like I can’t get out of bed, I cry constantly when I’m at home and at work and I just don’t feel hungry anymore. I’m at the point where I question if I picked the wrong career field as a whole. 

I’ve had multiple conversations with my manager at my current job and she’s been nice enough to agree I shouldn’t stay where I’m miserable. I’ve applied to and been offered a few office jobs. I’m hoping that a change in setting is what I need to enjoy my career choice as a nurse. I’ve always had the plan in my head that I would be a bedside nurse, get my experience, and go to grad school. Any advice for someone going into office nursing? Also, what kind of grad school education I can get with minimal hospital experience and some office experience under my belt? TIA!

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

53 minutes ago, QqGgKk said:

Same problem here. I am a newly licensees RN and currently working yet looking for an acute care setting hospital jobs. I live in Glendale and willing to drive under 25 miles. I have been using indeed, LinkedIn, and Craigslist various websites to find a job, but no lucks. Any tips? 

You may need to expand your willing to travel area, or need to relocate if that acute hospital job is what you dream of. Good luck on your search

[QqGgKk, BSN, MSN, RN]

Same problem here. I am a newly licensees RN and currently working yet looking for an acute care setting hospital jobs. I live in Glendale and willing to drive under 25 miles. I have been using indeed, LinkedIn, and Craigslist various websites to find a job, but no lucks. Any tips? 

[QqGgKk, BSN, MSN, RN]

Hi Hoosier,

Thanks for the tips. Is it just a fact for all new job seekers or it is somewhat due to covid 19 ?

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

2 hours ago, QqGgKk said:

Hi Hoosier,

Thanks for the tips. Is it just a fact for all new job seekers or it is somewhat due to covid 19 ?

Covid plays part, but in the last few years newer job seekers have had issues in some markets due to oversaturation of new nurses

[Grengemly, BSN, RN]

On 11/10/2020 at 7:25 PM, Hoosier_RN said:

OP has <6months acute experience if they fall on their face. You had 2.5 years, which was enough to get you back into the acute game if you needed to. No one's telling OP not to, but to be careful just in case. The grass ain't always greener

Agreed. I believe I stated that the previous posters had made valid points. Not arguing. Stating my experience. Thanks. 

[brunetteRN06]

Hey there-

any updates? I’d love to hear about your experience! Considering switching to an office setting as a new grad as well. I love the staff I work with, though. That’s really the only thing that keeps me at the job. 

[struggleforfuture, BSN]

Stillcrazyafteralltheseyears said:

Oh I loved changing from my med-surg unit I worked for 10 years to working with a physician. You learn so much more about disease process and establish a great load of really cool patients. He taught me so many pearls like "split the difference" and head, abd, and chest pain couldn't really be evaluated without more radiology screening. My assessment skills increased. I would of stayed but he gave my hours to the lab tech he was seeing after hours. He was married 7 times. Poor guy his mind was thinking about other things. I learned he went into rehab after I left. But what I learned from him opened up independent thinking in myself. And I began to question and look at patients charts in a new way. 

I want to go cardiology setting to learn more knowledge more towards diseases understanding. May I ask you what is the working hour and how to find those jobs?