New RN needs advice

[car2614]

I have finally found a full time RN position. It is in a SNF,which is attached to a hospital, I would like to know how hard would it be to get a position in other departments in the hospital??

[car2614]

I was nervous since it is not a ned surg floor I may not considered, I work 11-7, I'm the charge nurse, I can have up to 46 patients, The most I've had is 43 so far. I do my rounds 2x an evening.chart and give any timed treatments, dressing changes, splint care, as well as pass morning meds, monitor peg tube feeding and admiiste IV meds. Not too bad for th first 7 weeks practicing as an RN.

[car2614]

Go for it. You might get to float and if you do you can meet people and see what area you might like. Dont let anyone (even on this thread) make you feel guilty about what you are doing. The hospital would use you in a second, why not use them back? You need to look out for you and in this market whatever gets you in the door is what you need to do. You might like the snf, if not, you need to go in make nice do your best while you are there and get stellar reviews. Make connections and transfer when something opens up. Its not called a "lack of dedication" it is called "working your way up".

Thanks for understanding what I've been feeling. We were schooled to ge on a med surg floor inorder to suceed or work your way up,

[Music in My Heart]

I think that if you wanted to be in a different part of the facility then you should have applied for the other positions. You JUST landed the full time gig @ the SNF...

Here, I agree. Focus on the here-and-now; do the job that you were hired to do and in a year or two, see what options open up.

We hire you in positions that your heart's not into doing. You give mediocre performance at best. (Usually cying about how hard you have it). Most of you just a token of service...

Here, however, you're way, way overgeneralizing. A year ago, I was a new grad hired into a position that my heart was not into and which required a huge sacrifice for me and my family. Today, my heart still isn't in it. However, I bust my butt every day and strive to give my employer more than they're paying me for. They seem to notice and they have approached me with other opportunities.

Please, stop the destructive stereotyping.

Grab a little experience and you're GONE...

Well, these days, the employers have no loyalty toward the employees... why to you cling to the antiquated notion that employees owe the employer anything more than an honest hour's effort for each hour of pay?

If the employer is not willing to provide any promises for the future, why should the nurse?

[linearthinker, DNP, RN]

I once worked in a hosp. that had a SNF attached. Yes, those nurses would have had better odds of being hired in than outsiders *if* they had a good reputation. I think whatever job you take, you should take it with the expectation of working there a year. Less than that is really not fair to anyone.