Nurse Grad Internship Position

[NurseyMomma]

I just interviewed for a nurse Grad position at a hospital (that I'm praying I get!!), but I have one problem.. I've already started and have worked one week at a dialysis center (which I can't stand!!). I know dialysis isn't for me and knew it all along but it was the only thing I could get to bring income in since my husband got laid off back in october. Everywhere else I interviewed hadn't called me back. I know I'm leaving dialysis soon (and I hope very soon!) but not until I have another job locked in place to stay on the safe side. So question is, am I not considered a nurse grad anymore now that I have accepted a position at a dialysis center & have only been in training for 1 week. And if I am no longer considered a nurse grad, would that now make me no longer applicable for the nurse grad position at this hospital. I feel like I made a huge mistake going into dialysis. I realllly feel like I need hospital experience and training to be the foundation of my nursing career. I never wanted to get into a specialty like dialysis and only took the job so we would have some kind of way to pay our bill and no see my family on the streets.

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

I would just not even mention the dialysis job. You haven't done it long enough that it should disqualify you.

[L&DinOregon]

Many programs have different requirements for nursing experience to define new grad. Some may be any nursing experience while others it is less than 6 months or less than one year so it may not exclude you.