I am a new grad nurse and have an interview for a large hospital next week. It for a medical/peri-operative/surgical ward. I have been told that it is more usual than unusual to have eight patients!!!. I was originally offered a job in PDN but declined as I felt that I would be working in isolation with a peg/trach/vent case.
However, they were going to give me three months to shadow staff and training. I have a friend in the hospital that said that her orientation was one day!!!. She was then thrown in at the deep end!!. I am starting to panic before I have even started now. I want to go on to do my midwifery and have been advised that I should really start in the acute med/surg area. I was told by the director of midwifery that any experience is valuable but obviously, hospital acute may be seen to be more valuable at interview.
What do you guys think?. I am 40 years old this year and not sure about 8 patients as I feel that my registration is very valuable and that this is unsafe practice and very risky. Any feedback is very much appreciated. Thank you in advance. x
priyaremi
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Thanks for your reply. I am actually in Ireland and have my interview for med surge next Friday