Rachaelk

So I am a new grad with previous medical experience as an EMT, scribe and caregiver. I graduated in March right before quarantine started. All the hospitals went on hiring freezes in my area and long story short I ended up getting a nursing position at a dialysis clinic in my area. I was open to this new opportunity but after just 4 short months of training, I HATE it here. At first I was really interested in dialysis and I still enjoy the patient interactions and the medicine behind it but the nursing is so repetitive and there is a considerable lack of team work between the nurses and techs at my clinic. The whole clinic is over worked and understaffed and the management keeps telling me its because of Covid but many of the employees are telling me that it was like this before Covid... Have any of you guys noticed the same issues after working in dialysis? I keep hearing either you love it or hate it and I beginning to realize that I just might really hate it.

This is such a great comparison. I have applied twice to PA school, had two interviews and was turned down/wait listed by both schools. I can't tell you how many people I interviewed with who were the young,just graduated, typical premed student. I'm 30 and have two friends who had very minimal to no hands on patient experience who just got into PA school on their first round. I recently found out about direct entry MSN/NP programs that I will be applying to this year. If this avenue doesn't work out I will most likely pursue my BSN to eventually pursue an NP education. Good luck in your endeavours and thank you for your genuine comments!