NatMarRN

I am in the same boat as you. Did you end up going back? Or did you stay? How did it go?

Hi, I was wondering how it went with the remote position? I was recently offered a remote triage position as well (I have 4 months of acute experience in a hospital setting). One part of me wants to take it, I am 35 years old and I am looking to start a family. But I also understand that it's important to get hands-on experience. I was wondering how things worked out for you.

Hi, I am a new grad registered nurse (previously a CNA at a med-surge/covid floor in a hospital) and I've recently had a few interviews for outpatient care (I had reconstructive surgery on my right foot that I am still recovering from, so I am currently unable to physically handle the demands of inpatient). I accepted an offer as a pediatric nurse position at a private office and after two weeks of being there I got a call for an offer as a staff nurse at an ambulatory care facility associated with a community hospital. I love kids and generally enjoy the job, but the job responsibility is very task-oriented and similar to something I had already done before as a medical assistant, the pay is relatively good, but the health insurance benefit is extremely expensive ($600/month and the plan has a high deductible). The ambulatory care (surgery/medicine) facility is associated with a community hospital so the pay is slightly higher but they have a lot of options for health insurance and retirement. I don't know everything about the staff nurse position, but they said that the pt will first be triaged by the PCT, then they would meet with the physician and finally with the nurse. The nurse will witness consent for surgery, provide education, coordinate the patient for any lab work/diagnostic exam/diagnostic imaging and instruct the pt on follow up (surgery procedures are done at a different facility). All of this to say that I am not sure if I should take the offer, I am not familiar with the ambulatory outpatient world or what the day to day looks like for a nurse in the "surgical" unit (again the surgery is not actually performed here, but the pre-op and post-op follow up seem to be). what attracts me to the staff nurse position is the array of benefits available for a hospital vs the private clinic. any feedback would be greatly appreciated

@TRANSFERSTUDENT I would like to thank you so much for your post! you have no idea how much it means to me to have someone I can relate to. I've been searching MLT/MT & LPN/RN day and night to the point exhaustion, I honestly think I am driving myself completely insane. I am in my early 30's and I am paying for school out of pocket, so it is important for me to pick the "right career" on my first try ("if you start right, you will end up right"). MLT to MT was my first choice, because of the hard sciences behind it (I LOVE SCIENCE and putting theory to practice sounds like such an awesome idea) I've been reading A LOT of negative reviews about the profession (mostly the pay), but I still wanted to be part of this profession and I wanted to bring my positive character into this profession. I am also interested in RN, however I am afraid that I won't be able to handle the stress that comes with this rewarding career. I am not confident that I will be able to handle the patient interactions or the MD to RN relationship. I've never tried so I have no reason to be "afraid" of it, but I can't check the anxious feeling. I actually work as a DME intake specialist (I've been a Front Desk patient coordinator for many years now) and I deal with patients day in and day out. A lot of my patients are unhappy and they end up taking a lot of their frustrations on to me (which I completely understand...if I couldn't sleep either I would not be a very pleasant person myself)...but this makes me think, "will i deal with angry patients every single day for the rest of my life as an RN" To make this long story short, I think I've decided to suck it up! lol dive in head first and be positive about it ...I think will go for LPN (see how I handle the constant patient interaction) and then go for my RN (or if it doesn't work out I'd go for MT). I wanted to ask you since it's been a few years, how is it going with your MT career? did things get better? did you end up going back to school for RN? is the pay still the same now?