butters9812

Many of the hospital jobs I have been applying to have stated "BSN preferred".

Hey everyone, I work on a stepdown floor right now and have been there for 1 year. I am looking for a new job because I am very unhappy with my current one (very unorganized!). I was waiting to approach my year mark and now that I have hit it, I have applied to about 15 jobs within the past week. The thing is, I am not getting ANY call backs! I thought for sure it would be easier to find a new job now that I have a year of critical care on my resume, but I just keep getting the "you do not meet the requirements" email . I am just wondering if this is because I do not have my BSN? I fully plan on getting my RN to BSN but want to establish a new job first. Why else do you think I am not being considered? I have been mainly applying to hospitals and some home care positions. I feel my resume is well written and I always provide a cover letter. I felt very confident in the beginning of my job search that I would be able to be a little more picky about what jobs I am looking for now that I am not a new grad anymore but not I am getting more and more discouraged by the day. Any advice on resumes or ways to get recruiters to give me a chance is appreciated! Thanks everyone! :)

I think that's half the problem is the lack of resources! I work nights as well so there is ONE doctor on who doesn't even know anything about the patient..ONE. It's so stressful not having any resources to help a patient in need.

I have thought about home health and am going to look into it but I know a lot of places want a year experience? It's an option though!

Youre going to make a lot of mistakes as a new grad. I am a new grad too and have made mistakes, it feels awful. Sometimes I fee like the worst nurse ever. But in the grand scheme of things, you did not harm the patient at all. If you have questions or need someone to check over your charting DO IT. I still ask soo many questions throughout my shift. It sounds like you are doing fine :)

Hey everyone, I'm coming here because I need advice and i'm starting to question why I even went into nursing to begin with. Anyone I talk to about this who isn't a nurse just does not understand I'm a nurse on a really busy stepdown/telemetry unit at a hospital, I have been there for about 9 months right out of school. I was so happy to be hired on a critical care floor right out of school and extremely thankful for the opportunity, but I am extremely unhappy. Although I feel more comfortable now than I did first off orientation, I'm starting to think I either chose the wrong profession or I am in the wrong place. I love my patients and I love taking care of people, my manager told me I am doing great, but I HATE my job. I dread going to work every single day. I work night shift. I have had really really bad nights. I feel like I am the only nurse who keeps having horrible nights where patients are in super critical condition and I need to call the rapid response team. The other nurses on my floor are awesome and so is my manager, but these horrible nights stay with me for months and I have such anxiety about it. On my days off all I do is worry about when I have to work next. I had a really bad night recently which I will not get into but it was horrible and involved a patient screaming in pain. I do not even want to go back into work because i felt so horrible about this one patient. We have 5 patients at night and they are all usually very critical. I feel like i have no time to even spend with my patients because i have so much work to do. I feel guilty about not doing enough for my patients. I get flap from the day team if one stupid thing isn't done even if I explain that my night was horrible and i spent all night with one patient who was very critical. I give props to all the RN's out there who can handle high stress situations. I don't want to do it. I know every RN job out there has its pros and cons. I am hoping i can find a job where I am happier than i am now. I don't mean to rant but I need to get out. I need to know what else i can do. I would love a job where I can spend more time with patients, where is it slower pace. I think some nurses are great in critical care, but i am sensitive and cannot handle the stress over and over and over. I haven't even been at my job for a year which is why if i leave now i think it will be hard to find another job, and i know my manager would be really disappointed if i left now. With that being said, I do not feel like myself and I just want to be happy. Thank you for anyone who read this horribly long post, ANY advice is appreciated.