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Hello! Pretty general question but as a new grad nurse at her first job, when would you consider your first year to be over. A year after officially starting the job or a year after getting off orientation? I'm not the happiest at my current job but want to give them a year. I also want to look good for other jobs I will apply to. Thank you!

Thank you so much for your response! I do believe we will get ventilated patients but more so the ones who have chronic need of it. I know we have to get our ACLS. I am very interested in units such as PACU, OR, and Endo...is this good experience for these areas?

Hello! I am a new grad with her BSN and have accepted a nursing job on a Pulmonary Advanced Care (ICU step-down) Unit at a large level 1 Trauma/teaching hospital. (I was also told this unit is similar to working in a small ICU) I am very excited and have a few questions! -I see a lot of people asking about cardiac step-downs but hardly ever Pulmonary step-downs, I'm guessing these are not as common? Will working on this unit a year plus get me good expereince to go to any other nursing job after? What kinds do you think specifically would like to see this type of experience? -What's the difference between starting off in a med-surg floor compared to starting off on a step down unit? Will step down be more valuable? -I luckily snagged day shift. (I have worked as a PCA for over a year on night shift) I am excited that this will give me the opportunity to have a normal sleep schedule and ultimately a more normal social life. Do others agree with this? I know it will be more fast paced but I think I would rather the shift go by faster than to drag on. Will this be overly challenging? Or a good experience to learn on this shift? -Any tips for a beginning Pulmonary step down nurse? Your experience? Recommendations? Plus any study tips for the NCLEX is appreciated too! 😊