AxelNewRN86

I have been a bedside nurse for a year and half. I just started in a speciality and already considering going clinic as soon as my contract is up. I personally am having a hard time mentally. My hospital can balance my schedule as needed which makes childcare hard and worse is I am not getting my kids in other sports and activities. I think once my youngest starts kindergarten I want to have clinic schedule so I can have a better family life. It is something I am seriously considering despite starting my dream speciality recently.

I believe for the reason that you are unable to start on time, yes. I may be wrong. But you don't meet the qualifications without a license.

Sounds like most women that were in my nursing class. Most ranged from 25 to 40ish. Don't let your strengths hold you back- go for it!

Frankly for your first year of nursing it is your benefit to get a residency. I don'r recommend trying to get pregnant until after securing your first job and getting past your probation period. So hopefully you can get a job right away. Wait a few months and then start trying.

It is great you called email. But do you know who the managers are for those units? Can you get their emails and just send them an email? Or go in person and just drop off your resume there on those units. I did this when looking for jobs, sometimes it is seen as too bold, sometimes it got me an interview. I also called the hospital's operator after business hours and asked "Can I please be transferred to the phone of the manager of ______ unit." And I would leave a quick message with my name and number and stating I was applying to their unit.

I totally get that. I am nights too, and right now I hate it. But I also do not want to work days on my unit. I had a friend that went straight to clinic as an RN. She loves it. It works for family life for her, which is the thing she values most. Alot of people switch to clinics in my area after they get their residencies over with. Clinics are a great option.

I totally get how you feel. I am right there with you. Alot of people feel this way for one reason or another the first year in a job. I feel this way due to working on a floor with a patient population I am not really passionate about and because of feeling bullied by one coworker. Are you interested in a speciality? I am TRYING to focus my energy on getting into that area. Like joining the nursing association for it, and doing extra education in that area and updating my resume. I am also looking into who I need to reach out into that area at the hospital I work at and plan on getting into contact with them soon. I am putting the energy that way to gear up for applying and hopefully transferring there shortly after my year mark. My point is do you see your mental health improving if you were on a different unit there? Can you last a year there? If you can it really helps your future and prevents you looking like a job hopper. If the answer is no, then you need to think of yourself and talk with your manager if different shifts would help or if you need to quit. However quitting should be a last resort before looking into all other options. But you still need to take care of yourself.

Yes you can apply for the different tribes. Look up washington state tribes. Then go to their websites job postings and see if they have anything. Alot are related to chemical dependency.

There are many residencies in the Seattle area, including the ones you named. Also look at Overlake, Providence, Virginia Mason and Seattle Children's. IF you google WSNA you can look at that website for varies contracts of Seattle area hospitals that use WSNA (Washington state nurses association) as their union. Most list their pay scales for each hospital.

As a nurse that had to switch jobs after 5 months, I highly recommend you stick it out for a year. I had to leave a med surg floor due to low hours and needing better income so I could afford childcare. I switched to a med sur/ psych floor. I love my coworkers but honestly I feel so behind on my nursing skills. After I get in my year at my current employer I plan on transferring internally other to labor and delivery (where I feel passionate about) or to a more acute med surg floor to gain experience and skills in areas I feel I am lacking and need to gain confidence in. So from my personal experience, you should stick it out a year to help yourself in the long haul. It looks better on the resume and you are getting great experience. You are already half way done with a year. See if you can switch to nights since you said you like nights. And then at a year mark apply elsewhere internally.

So I have 7 years healthcare experience before I became a nurse. All the hospitals in my area have contracts and none recognize previous experience other than lpns they give .5 years experience for every year worked. So if you worked as an lpn for 2 years that gives you 1 year base pay. It really sucks that people that have no work experience in healthcare get paid as much as I did starting out.

So I do not care for children. But after I had my kids things hit me way harder. Can't watch a lot of shows or movies anymore. Everything is a lot more real as a parent. So from the parent aspect I totally get it.

I graduated last year too as an RN. Frankly changing jobs this much is not the best thing to do. You are limited in options as a LPN for jobs. My advice is you need to stay with a job while you finish your RN. LTCs are brutal and not the best environments but they get you the experience. Change your outlook and look at it as a stepping stone job and stay at the next job while you complete RN. I personally am not a huge fan of the unit I am on. I have found changing my outlook and being more of a team player has made it more of a positive environment for me. I definitely plan on transferring after a year within the hospital system but for now I am making the best of the experience.

As a washington state nurse, I do not think the ammendment will last. I am actually not worried about it too much since nurses are too outrage to let it just happen. We have good unions at the hospitals here. However that being said I have many coworkers that work 60 hours a week due to high cost of living here. Those nurses are considering moving if the bill passes.

For a BP med and refusing VS, I would always page the MD. If you learn the MDs at your hospital do not want to address that issue on night shift, then refer to the charge.