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Also dug through the paperwork that I was given and sure enough there is a schedule that I have to sign after orientation stating "I agree to work as a charge nurse on the following days" etc etc etc so it definitely is not a mistake that they hired me as one

So a little background first. I graduated with a BSN in May of 2018 and passed the NCLEX-RN in late July. I also have recently moved the Philadelphia and it is near impossible to find a job as a new grad. I applied to probably 100 jobs and got very few responses. Nearly every job I applied to turned me down because I did not have a minimum of one year of RN experience. I finally got hired as an RN in a nursing home and the facility was really nice. Patients seemed happy, staff seemed happy and it seemed like a pretty good place to start my career. They offered me a position working 7p-7a and I accepted. I had two days of classroom orientation and then get 5 days of orientation with a preceptor on the floor. I was a little skeptical about the short orientation but thought that I could handle it. There are about 24-60 patients on each floor. I was under the impression that there were 2 RNs on every floor and the patient loads were split up that way. However I have come to realize that there is 1 RN and 1 LPN and a few CNAs. I worked my second orientation shift last night and my preceptor was asking me about charge nurse stuff and asking how I was feeling about it. That was when I realized they hired me as a charge nurse. Nobody even told me that that is what I was hired as. So far the patient load and meds/treatents is totally doable but I dont know if I can safely be responsible for my patients as well as responsible for what everyone else is doing on the floor. Just feeling really defeated at the moment because I have been job searching for months and FINALLY get an offer but I truly don't feel like the risk to my license is worth it. Maybe I am wrong but I do not think it is safe for a new grad to work as a charge nurse. Any thoughts/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I'm just hearing horror stories of it taking til August to get an ATT. Hopefully that doesn't happen.

So I graduated nursing school on May 20th, 2018 from a school in Illinois and have since moved to Philadelphia and plan on working as an RN here once I pass my boards. The problem seems to be with the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing. I have had everything submitted into my application for some time now and my transcripts were sent on May 30th.I have contacted my schools nursing office and they confirmed that the transcripts were delivered to Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing. I also registered with Pearson Vue on May 8th to take the NCLEX-RN. Since June 1st I have contacted the State Board of Nursing 3 times and (after being on hold for a minimum of 1 hour) each time they tell me 2-3 weeks to process the transcripts and that I should have my ATT at "Any time". I plan on calling them tomorrow again because I feel like I am just aimlessly studying because I have no idea when I will be taking the NCLEX-RN. Has anyone else had similar experiences in regards to becoming an RN in PA or have any ideas how to speed up the process? I am just getting really frustrated and want to start working. Thanks for any help.