phassy21

Hey everyone! I’ve been a nurse for about a year and a half now. I started my nursing career on a very large level 1 trauma centers cardiac stepdown unit and now I work in a different level 1 trauma centers CVICU that I moved closer to home to work at. Lately, I have been really anxious about going back to school. During my undergrad I was not a great student and finished with about a 3.2 GPA and didn’t form strong relationships with many of my professors (I was having issues in my personal life for a majority of college, but once those resolved, I ended up getting a 4.0 my senior year). I have been on my current unit about 5 months and feel like I haven’t made much of an impression on people. I feel like I have picked up on things fairly quickly for being new to a CVICU and never even having ICU clinical experience in college, but I work with so many smart, impressive people I begin to feel bad about myself because I’m not on “their level”. I know I can’t expect myself to be on their level of knowledge this quickly, but it can be discouraging. When I first started here I never picked up extra because I was anxious the entire time I was at work since I knew absolutely nothing and didn’t feel like I’d be much of an asset picking up extra. Now that I’ve started to take some devices and learn how to be an ICU nurse, I feel more comfortable to pick up, however, I just started some prerequisite classes so I won’t have much time. I am just concerned I won’t be able to get great references for grad school because I’m not doing a lot of extra things that impress management enough to write letters of recommendation. I am also hoping to travel in about a year from now to pay off my undergrad debt before returning, so I feel like I’m running out of time to leave a good impression. I reached out to manager recently to ask about extra education opportunities and if there were any committees I could join but lately our management has had to be in staffing so she hasn’t had time to respond yet. Any advice would be appreciated!!

Thank you for your response. I definitely understand that grass is not always greener, but I did my preceptorship at the hospital I received the offer from and know many people working there so I definitely have a general idea of how things go there. Plus I worked in a hospital setting 2 years prior to nursing so I get that it’s not absolute perfection anywhere! I could definitely manage my current job if I weren’t so lonely outside of work. I appreciate your input ?

Hey guys! So I’m currently working at a prestigious hospital on a cardiac Stepdown unit, but I’m not happy whatsoever and I recently got a job offer at another well known, teaching hospital in a CVICU (which is my goal unit). Long story short, I moved 600 miles away for my current job and I knew no one here prior to moving leaving my boyfriend and family behind. There have been a lot of things that my current job does that are extremely unsafe, such as, short staffing and floating us to units we have no business working. 5 months after starting I was floated to burn and the ED when I have only been trained for cardiac stepdown. On top of that, they require mandatory overtime. I am always exhausted, always stressed, and very lonely. My boyfriend lives back where I am from so he encouraged me to apply to the hospital there because it has an amazing reputation to work for and I’d at least be close to friends and family. I was offered a CVICU position within a week of applying and I’ll start in April if I accept the job, so I will have worked at my current job for 9 months before leaving. All of my managers have been supportive and expressed that they would be references for me in the future. I am just needing reassurance that leaving this soon won’t ruin my future chances at grad school. I do plan on staying at this CVICU for minimum 2 years and getting my CCRN before I apply to school so I’m hoping that helps my chances. Any advice would be appreciated.

Oh, thank goodness! One of the biggest reasons I am leaving is because of the Winter weather...it's miserable! I will be moving sometime in July. I start July 20th, so hopefully I can move down in the beginning of July to get settled in and explore a little bit!

I am from the Cedar Rapids area! Do you love living in Tennessee? I have been there many times, and I have loved it, but I understand living there can be a lot different so I am super nervous! Congratulations on getting a NICU position :)

I am from Iowa, so I will be new, also! I cannot wait to meet you guys ?

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Just wanted to share that I received an offer for the Adult Cardiac track today!! Good luck to all! ?

Just wanted to share that I received an offer for the Adult Cardiac track today!! Good luck to all! ?

Hey guys! Thanks for creating this page. I just had my Adult Cardiac interview last Thursday and they said they would start extending offers tomorrow...I am so nervous! ?