MililaniMom

Hi MalamaRn06, Just wondering why new grads should avoid Pali Momi? And Straub...to be ware of HPH? Sorry for my inquisitiveness....I used to work at Straub, not as a nurse, but as a therapist. I want to go back to school to get my RN and looking at either Straub or Pali Momi as a new grad in RN. I know HPH isn't the coolest of places with the nurses strike recently at Wilcox.. Aloha!

Thanks everyone! I am sorry if I offended anyone by calling the night/graveyard shift the "rotten shift". I should have picked a catchier title to elicit responses, eh? I used to be a night owl/vampire. In fact, one of the reasons I entertained choosing nursing as a career was because it offered nights. In my current career, it is only days. I learned to be an early bird after I had my son. Everything centers around him now. I will have to wait until he's away to college before I can work nights, that is....if I had a choice. It seems that it really depends on a lot of factors, after reading all the responses. Thanks to all of you! It really helps me out to learn everyone's experiences! I really loved the article/link mentioned above. Thank you Guerrierdelion! I laughed when I saw one nurse comparing herself to feeling like a cross between a vampire and a rooster! I won't ever forget that article. Very well written. Thanks again!

I have heard a lot of conflicting things from nurses and non-nurses regarding new graduate RNs and choices of shifts. The nurses tell me they had no trouble getting day shifts as a new grad. The non-nurses tell me most new grads end up on rotten graveyard shifts and night shifts and that you have no choice of day or night when you are new. I have only talked to two nurses about this. One is a recent new grad and the other is a 23 yr. veteran. The new grad used to work as an occupational therapy assistant, so perhaps that is why she got day shift (people knew her)? Can anyone else share their knowledge with me? I would like to go to nursing school to get my RN and I am doing research to see if it would fit in with my family life, as I have a 3 year old. Any suggestions/comments/responses would be greatly appreciated!