ktrn03

I sure hope my experience will be better than yours was too! The plan is for me to have around 8 weeks orientation before going to my regular shift on my own, which is to be 3 pm to 11 pm. How did you handle all of that at one time? Do you have any advice for time management or organization? I thought this would be a better way to transition back into the hospital than trying to do med-surg. I also interviewed for a Recovery position, but decided that I should wait until I am comfortable being back in the hospital before doing that. My hours for Recovery would be 12 noon till 11:00 pm. I don't think I would be comfortable trying to recover a patient at 10 or 11 pm without any other Recovery nurse there, so I went with the Assessment Center position. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks guys. I appreciate the vote of confidence. It's kind of scary thinking about returning to the hospital, but I think the position I took will help ease the transition. It's only an 8 hour shift too. Thanks again.

Hi, I'm new to allnurses.com. I am trying to find tips on transitioning from home health nursing back into the hospital setting. I have been unable to find anything on the web, so thought I would see if you guys have any advice or tips. I have accepted a job in the Assessment Center of the Admissions department at a local hospital. I am told that I will be completing admissions assessments and initiating care on direct admit patients as well as float to ER and the floors to do their admission assessments. I will be starting IVs, foleys, ordering labs, getting a bed for the patients, handling any stat orders. I thought this might be a good position to transition back into the hospital. As an RN I have been in home health for the last 3 years, worked 6 months in ICU as a new grad. Prior to that, worked prn as an LVN on weekends while completing RN courses. Has anyone worked in this type position? I am told this is a fairly new concept and have not been able to find any info on the web about this either. Any advice on transitioning back into the hospital would be appreciated.