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Thank you all for you input and valuable experience. So its been 1 week and i meet all my teammate and things are going pretty good. We haven't done any work yet, but meeting to get the feel for everyone and the plan. As for salary I am getting compensate better than what i was making working 3 days 12 shift per week. I confirm with the hospital that i can work weekend in ICU to maintain my clinical skills :) A part of me is telling me that this would be a great experience to venture off into non-clinical nursing. It will give me a better understanding of educational nursing, administrative nursing... since i will be working with them very closely. One thing you pin point it out that i did not realize before was the autonomy of the position . I know have a saying in that the new system will be like and what will be best for nurses on the floor. One thing that concern me is Once the system goes life and all the staff been train on the new system and everything is running at a smooth pace, than what....what will happen to me, there is no longer an immediate need for me and i dough that the hospital will keep me around if there is nothing to do?! I am fairly young and Only had 2 year of nursing under my felt and i felt that I have accomplish a lot in the past two year and in fact i think i might have moves from one area to another TOO FAST! A co-worker told me that sometime its not a matter of how much you have done it how many years you have spent in that specialty. Moving from one area to another in such a short amount of time will not insure my future employer that i am well committed to the job. If i had to go back to bedside nursing i would go back to ICU in a heart beat, but i feel that i have only have littler over a year of ICU nursing for me to go back to bedside it would be hard to be hire as an ICU RN.... these are all my concern that i have been having for the last few weeks.

hi, i have been a rn for 2 years in my mids 20'. i have experience in medsurg, icu, and pacu. i'm currently an icu rn. just recently just been offer a position to be a nurse informatics (non-clinical). the hospital is willing to train me and match my current salary (minus inh) . this area of nurse in totally new to me and i'm very curious about it and what it may hold. i'm excited about this new opportunity, but i can not shake this feeling of uncertainty "if i am making the right decision". up until now i always thought that i would become a super icu rn and obtain my master in a nursing. but i have no interested in any of the msn (educator, practitioner, ...) until i learned about informatics. negative: -work 5 days a week 8 hours a day. -salary base, no room to work extra money (this is a biggie for me, i have a lot of financial obligation to my parents) -away from bedside and critical thinking -bringing work home positive: -something new -my body no longer deteriorate (arthritis at 20' with lower back pain!) -less stress -possibly great opportunities in the future -combine my interest (technologies) with my passion (nursing) -i can see myself doing this into my 40' and 50' am i making the right decision?

Hi, I have been a RN for 2 years in my mids 20'. I have experience in Medsurg, ICU, and PACU. Just recently just been offer a position to be a Nurse Informatics (non-clinical). The hospital is willing to train me and match my current salary (minus INH) . This area of nurse in totally new to me and I'm very curious about it and what it may hold. I'm excited about this new opportunity, but I can not shake this feeling of uncertainty "if I am making the right decision". Up until now i always thought that I would become a Super ICU RN and obtain my master in a nursing. But I have no interested in any of the MSN (educator, practitioner, ...) until i learn about Informatics. Negative: -Work 5 days a week 8 hours a day. -Salary base, no room to work extra money (this is a biggie for me, i have a lot of financial obligation i have to my parents) -Away from bedside and critical thinking -Bringing work home Positive: -Something new -My body no longer deteriorate (arthritis at 20' with lower back pain!) -Less stress -Possibly great opportunities in the future -Combine my interest (technologies) with my passion (nursing) -I can see myself doing this into my 40' and 50' Am I making the right decision?

Hi, i'm an 8 weeks old nursing student and i need some input on how to handle a situation like this. I'm seeking knowledgeable answear. thank you A patient (22 yrs old) enter the hospital and tell you that she just found out her boyfriend have Hepatitis B and they been having unprotective sex for the last 3 of months. The boyfriend been under combination therapy for 2 years and the virus is no long active. Looking at her immunation record, you see that she have already recieved her 3 dosage of Hepatitis B immunization when she was 18. She feels fine and she doesn't have any illness. Patient said she is nervous that she might get Hepatitis B. What action and teaching should the nurst tell the patient?

i went to check out a private school and there requirement are the same (science class 2.5). ok, let say i do retake those class to raise my GPA and let say i did manage to bring it up to 2.5 will that even make me competive against other student? or will it only make me look pathetic that it took me 3 times to even get a 2.5 and i'm sure that the repititon of classes will go against me. i really don't know at this point...help me out

Hi guys i'm very discourage right now. i really want to be a nurse, but i'm in a situation that just make thing seem hopeless. i took all my Perquisite. my gpa for my science class are only 2.0 and most ADN program want at least 2.5. my mistake was not changing school to do my perquisite, where its easier. i just bite the bullet and tell my self i can do it, but i didn't. I have already recieved a Ds in anathomy, physiology and microbiology the first time i took it. the second time i took those class again i recieve B,B, &C. Averaging out all the grade i took the first time and the second time my science gpa grade doesn't add up to 2.5. i'm feeling very discourage and stupid. what other option do i have at this point. should i keep on retaking those class until my science gpa hit 2.5? info: im in california i need help!