ren406

I'm a new grad in the NICU and I've been there for about 3 months. I absolutely love my job and couldn't think of a better place that I could work. I'm having the normal problems most new grads have in the NICU, like time management, etc. My main problem is that I get so incredibly bored when I'm not at work (I work 3 12's a week). I'm a single woman with no children, I'm working nights so most people are sleeping when I'm awake, and nursing school took up so much of my time the past 2 years that I've completely forgotten what I like to do as hobbies. I was just curious as to what other new grads or veteran nurses do with their free time. Thanks :)

Wren, Were you straight out of school when you were hired?

I am a new nurse who has been working for about 3 months. I plan on getting at least a year of experience in the hospital, but I really want to move on to some kind of case management or basically any job a nurse does at an insurance company. Lately I've been trying to decide whether I should go back to school in the fall to get either an additional degree or my masters in some business/finance area to get into an office type job. My question is, with around a year of experience in the NICU, will I stand a chance at getting one of these jobs or will I need additional requirements due to my lack of experience in diverse settings?

If you need your BSN or not is completely based on where you plan to work after graduation. I have my BSN, and the hospital I am working at is moving towards magnet status (60% of nurses have to be bsn). They are asking new graduate RNs to go back to school to get their BSN and the only reason I got my job (NICU) is because I had my BSN. They are still hiring ADNs, but you might get asked to go back to school. BSNs don't get paid anymore than the ADNs though.