emergencyRN757

Hello everyone! I am an ER RN..I have been in the ER for 3 years...and I need a change. I am interested in health/wellness and educating the community about such. The only cross between nursing and health/wellness that I have found is a diabetes nurse educator. Are there any other options? I don't want to go and get a whole new degree. I currently have my RN diploma...and am looking into going back for my bachelor's. I just don't know where to go...and actually if I should maybe get a BS in Health Studies instead?? I don't know! Very confused...if anyone has any advice for me..I truly would appreciate it!

So, maybe some of you read my last thread about being a miserable new grad in med-surg. I live in the Hampton Roads area- Norfolk, Chesapeake, Va Beach, Hampton area in Virginia...... what other positions could I apply for if I do decide to leave med-surg. I am interested in the ER, PACU, and OSDU....I am definitely not a "bedside nurse" I know that for sure. I'm also interested in working at a clinic, but.....I don't think there's really a need for RN's in the clinic setting. Basically, my question is....in general, how much med-surg experience do you need to be considered for jobs in the ER, PACU, OSDU (outpt surgical unit), and clinics? Thank you!!!:wink2:

Thanks! That sounds like a good idea..... Sometimes I let my emotions make my decisions....going PRN to see if I like it sounds like a great idea. They do tell me it gets better....just wish it was "better" already.

I just graduated in December- It's been about a month that I have been off orientation, and I feel miserable. Even the thought of going to work makes me depressed. I am currently on a med-surg unit. Before I became a nurse I worked in an emergency room at a different hospital as an ER tech. However, I wanted to start off in med-surg before going to the ER....and now I'm miserable! What makes it so miserable? I feel soooo stupid at times when nurses ask me questions during report...and I don't have an answer. I have to tell them, I apologize, I didn't do that. Some get all mad, and tell me to do it before I leave....and it's already late as it is. The charge nurses keep pressuring me to leave "on time" (supposed to get off at 7pm and leave by at the latest 730) but I never do! I haven't gotten the time mgmt down, usually I'm running around all day that sometimes I just can't get my charting in until late. When I was hired, the charge nurses explained to me that I would have someone I could use as resource, but usually that nurse is too busy to help me, or we are so understaffed, that I don't even have a resource person. Those are the main reasons why....but mostly because I just feel so, inadequate. I'm tired of saying sorry...I'm tired of looking like the lost little puppy crying for help... I usually have six patients...and some days the entire group is just....difficult. I'm great doing skills from my experience in the ER, but I really haven't developed my critical thinking skills yet! It's not that I don't want to, I do. It just seems so busy at times that I just can't sit down and think everything out. One day I just broke down to the charge nurse b/c I was drowning with things that needed to get done..... I'm really thinking about going back "home" to the ER as an RN...I know everyone there, and I KNOW people won't treat me like they do on this floor. Just a couple of questions? Do you guys think this would be a good idea? And what can I do...until I do leave to maybe, hopefully, get rid of this feeling of "misery"? And are there any resources that I can read/use/practice to develop my critical thinking skills? Thanks so much!!!:)