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It has been over 6 years now since taken my boards, and yes thank goodness it is a very distant memory, or nightmare lol. And some day you will be able to say the same. Good Luck!

I am also new to night shift on pp/nursery and find myself really hating it, I started out on occassional work force orienting on days and absolutely loved it, I love ob and love the hospital, I accepted a 24 hour night shift position and am having a hard time adjusting. I don't know what to do, should I stick it out and hope it gets better, do I speak to my NM and go back to prn only on days/eves, I don't want to just quit, I just don't know what to do, what if they don't allow me to go back to prn. I also do pediatric homecare and was offered another case w/one month old esrd, maybe I should just stick to homecare, I would like to do both. Any advice please?

I have seen ob patients in the homecare setting as well as newborns and premature infants. I occas do heel sticks and a variety of other skilled visits, sometimes those patients are few and far and then other times plenty. The problem is that I took a HHA Supervisor position with one agency and only have time for a few hours of ped private duty. I am thinking about switching to another agency closer to home and maybe they can give me the ob patients, since they currently do not have a nurse for those patients and I do have experience in it. I want to give up my salary position, but am a little nervous going to per diem, afraid of not having enough hours. I think I will speak to HR today about possibly getting all of the ob patients, maybe that will satisfy my need. All the hospitals, lg and sm want years of ob exp., as well as NICU, I have tried in the past. Thanks for the advice!

I have been in homecare for approx one year now, but it has never been my true love/passion. I would love to go from homecare to ob, but no one around here (Massachusetts) will hire without experience. What should I do? Is it too late for me? Should I just give up?

I am interested and found an NP program at the same university I graduated from. The school has an Adult NP course. My question is if after going through the adult program can I practice as a Family NP or do I need special certification for that? Also how did everyone finance their graduate education? I already have 20,000 in student loans from undergrad, will they allow you to take additional loans? I currently work in HH and have private duty cases, some which are very easy and I think I will be able to work full-time and go to school maybe part-time. I am also wondering if I have enough experience. I am going on 2 years of experience some in OB, most in community nursing such as school nurse and HH. I seem to enjoy my autonomy in HH and mainly why I stay. I tried surgical floor, did not like at all, the 12hour nights were exhausting. I especially had a problem with how afraid nurses were with calling or paging an MD with issues, even if it was 6 in am. Anyway, I am truly interested in NP program, has always been my dream. I am a little worried about finances, paying for school and being able to pay my mortgage at same time. Thanks for any responses.

How would I do that? I did visit the web page and do not see any positions posted for NICU. The hospital is only about 45 minutes from my house. Do you know anything about pay etc. If they hire without experience, I guess it would benefit me to look further into it. Thanks for the info.

Anyone know of any NICU's hiring in Mass or RI? Women and Infants HR told me they are not hiring until June. I have been trying to get into this hospital for a year now and have had no luck. The HR department is awful to deal with. And the Boston hospital's seem to want NICU experience. I am about ready to give up on getting into any NICU for now. Any suggestions :thankya:

Well, my lower back was the problem at the time. But, since then I have lost 70lbs, starting working out, and went through therapy. I now know my limits, like when not to stretch across a patient's bed to get to an IV{something that I did during clinical rotations and almost cost me another year] I alraedy had a bad back to begin with, but the extra weight made it much worse. If I feel it tighten up on me now, I stretch it out. Loosing the weight via gastric bypass has been the best thing I have ever done for myself! I am 4 months out and still have some more to loose to get to my goal weight. But, I feel absolutely fantastic. I now can run 30 minutes on the treadmill and still have energy for the rest of the day. But, can I handle the floor? I guess I will just have to try it out and see what happens.

Thinking about taking a job on surgical floor, 7p-7a. Does anyone like this shift? How long does it take to get use to? Any problems on days off? Are the 12's harder to work? Thanks to all who reply

I have been a nurse for almost 2 years now. I have worked as a school nurse, did flu clinics, spent a short time on post partum[had to leave r/t health reasons] and now home health/private duty for past 8 months. I like home health and plan on keeping one of my private duty pediatric clients for a few hours/week. But, I need to make a change. First, prn private duty pays well, but, no benefits and very unpredictable with hours. Second, would like more of a challenge and would love to actually have sick and vaccation time. I have been offered a position on a surgical unit 7a-7p, 3 12's. My first love is Maternity/NICU, but positions are very hard to come by and when openings exist, they are usually filled from within or want someone with tons of experience. Anyway, thought I would start on the surgical floor, gain some acute experience and wait to see if a position opens up on maternity and then go for it. I am a little nervous about going to a surgical floor, r/t all the horror stories told about med/surge. Also, not sure if it will be too much going back to nights and 12 hour shifts, since I have never worked a 12 hour shift in the hospital before. I am so confused about what to do. I also have the option of working OB in a community health center for three days a week, and keeping my private duty for the rest. I have been so undecided about this and don't want to make the wrong choice. Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

Sounds very interesting, Thanks for the info :)

The hours range from 8:10 to 2:30, or 8:40 to 3:00. I am not sure how they are going to pay yet. I'm hoping it is just for the months working, so I can get a better pay check. But, you do have to have a BSN in order to work for the school department. :)

Just start working in a public school, and loving it I met up with someone at a flu clinic who gave me the inside scoop on a position, you never know where you will meet a contact for a job, forget the help wanted :chuckle lol. Anyway, I also hope that this one sticks. Who knows maybe this is my niche Good Luck to All the New Grads :)

How did you complete your clinical rotations?

My question is to all the NP's and those with MSN's, did any of you achieve a degree through an online program? If so how was it? Did you find it difficult or easier than traditional class work? Which online program did you go with? How long after getting your BSN did you wait? Thanks in advance for any info :)