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Wow Guys!! Thanks! so overwhelmed right now !I start in a week. Wish me luck!!

Thanks Haji, CCRN? wow! i though you have to have at least 2 years of critical care before you can even look at that... Got the EKG thing and ACLS algos going...it just seems like so much, but I gotta start somewhere!!:anpom: Thanks Again!!

i did it! i got a transfer to our hospitals ccu from a med/surg floor. i start in a few weeks;. i am really nervous. i have been an rn for 3 years, so not new to the hospital....i should not feel this anxious, but i am. there is so much to learn. question: if you heard that a new nurse would be transferring to your department ( ccu nurses), what would you expect of him/her? how would you perceive her? (if that makes any sense). what should i already know or try to know pertaining cardiac stuff? i'm desperately looking for that "if i knew then what i know now" advice from former med surg to ccu nurse. thanks!!:)

Hi ghettogenius2010, I see you had written this a while back, hope you have a job by now, if not : Creighton University medical center is hiring. The med surg floor are pretty desperate at this time. A lot of nurse have left. They also have a new grad program as well. Go to indeed.com and you can browse around and see what you can get. A word of warning though: be prepared to be over worked, underpaid and under appreciated. Just get your foot in the door, get some experience and look for another place. Good luck

Dear Renee1126, I was in your position a few years ago. After graduation, I married a military man and was shipped off immediately overseas for 2 years. I did not work. Coming back, I had a hell of a time getting employers to take me seriously. Here was a new grad who had done "nothing" (according to them) for two years. This was also at the very beginning of the economical crisis, but I was still lucky to get a slot at a small hospital in a less desirable 'specialty". When I left the country in 2006, at that time all you had to be was a live RN in good standing..now they want a BSN, certifications in this and that and lots of experience...RELEVANT in the area/specialty in which you are applying!! If I were you I would enroll in a BSN or Masters program on line. School is always a good reason to not work. Then use that excuse when you come back and job hunt. Hopefully the economy will have improved by then. My advice, if you really care about your career, stay if you can. If you do go, when you come back just keep in mind that you will not be competing against the average new grad..but vicious, frustrated new grads, some who have been job hunting since 2008 who are ready and willing to do anything for a job, and other experienced nurses who have been doing all and everything to improve their chances of getting hired...while you are in Italy. Good luck, I hope you make the right choice. This is just my 2 cents.

Cb RN you are so funny!!! " glad that nursing degree was good for something..." LOL!!!

I hear you. I have always wanted to do ER. Just like you, Iwas advised to do med surg type stuff for a year. Acute rehab was the only position open at the time, took it, (again as advised) -that it is a nice slow learning environment, excellent for a new grad. Boy was I wrong!!! Now,two years later, not even med surg will take me

Relax. Deep breathing, lots of h20. This is very normal for a new RN. You JUST finished orientation, give yourself a break. You will feel like this for the next 6 months to two years. Just take it one day at a time.

Go ahead and apply. It may be a while before you get a job. At the same time apply for the license as well (get a compact license that way you get the job that opens up first. Worked for me.

:):) Hi!!! Thanks for reply. I will PM you :):):)

Woooo HOOOOOO! See!! It almost always works out in the end! Good luck on your new Job!!!!

Dear Joyfulone84, When I read your post, I felt an obligation to anwer/help/advice you as this (child care issue) has been the main reason why I have not worked in certain places or accepted certain jobs that I would have loved in the past. It haunts all nurses with children at some point in their careers. Its a sacrifice working moms must make. What makes me appreciate this predicament more that others is the fact that we are both military-you know what that means, moving, not knowing anyone, no family support as you are in a new place...I totally feel yah! Enough of that...now for solutions!! 1. Can you talk to your boss and explain you position and see if she can work orientation around your schedule? (assuming you are 100% sure the job is yours) 2. Ask around at the militarily base. Which day care do you use?, military? those waiting lists can be long. I have found that some of those care givers do their own private baby sitting on the side. talk, ask around 3. Does the hospital offer some kind of child care for their employees? 4.Bring your kid over and I will help baby sit...just for a week right? :-) 5. Call family support center. They may have some ideas. You may be surprised by how many people were/have been in your situation Good luck, take the job!!!! It almost always works out in the end. PM me if needed.

Caliotter3, thank you for taking the time to reply. Hubby is in the Military. Being gone/deployment is part of it. Even if I go with him, I won't be "with him". How is the job market in Nebraska? My fear is to go to a place with no job, no family, no friends....and a deployed husband!

Anyone out here? Anyone....

Hi nurses I have been looking for a job in ca for almost 7 months now...and I'm not a new grad!!! Was looking for a more challenging area of nursing, for career advancment. So in comes the " blessing in disguise". My husband who I'd military Is to be stationed in Nebraska this summer. From ca to Nebraska , what a move!!! Should I do it? For thoes who work in ca they would appreciate the kind of sacrifice I would be making . From the pay to patient rn ratio, to recreation and weather... Any thoughts/ opinions on what I should do? I have the option to stay in ca while he goes on his own. Anyone ever made such a move? If so , any regrets?

I would suggest Iv therapy. If its a slower more relaxed place you are looking for, both options will provide it. However I must warn that acute rehab even if the patients are not critical or high acuity, its a different kind of stress; a lot of physical, tedious labor, that will eventually get to you, not to mention the tremendous amount of paper work!

Wow! I can't believe someone actually did that! Just a hunch.....I think he/she/(it )may not make it through nursing school anyway, and if somehow they do...they will quit/fired within the first few months on the job.

BSN replaces the one year required?! haha! Those agency recruiters (who are not nurses by the way) will say anything you want to hear to get you to sign up. That's just a "sale" to them, when you get to the facilities they will send you to...you are on your own. Do not do it.

wait...didn't you just post about being fired?!?

I agree with caliotter3, You 1st mistake was to mention your other job...its like telling them "look here i'm valuable and i got a job already so you better hurry up and kiss my a** and hire me asap or i'll go somewhere else" comes of as arrogant, even though i'm sure that was not your intention. The tides have changed, they are no longer held "hostage" by a nursing shortage; back in the day you could say stuff like that and get away with it. Don't take this the wrong way..just my two cents.

Crap! I'm so sorry!!! I feel terrible for you. I too remember reading your posts; how frustrating your job hunt was and how you decided to expand your search to out of state hospitals and how exited you were to land your 1st jOb! I don't know what to say... I am shocked! Just pick yourself up , go back and demand to talk to manager....demand to be transferred or re hired to med surge or whatever they think is your "fit" In the mean time, start applying for other jobs...there must be something...clinic LTC...something. Don't give up!!!

OP, I'm sorry this happened to you. You should have "sensed' that there was something wrong when you are asked to see a patient that’s not even admitted in the hospital!! But then again I remember how it feels to be a new grad, grateful to have a job, anxious and exited; and on top of that a new employee jitters. You tend to have no "backbone" for lack of a better term, and do as you are told. trying to fit in. I bet you were thinking its you charge nurse telling you this, an experienced RN and you assume its ok because its coming from a charge nurse, who has worked there longer then you. All you can do at this point is learn from this. Always think of yourself first, protect yours elf first, because no one will do it for you. I've heard stories of MD changing orders in charts to make the nurses look bad when the "feaces hit the fan!!" ((Hugs)), you have not lost your job, just be more careful next time, and don't be afraid to question or say no to something that doesn't "seem" right. That gut feeling...all nurses have it, even new grads! You just need to pay attention to it.

then get your RN...

Hi i don't think I have advice but I am in the same boat...sort of, with you. I have actually enrolled myself in a local class near where I live,. I payed about $145 for first time certification. I downloaded the study material from their website, and let me tell you it not easy. You really need to study. I would recommend understanding basic EKG and cardiac physiology before moving on to the harder stuff (algorithms and drugs). Good luck. Looking forward to reading other responses.