HurricaneRN

So how did you end the semester? Did you pass the final?

Hello! Well the title pretty much says it all, what do you all think about quitting an RN job to fully concentrate on FNP schooling? I am halfway through and start clinicals next semester and I have 3 little kids at home (5, 3, 2 months). Right now my life is crazy and I've been working only 2 days a week! I am working in a specialty that I'm pretty sure I DON't want to work at when I graduate (OR) so I'm wondering how it looks on a new grad FNP resume to have a 1 1/2 year gap in employment. I am per diem and I still have to take call, which is why I am considering quitting all together...call blows! My husbands job has benefits and we can survive on his salary for the next couple years but I don't want to shoot myself in the foot and quit if it will negatively reflect on me when I start applying. I live in the south east and the market is tight, but not impossible for NP's. Thanks!

Thanks for the above replies! I did apply again and I hope to get the job! EmergencyNrse-Why the attitude?? I have done extensive research on being a nurse in the OR, and I am a member of AORN (although since I just moved to the area, I have not attended a meeting because they are not meeting for the summer). I don't know anybody at this hospital, and I have tried calling the nurse recruiter, but she does not return phone calls. I also tried calling the nurse manager but she also did not return my calls. I am well aware the people "don't just fall into their dream jobs," but I don't think there is anything more I can do. Any other suggestions? :)

At my hospital in South Florida, I am positive I got my job only because I have a BSN. They are looking to get magnet status and most of the nurses there graduated from a community college, so to get someone who already has a BSN helps their ratings. I was told that there were many people who applied to my position, but that my BSN was desirable. And I was out of the bedside for a couple years. There will always be the debate of: which is better BSN or ADN, but many employers want a higher degree. It looks better on their hospital records to have a high number of bachlor prepared nurses.

Hello! Is there a required time that you should wait before applying for the same job at a hospital? I applied for an OR job at a nearby hospital in March and didn't get it. I accepted a tele job at another hospital, waaayyyy far away (about 40 min drive) and I have been there for almost 2 months. But I see that the first hospital has another OR job opening now and I was wondering if they would even look at my application, seeing I just applied for another OR position there a couple months ago. I'm wondering if I should wait a couple more months before applying again. What do you think? :) Thanks!

I know that there are 2 community colleges near me that offer critical care courses for RN's, they are 1-2 semesters long and include classroom time and clinical time. They also offer peri-Op courses, which are 2 semesters. First is classroom and the second is all clinical. Thats a great place to learn some skills. Have you checked your local CC's?

ahhhh, I see according to your screenname, you are RNTOBE.....I think that says it all. There is no "breaks" because you are pregnant, if you can't do your job, then quit. No one should be watching TV on the job except on scheduled breaks. And why is it offensive if could be a racial situation? We aren't there to be witnesses, so it could very well be a racist CNA. I know I have worked with some racist people, white and black. And people with racist attitudes are very very difficult to work with, especially if you are the one they are racist against! The OP may have used a poor choice of words, but that doesn't mean she is in the wrong. And I prefer my RN's to "play perfect," and you should too.

This is maybe why new grads should not start out in the ED. This is a problem not specific to your specialty, its happening everywhere. Why is working 1 year on the floor so repulsive to people?!? sheesh! It helps to hone your nursing skills so that you wont be sooo slow when you pick your specialty. No one is asking you to spend your entire career in med-surg, but a little time (even a couple months) will go a long way in preparing you in your nursing career. New grads are just so disgusted with the thought of spending any time on the floor! News flash: if you can survive a year on the floor, you can survive any specialty! :) I love my floor nurses!

I gave birth in Istanbul, while I was a missionary overseas. The hospital was incredible, and much nicer than any of the hospitals I've worked in the states! But the hospital was an international one, that specifically catered to internatonal patients, so it wasn't a community hospital. I had my choice of going to Istanbul, Dubai or Thailand for my delivery. Thailand is supposed to have some of the best healthcare in the world! AND they have a great sense of hospitality, the nurses bathe the patient in jasime water after giving birth and then give massages! You can't beat that!

Thanks for the answers! I think the PICC team sounds like fun....

Hello! I am having a dilemma and would like some input: I am an RN with a background in telemetry. I just accepted a new job in south florida for another tele job. I would really like to get out of bedside nursing; the stress, the families, they are putting me over the edge! But I LOVE the hours and flexibility of bedside nursing! I like working every other weekend (less childcare issues) and I like only working 3 12-hour shifts/week with the option of dropping down to per diem. And down here in Florida floor nurses can sign up for Snowbird Season shifts and only work oct-january. I like the thought of working in the OR, endo, wound care, cath lab, pacu, CM etc. But most of them are 9-5 m-f, with call on the weekends. Are there any other non-bedside positions with bedside hours/flexibility? Thanks!

Just try to enjoy the friends you have and get a good education. Thats what you are there to do. People try to just survive nursing school and sometimes they cant appear to be mean and snotty, but in reality they are probably just stressed and scared. There will always be cliques wherever you go. Even for us non-minority people :)

Has anyone done a CNL program after already being an RN (not a direct entry program)? I dont want to be an NP and can't see myself doing education or management and I like the thought of being near the bedside, but not being the bedside nurse. Any thoughts? :redpinkhe

There are a lot of patients I could probably "fake it till ya make it" with.....but if you put me in a room with a renal patient hooked up to a dialysis machine my heart would probably stop beating. That big machine would give me a run for my money!! lol. I guess thats why they have orientations...

Hello! I posted this also on the OR forum, but wanted to if anyone else has had an experience with CC training courses. Has anyone ever taken a peri-Op course offered by a community college? I can't find an OR job right now, and I would like to do something rather than wait for a job to open up. The course is 2 semesters long. The first is lecture and the second semester is lecture plus clinical at a local hospital (students are in charge of finding their own clinical spots). Its Peri-Op101 certified, which is the curriculum local hospitals use. I just dont know if its worth it. I also dont know if a hospital will make me sign a 2 year contract after I took a year of OR classes! I dont know. What do you think?