SoonerRN2009

Take pod of PTs yes but I work in ICU on the floor no that would be a "disgrace" to them and actually the hospital I work at you can't work below your level of education so you can have 20 pts on a floor 6 nurses doing total care instead of making it easier and if they are short a tech having 5 nurses and a nurses work as a tech. Though when I was in school the hospital I worked at would allow nurses to act as tech if needed, which I believe is only right and it provides for care the its deserve. and as far as manager taking a pod of pts are you crazy lol once they become manager they are never to be seen in scrubs again! or at least thats what they think they will let their unit go under before they help on the floor or I should say most managers I have seen thats how they are.

Don't do it as a new grad. There is not a hospital that I know of that will take you without doing an internship first which you actually do need as a new grad and will learn to appreciate. Be choosey when applying I did not have trouble when I moved here but I had over a year of experience already which isn't much but helps. I have heard of a few new people I work with say they applied to well over 50-100 positions before they ever got called...the Dallas area is defiantly not an easy place as a new grad to land a job without have already been accepted by the hospital before graduation.

As a male nurse...HELL NO:)