RNneedingachange

Hi everyone, I'm a BSN nurse with almost 5 years experience. I've done a year and half of bedside med/surg and the rest as an OR circulator. I love the OR and couldn't imagine doing anything else in patient care, but I'm starting to grow restless and want to learn something new. I've thought about getting away from direct patient care and I like the idea of informatics. I'm a super user at my facility, and help with preference card changes. I know it's not much, and I have zero IT or computer science experience. I was thinking about applying to an MSN informatics program, but I'm honestly not exactly sure what the courses are like or if I'd feel totally lost. What's a typical day look like for someone in this role?

It's at an established mental health facility here. I don't want to say the exact name right now and have them read this :) But, it's not attached to a hospital with other pedi floors. They just specialize in mental health and have inpatient and outpatient for children as well as adults and detox. My gut says to go with the Med-Surg but I'd have to move 2 hours away to take one of those offers. The hospital is a well-known teaching facility though. I'd just hate to move to a smaller town to do Med-Surg and end up feeling like I made the wrong choice.

So you would recommend not doing the psych first?

Hi everyone, I'm a new grad living in Dallas and have several offers on the table. While I'm thankful, I'm having trouble deciding which to take. None of them are in the areas I really want to work in. Mostly adult Med-Surg. My passion is in peds. I really don't have an interest in general Med-Surg. The closest offer I have is a child/adolescent psych position at a mental health facility. It's not a major hospital. My question is - would taking this job give me a little extra experience to hopefully land a peds job elsewhere? I am interested in psych. I loved my psych clinical. However, I don't know that I want to do it forever. I'd really love to work at a peds orthopedic hospital here locally, which is my dream job, essentially. Although I'd love to work in peds in any capacity. Since psych is different, would taking this offer help me or hurt me in the longrun? Does anyone have experience working in pediatric psych? What is it truly like? I've read a few threads but see mixed feelings. I hope that as you read my question, you'll understand that I'm not trying to be too picky, but I want to make the best decision and gain the right kind of experience for my ultimate goal of working in a peds hospital. Thanks in advance for any suggestions and advice!

I already took it once before. I felt good when I left but then I started looking up things that I had questions about and began to freak out because I was missing a bunch. Anyway, this morning I checked again, and the PVT now says this: Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. Another registration cannot be made at this time. So, based on what others have said, this means I likely passed after all??

Hey guys, I took it today and tried the trick as well. Instead of getting the message that most of you have been getting that says "our records indicate that you have already scheduled this exam....", I'm getting something slightly different that says "The candidate currently has test results that are on hold. A new registration cannot be created at this time." Does that mean the same thing, or no? Mine shut off at 75 questions and I am NOT feeling good about it.

Did you move to Portland or were you already there? I'm worried about not knowing anyone and having an even tougher time finding something.

Thanks for the feedback. What about working in mental health? I'm finding that I really enjoy that more anyway. Are there many facilities up there in the city that work with mental health?

Hi everyone! I'm also looking to move to Portland in a year. I live in Texas right now, and I will finish my ADN program at that time and want to get licensed in Oregon. What are the chances that I will have ANY luck finding a job? I'll start an RN to BSN online program, but won't have it for another year. Is there anything I can do? I've been trying like crazy to get a tech position where I am now but am not having any luck. I really want to be in Portland and get out of Texas. Help!

Did anyone catch the start time for the orientation next Tuesday? I guess I didn't write it down and can't get in touch with the office.