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I was a new grad in May and got my first job in a SNU at a regional hospital that has an Acute rehab unit on the other side of the hall. At first I was apprehensive about getting "stuck" in skilled nursing but that eneded up not being the case at all. We get pulled to the med surg floor all the time, and currently I pick shifts up in the ARU. I guess what Im trying to say is Im getting tons of experience being as Im in a hospital than what Id be getting if I was in a NH. Also, where Im from Hospitals do not honor NHs as Med Surg experience but the work I do on my SNU counts as med surg since it's in a hospital, something to think about if you ever want to advance to ER, ICU ect...

Where I delivered that was the protocol. Hence why when I had my first two I didn't get an epidural until the last minute literally without any time to Cath me, and my third without anything. That's right, I chose a natural labor just so I wouldn't get a piece of plastic shoved in my meatus :) they freak me out!

We have 2 nursing schools in my area, one a ADN the other a BSN. The ADN program is harder to get in to, has a tougher grading scale, more clinical time, and a better pass rate on the state boards. People that don't get in to the ADN program or pass it, then take a crack at the BSN. I've heard multiple nurse managers state that they would rather hire an ADN from our school than the BSN from the other. I've never had an issue with my "lesser" degree because my school has an awesome reputation, and that mirrors the truth that sometimes it's not what you know but who you know when it comes to getting a job. And my schools name on my resume is a great "referral".