I also started in med-surg and hated it. I learned that I don't want to return to that high acuity, bedside nurse environment again if I can help it. The nice thing is is that med-surg is only the...
Wow, I wish I would have found this post before I'd worked at a hospital. This sounds just like me in a nutshell! It's nice to hear my own thoughts being echoed and
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What a sweet story. That is rather strange though, that a hospice patient would have such a dietary restriction. But it's such a good example of breaching some (at times silly) rules that sometimes...
I'm not going to lie, but if the implication is that you have to start with bedside care as a new nurse--that's a little insulting tor me. I just left a med-surg job in which I lasted up the three...
I think it sorta depends on what exactly you said and how you felt. If you said a few positive things and she was explaining positive things, I wouldn't think you were doomed. If things go a step...
That must've been a bummer to have gotten yourself psyched up only to not have the interview. Good luck! I'm sure interviewing on a busy day would have really shaken your
I'm no expert in interviewing (being in only one formal interview myself), but I feel what you're saying. If I interpreted this correctly, you left a month or so after you were done with your...
@tinks599 - I have heard about going into research, and may be something I look into. But I can't imagine that's something offered to a graduate nurse. Outpatient oncology sounds interesting,...
I'm a new grad (I graduated last May) and I worked on a hospital floor for a mere three months before leaving because I was so overwhelmed with that type of environment that I just couldn't do it....
Thank you! These comments have been extremely helpful in where I want to revise this resume! I guess my one question is that there have been comments to delete the "summer jobs," but as my actual...
My story is that I was working on a med-surg unit for a few months, but I recently resigned because it was just too much for me to start with. I honestly tried to stick the job out, but I couldn't....