HarmlessDonut

This helped me a ton thank you! I feel like i'd be better suited to the ER, i'm the opposite of OCD and really think i'd love the excitement

I graduated May 2016 and was hired as a GN and have worked on a med surg floor since June. I was offered to transfer to the ICU, I'm shadowing a nurse on Monday to see if I like it. I was also just emailed by another hospital in our system to come in for an interview in their ER. I do not have my bachelors (currently enrolled RN-BSN) and do not have any critical care experience. I feel solid on my MedSurg floor and confident in myself to care for up to 7 patients at a time. I am going to do the interview Friday for the ER and shadow in the ICU and see how it goes from there but I need advice. My ultimate goal is travel nursing. The Nursing Director is a former medsurg nurse and she is confident that I can bring something to the table in the ER, but I'm not so sure. It is a trauma center in Chester PA, right outside of Philly. It is a very busy, crazy and diverse ER. Please offer any wisdom or advice you can. Thank you!

New RN med surg 9 months, have an interview for ICU transfer tomorrow. Would work in ICU another year for experience then apply to travel agencies. Currently work in a hospital right outside South Philly. Looking to buy a cheap vacation type home in the Pocono mountain area. Property taxes are cheap for the "tax home". I was thinking of commuting to my hospital (1 1/2 hour away) until I got an assignment then going prn at my hospital. While im traveling my husband and dog would come with me and he would put the house up on VRBO or airbnb to rent out per day or per week for vacation rentals. In between assignments we could live at the house. Is this a stupid idea? Would this ever work? Anyone have experience doing this?