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I'm not sure why I wasn't notified via email for the first 2 comments, but I did get a notification for the 3rd. I'm pretty nervous for the interview tomorrow, but at the same time kind of in a unique situation. Before when I was applying for jobs it was because I needed one, this time I have one, so going into the interview I'll hopefully be able to assess if the job appears to be a better fit than my current job, and not jump the gun if it doesn't seem right. I did make up a list of questions, and after thoroughly researching the company's website, I'm not 100% convinced the job itself will be that much different than what I do now (except better hours!) Thanks for your input, and if anyone else has anything to add please do :) Thanks again!!!

Hi all! I'll try to keep this short, I graduated my RN program in March, passed NCLEX less than a month later, and started applying for jobs. My area is SUPER competitive for nursing jobs (and our local hospital just laid off a bunch of nurses ). Back in April I applied for a ton of jobs, both online and in-person. Before getting my (only) interview and job offer, I was really crossing my fingers for one of two places I'd applied (due to reputation, location of facility, and staff), either at DP or SR. DP is where I got hired, originally for a VERY part time evening shift which later turned into (just barely) full time graveyard... and I got a call this morning from SR saying one of their (2?) nurses is resigning the end of December, and was wondering if I'm still interested... Here's my dilemma - At DP - I work a 3 on/3 off rotating graveyard schedule, equaling about 30hrs a week. I like the people I work with, but working NOC is hard with 2 kids (ages 16mo and almost 5yrs) - constantly flip-flopping my sleep schedule and all, and the job itself is not quite what I'd imagined a RN job to be. Since I work when most of my residents are asleep, I do a lot of the paperwork, and the majority of the med ordering for 100+/- residents. I do get to do one regular dressing change, and a med pass with treatments (inhalers/nebs, BG checks w/insulin, etc), but that's about the extent of it. At SR - My schedule would be M-F, 9am-5pm. Yay for being home with my family in the evenings and weekends! And yay for a normal sleep schedule! I do know SR is a retirement facility, but not much else about it (it does seem to be a nicer facility than most around here, but again, not quite sure what the differences would be) I did schedule an interview with the lady that called me from SR, which is set for Tues, 11/12 @ 1:30pm... but now I feel guilty for thinking about leaving (or at least going to on-call) at DP! When I had not-so-great luck getting my first job (I was REALLY HOPING for a skilled facility, but that didn't happen!), I decided getting a BSN sooner rather than later would be a good idea, so I started @ WGU October 1st. I guess I'm a bit conflicted as to if I should pursue the job at SR, given it has a much better schedule (not sure about the pay, yet) and more hours than my current job, or if I should just hang tight where I am now since I know the residents, like my co-workers, and would feel guilty leaving! Any advice would be greatly appreciated

I'm (kind of) in your boat, TXRN44. I graduated in March from my ADN program, have 2 little ones at home (4-1/2yrs and 1yr), a hubby, and a work fulltime graveyard as a RN at a local long-term care facility. I want to work in a hospital, but they won't even really look at your application until you are able to check at least one of these boxes saying you: have a BSN, 1+yr experience as a RN, and/or have ACLS... and at the point of my graduation in March I had none of those... "just an associates degree in nursing". I'm considering WGU right now, due to the fact you can go as fast as you want, and it's a flat fee for every 6mo as opposed to per credit. Then possibly on to my masters... maybe...

Hi all, I graduated this past March, took boards and got hired on in a local long-term care facility within a month of graduation. It's a great job to start out with, get comfortable with delegation and all, but it's not (entirely) where my heart is, especially because it's NOT a skilled facility. The skills are what was exciting to me, but not having any RN experience and no BSN meant no hiring me at the hospital (despite my many applications to hospitals, although I don't blame them). My end goal is to be a midwife, and now that I'm looking into school again, I've found I have 2 choices - either get a BSN (I've been looking into WGU), or to skip the BSN and do a bridge program from Frontier Nursing University (or something similar). Part of me just wants to jump on the opportunity to get my to my ultimate goal (midwife), but another part of me says it would be more beneficial to get a BSN first, as a good, solid stepping-stone, all the while gaining experience as an RN as I go. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Wanting to get going on something soon!

Slightly off topic but @Daiseymay I have a question for you - any suggestions for a new RN grad on getting into L&D? My long-term goal is to be a CNM, but I feel getting some OB experience could be very, very VERY helpful... except hospitals don't seem to even look at RN's unless they have a BSN now (which I don't - yet, but will be starting soon) - and then trying to get into a specialty seems darn near impossible. May be easier to get into L&D after I'm already hired on at a hospital and can switch departments, huh? How did you get into L&D?

@Bliss911 - I'm in your boat. I'm a couple years older, but I graduated my ADN program mid March, got my first RN job in April (at a long term care/retirement facility, because EVERY acute care facility I looked at wanted a BSN and/or 1yr RN experience in acute care!), and am now looking into how to go about schooling in the specialty I really want - midwife! What programs have you looked into so far?