newbie_nurseRN

Just apply. If you do prior authorization it helps to have home health experience but concurrent review hospital experience is preferred. Good luck, I love my job as PA nurse.

Couldn't have written a better job description myself!! I work for a LTC center and it's no joke!

Thank you all!!! I really appreciate all of your comments and support. I just want so badly to be a "great" nurse, but I have to accept my circumstance (being a new nurse). I have gotten so much support from family and friends, but as always things are easier said than done. I'm thinking of extending my orientation days to increase my training and try not to be pressured into working on my own sooner than I need. I just have to keep my patients' safety in mind and learn as much as I can right now AND the years to come. I know nursing is where I belong, and I have to do what it takes to make it in this wonderful profession.

I had quite a struggle nailing my first RN position after graduation (May '13) and lacked a post-graduate plan. I was do focused on just GRADUATING I didn't even give "life after graduating" a second thought. I was told repeatedly that I'll get a good job soon, there are jobs for nurses everywhere blah blah blah. Also unlike many of my other classmates I didn't even begin to apply for jobs until....maybe....September after I obtain my license (July '13). However I finally was offered a job at a nearby nursing home in December, and it was a great blessing as I do aspire to focus on the geriatric population. However I was shocked at the only 5 days of training required. The facility it's self was going through a major transition and lacked resources/organization compared to bigger/hospital facilities. For example it was an adjustment to go from computerized MARs to handwritten EVERYTHING! The facility is relatively small and I am/will be the only nurse on my hall (approx 12 pts now), but the fact that I'm a "new" nurse and every knows it makes me feel like a 5yr old attempting a scene in the school play and on the verge of peeing her pants :/. Most of my frustration is because, I am a new nurse and I look really young for my age and it kinda puts me in a vulnerable position. I just dream of the day when I can say I am a nurse with 5-10-20 years experience. I sometimes struggle with my confidence as well (especially when being closely supervised). I am a perfectionist and kinda prideful so I have a fear of failure/being wrong and feel ashamed when people treat me like a "baby nurse". UGH Also this is my first job in my life! Please don't get me wrong though, I love nursing and believe in my heart that it is my calling. I just wonder is this a normal phase of being a new nurse? Not wanting to be "a new nurse" anymore and just a nurse!!

OMG I get those kind of reactions too, and I've only just finished my RN BSN. It annoys me so much and it greatly offends me because money was NEVER the reason I chose nursing as a career. I also want to go to grad school and make the best contribution to the nursing field that I can, as it is one of the most noble professions and anyone who limits the benefits of nursing to a "pay check" should be shunned. It really does hurt my feelings and at the same time motives me more to be a better nurse, not just some hospital employee!!