mjwRN3

I did enjoy my rotation through school nursing. We covered public health in our program..I'm not sure how much more public health education I would need for school nursing. I would say bedside is the part I don't enjoy. I think I just need to find something outside of a hospital...unless I would be in the OR-quick turnover.

Hi All, I graduated in May with my BSN and am currently working in a Family Birth Center. I have been doing mother/baby for only 2 months and will start to orient in the NICU in a few weeks. I have discovered that floor nursing may not be my niche. I know that as a new grad I'm going to be overwhelmed and stressed anyway, but if I feel I already don't like it, is it too soon to look for other jobs? I'm going to stick things out at least until my NICU orientation is finished and see if that changes my mind at all, but when that is finished (end of November), if I'm still not liking it is it acceptable to look for something different? Patient care in general may not be the area of nursing I need to be in, but I'm also not really sure what area I want. All I know right now is I hate the crazy hours I'm working; I would like to have a normal schedule (who wouldn't!). Working holidays and weekends is not for me. What is your advice? Thanks!