chewbecka

Thanks everyone for your input I truly appreciate it! I know that I will learn a lot on this floor so I believe I will stay with it a bit longer. I think I will get bored with it once I get into the "gel" of it and once I feel that I'll move on to the ED. It's all a combination of missing the ED and new nurse jitters so I should get the jitters out of my system before I move on. Thank you!

I am a new graduate RN and have been working on a BUSY medical oncology floor for 2 months. I worked in the ED as a nursing intern for a year and did my senior practicum in the ED. Everyday that I go to work I miss working in the ED more and more. The floor that I currently work is not at all what I thought it would be. It isn't terrible but there aren't many oncology patients. It is more of a catch all floor that I have heard nurses say multiple times that it's where "the hospital sends it's rejects." The hospital I work for is fantastic but this floor is what almost the whole hospital calls the hardest. I don't feel like my heart is truly in floor nursing as everyday that I leave work I think about how I'm one day closer to working in the ED. I need advice on how long I should stay on the floor before I go into the ED. I feel like I should toughen up and stick it out for a little while more but wow do I miss the ED.