AnichkaRN

Hello everyone! I have a somewhat dilemma on my hands. So I started working as DOU nurse doing 8 hour shifts five nights week, been doing it for four months now. I am feeling burnt out, I don't see my family and I dropped my BSN classes because I don't physically have time for them, because my free time is dedicated to my three year old and attempting to stay awake or driving to work. I love my job, I LOVE being a nurse, but I HATE working in this shift and in this hospital because it's all of us new grads running the place because every experienced nurse quit after they switched to eight hours. I got a job offer that I pretty much "accepted", working as a detox nurse in a drug rehab center, I haven't turned in my two weeks notice yet because I am still in this doubtful state of mind. I need advice...am I going to kill my nursing career growth if I switch from getting exposed to Med Surg, Telemetry, DOU, and ICU, to becoming a detox nurse? I wish to be a labor and delivery nurse or postpartum nurse in the future, and I am very scared that if I do decide to switch to detox nursing, I will not be able to grow into what I wish... If I do take this job, it is ten minutes from my house, it is 12 hour shifts, and that means I will see my family, be able to continue my education, as well as get all the necessary certifications needed for L&D... It's a dilemma for me because I really am scared to make a mistake...What do you guys think?

So I started a job working as a physician substitute RN in a plasma donation center. I am on my fourth week of training out of six and got a job offer working in a hospital as an RN in a direct observation unit! As a new grad I CANNOT pass that opportunity up, it is out of the question. My dilemma is I don't know how to properly quit this plasma job while still in training without getting management mad at me. Any recommendations? The people here have been so amazing to me and I feel bad about quitting but I am thinking of my career growth and my future.

Hello everyone! I am new to this forum but have always been an active observer :) I have my NCLEX scheduled for the end of this month (AH!) and was just wondering for this NCLEX 2015, what have you guys used to help you succeed? I have been a mess studying for this exam, having recurrent nightmares about test day! So far this is what I have: Kaplan Qbank (just the qbank no course): been scoring 68%-80s. UWorld 60's La Charity: Pain 72.4 % Cancer 75% Immuno 80% Fluids 78.2% Safety/Infection 71.4% Resp 76.6% Cardio 78.1% Hematological 95.8% Neuro 85% Visual 71.4% Hurst (did bad ) First 74/125 Second 74/125 Third 77/125 Fourth 76/125 Fifth 75/125 Any recommendations as to good sources for NCLEX practice?