jersey1993

Hello all! I'm needing some advice! I recently transferred to L&D. I have almost 2 years med-surg experience. I liked my last job, but didn't feel super passionate about it. I'm 3 weeks into orientation. I am seriously considering talking to HR about going back to my old floor. I realize it's only been 3 weeks and L&D is a huge learning curve. But I am finding I hate not knowing what's going to walk through the door, the adrenaline rush, taking patients for sections etc. I'm missing my med-surg routine. My question is it is possible to learn to love the adrenaline and urgency that is L&D or do I just not have it? I don't want to waste their time and money training me if I know I'm going to leave as soon as possible. Thanks for any advice in advance :)

I know Atlantic Health System and Saint Barnabas both offer a new grad program. JFK has a nurse residency program. I think Robertwood has some kind of new grad program for the OR, but not sure about other areas. Hope this is helpful :) When I graduated, I interviewed with several of the above hospitals and ended up going with the internship at St. Peter's. I don't regret it, it's an awesome environment to work in. Apply everywhere and do what's best for you! Good luck.

I have an internship on the surgical unit also! :) I failed the first time around. Review ACLS drugs and their uses. Look up dosages for major drugs and memorize them (I used my drug book, it was less confusing than the pharm textbook). Memorize generic and trade names of common drugs. Everything else were major points they stressed in school and came back pretty quickly. I passed the second time no problem! Good luck!

Good luck! I just went with the first doses I saw in my drug guide. I did pretty well on that section

So, just like everyone else I passed the calculations portion and failed the pharm. The nurse educator went over it with me. I would look over the most common med from each category and learn it. Make sure your confident with drug and trade names and dosages. I failed because I messed up a whole matching section. It really wasn't that bad. Good luck!!

Me too! I take it Thursday. I've been reviewing powerpoints from school for the past week and am going to seriously study today and tomorrow. We'll see!

Hi all. I was just offered an internship last week. Not sure if this is helpful but I was told that new grads start at 30/hour without shift diff, weekend pay etc. Per diem pay is higher, starting at 40/hour. The recruiter told me that over 90% of interns are offered positions. The ones who haven't been offered spots were people who were clearly unsafe or some other extreme reason. I will be interning on the surgical unit, right now all they have open is per diem. The recruiter said if a full-time or part-time opens up, it will usually go to per diems. Hope this helps!