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I was just wondering how this worked out for you? I am a new nurse now and am going through the same thing. I feel that it's not that I do not like the job. I just think that I do not have enough time to complete everything I need to complete. I am dedicated and I am not the only nurse who ends up staying 2 hours to chart. Many of the experienced nurses are right there with me. This tells me that we have too much to do in so little time. I am afraid that things can be missed or done incorrectly in such a rush. We don't have the time to spend with the patients as we would like to. This is not how it should be. I do not believe that the ratio should be any higher than 5:1. There is simply too much to do and we need the time to do it accurately. How do you feel about nursing now that you are experienced? What did you decide to do at that point? I am just wondering how it turned out for you.

Hey all, Just got scheduled for an OR Residency Interview and wanted to make sure I was making the right decision for my future. The residency requires a 2 year contract. I am a new grad and hoped to get a job in a critical care setting so that I could apply for my FNP or CRNA soon. (I hope to shadow both before deciding, but have researched both and keep bouncing back between the two!) In order to apply for those programs, most schools require 1 to 2 years of critical care experience. As a new grad, I have been searching for almost 4 months and have found it hard and competitive to land a job like that. I did not mind working my way up to an ICU from Med-Surg, but all of the hospitals around my area are requiring a 2 year contract on the same floor/area for new grads. Since I hope to apply to a masters program in a year, that would not allow me enough time to wait to move to another floor. Let me just say, I love surgery. I have done some shadowing with surgeries and found it really exciting. I want this job and I know it is a lot of work. I have heard; but although this is where I want to be as a nurse, I am not sure if this will be the best decision for me, but I am also running out of options since most jobs have already been taken by the new nurses that had graduated with me in this competitive city! As far as a Master's program, I am not sure if I should re-apply again for a MedSurg position, or if OR may be enough if I prove that I do assess patients constantly. What would you do?

I am now interviewing for the same thing. Wondering how it went with you and how you like it?

I am now interviewing for the same thing. Wondering how it went with you all and how you like it?