badwolf4

I'm not sure if this is the right section but I am looking for nurses who are currently employed as forensic nurses or know someone who is. I am a BSN prepared nurse in the state of Georgia and I have 1 year of acute care experience. I want to go back to school to get my masters degree in forensic nursing. How did you go about getting into forensic nursing? I want to become a sexual assault nurse examiner. Any advice? Thanks!!!

Thanks everyone. I figured thats what everyone would say, thank you all so much for taking the time to reply and give me some insight!

Hey guys! I'm going to preface this post with the disclaimer that this may be the most immature conflict I have ever had and I am aware of that, but I have never felt so conflicted before in my life and who better to ask for advice on big-life-moments than the people of the internet, right? I graduated last May and moved across the county, away from all my family and friends, to work as an RN in a state where I didnt know a single person. I've built a good life for myself here, but I know that this isn't where I want to live the rest of my life. I miss my family more than I ever thought I would and I would love to go back to be near them again. Because I missed them so much and I was spending so much on plane tickets to visit, I applied to a job back home and I actually got it with only 8 months experience. It will be over doubling my salary from 40k to 92k. I'll be going from one city to a much much bigger city so nurse patient ratio is suckier, I'll have much sicker patients (some vented, I didnt even realize patients could be vented outside of the ICU), so it will be very challenging but I will learn a lot. I would also have to move back in with my parents and commute about an hour by train to work each day. I'm only 22 so that salary is blinding me. I could be completely out of all debt by the end of next year! I'm currently pretty much paycheck to paycheck. However I'm not sure I want to go yet. I'm not very happy at the hospital I currently work in (very poor management) but I love the friends I have made that I have gotten incredibly close to within the last few months. I feel like I want to stay for just a little longer and have a crazy amazing summer (this is the 22 year old side peaking out), but I don't know what to do. I feel like if I could get a job at 8 months back at home I'll have no problem if I wait a few more months and then start applying again. TL;DR: Should I move back home to live with my family for a little bit for a job that over doubles my salary, or should I stay in my new city and maintain my independence and have a good summer of memory making before moving back and trying for another job? What is more important, money or memories? Ughh.

No sign on bonus and they didn't pay to relocate. There is a fee that you have to pay if you break the contract that gets prorated depending on how long you worked for them before you broke the contract. I've made friends but they are mainly new grads too and it is just about next to impossible to find a day that we both have off. I've made friends with my coworkers on my unit too but not really any friends outside of work. I'm an introvert anyway so it's harder for me to put myself out there but I've been trying to go to events on my own and meet people.

Hi guys. A little bit of back story, I just graduated nursing school in May. I interviewed for and received a job offer for the position I'm curently working in before I graduated and it was the first job I was offered. It is in a state 1,000 miles away from my original state. I decided I wanted to move far away, applied for this job, interviewed, and accepted an offer all in a matter of like 6 weeks. I think I picked this job because I was running away from a relationship, pretty much. I was in a long term relationship all of nursing school that went completely sour before I graduated. I thought I wanted a life change so I moved as far away as I could and now I'm regretting it. I miss my family more than anything in the world. I can only afford to fly home once every 2 months or so. It's been an absolutely amazing experience moving down here but I feel so lonely. The problem is that I signed a 2 year contract when I accepted the offer. For the first year I spend 6 months on one unit and 6 months on another and then the second year I choose a unit and work there. How horrible would it be if I left after a year? How hard would it be to get a different job back home with them knowing I broke a contract? I feel so lost, any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.