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I am an RN with just under a year's experience (licensed for 1 year, working for 11 months at this point) and a currently working in LTC. While I truly enjoy my facility, co-workers, residents, family, etc, I am wanting to spread my wings and get into a hospital setting. I'm not sure I want to stay in geriatrics (as was my original 'plan') and certainly do not want to loose important clinical skills (IVs, etc). I've also discovered I have a strong desire to have more education opportunities with my clients. My question is: What can I do to make myself more "marketable" for a med/surg position? I have my ADN, but will be starting my BSN this fall. I also have many years experience working as an Emergency Medical Technician. My resume and cover letters reflect all of this information... I just feel like I need to be doing something more.

Yes I would have sent the resident out too. Especially after speaking to MD. Write up and document a telephone order from the doc indicating resident is to be sent to hospital. As far as change of condition, my facility poliy is to let the "on call RN" aware as soon as practical. The way I see it, it was an MD order to send resident to hospital, and we can loose our license if we fail to obey orders without a reasonable rationale. I'm a newer LTC nurse myself, I get the second guessing. Hang in there.