Seeking advice from other nurses

I would encourage you to further your nursing career and go for it. It's always hard to leave your friends where you are working, but they may not stay either and then you are left there without them anyways. You will learn so much in a big city ER. Of course it will be scary, but use that to motivate yourself to ask lots of questions and learn as much as you can. If you stay in a job that does not challenge you mentally, I find it makes you complacent and stagnant at your work. The sky is the limit where nursing is concerned, to take the plunge!! You will never know unless you try!! Good luck!!

do u know any schools in new york for lpn? please reply

does any one know any good school for lpn in new york or even new jersey that is not as competetive as cuny schools?

Danielle, Your real friends will support you!! AS you would them. Advance your career stagnent can start to smell after a while.

DULA, I got my LPN in Bellport at a BOCES.. try the tech schools. Good Luck to you both

DanielleRN, you have several issues to work through to make your decision.

1. leaving a comfortable/familiar environment

2. the switch to a larger hospital

3. leaving floor nursing for the ER

I began my nursing career in an urban Level I trauma center ER. The learning curve was steep, I was unfamiliar with the environment of a teaching hospital, and I was somewhat unprepared for the differences between an urban patient population vs. the suburban patient population where I had had most of my nursing school clinical experiences. But I have thrived, I believe, on my own strengths and an excellent structured orientation program.

The positives you mention at your current hospital - recognition, close friendships, etc. - may well be duplicated at the other hospital, but it will probably take 3-5 years.

Good luck to you - let us know what you decide. :)

I left my friends for another job. Still have both. Also have more income and confidence. I recommend you broaden your horizons. Also, you will make more friends so you broaden that area of your life too!

Danielle, you are bright and resting in tedium. Now, I on the other hand find Tele a challenge, however you. You are bored with the entire TELE gig. Get real, go for that ER job challenge, if you fail so be it, you'll only regret that you never gave it a go go. Give two weeks notice, you can always return to your friends on the Telemetry ;-) floor!!!

However, in my opinionTELE rocks! Take it from this Tele nurse.

I'd opt for growth. comfort can turn into stagnation. And your friends where you are will still be your friends even if you aren't right there on the job.

Follow your heart and your dream......:loveya:

After 13 years of thinking things would get better I finally understand the insanity of staying where I am unhappy waiting for it to change for me. Let your unhappiness w/ your current situation be the motivation you need to seek out a place where you will enjoy your work. I'm taking my new found backbone and heading off to school and (Lord willing) an advanced practice degree

Move on and broaden your horizons. Your tele unit sounds like a comfortable old shoe. Think of how it feels to have something new in your wardrobe. Think of this new ER job as that.

after13 years of waiting for a bad situation to change to suit me I finally realize the insanity of sitting around and thinking doing nothing will change something bad to something good. Move on and find something that challenges you and makes you love what you do again. I'm taking my new found backbone and heading off to CRNA school.:monkeydance: