Hello! I have been a new nurse on telemetry for only 6 months. I finished The new grad residency program a month ago. I am now independent. My manager has been extremely supportive since I had difficulty with time management and prioritization before transitioning to be without my preceptor. I was also hired for nights initially, but she knew I wanted days, so she told me about a day shift position when it opened online, and she hired me for full time days, which was such a blessing. I'm also on Probation with the CA BRN for some criminal convictions that happened over 12 years ago (Long before I went to nursing school). My manager has really supported me through the probation program and given me this chance to build an excellent foundation for my career.
Yesterday, I was looking at per diem jobs to consider working in addition, and I saw a job for labor and delivery, full time days (RN II). Note, I literally just became RN II this week, so I barely qualify. Plus that's a specialty and I ahave hardly gotten comfortable on tele. tele is hard, I don't know if I want to do it forever. Anyway, I applied for the L & D position even though my gut says to stay on tele for 1-2 years before moving on. I also feel like my manger would be upset since she's invested so much time to support and educate me in order to be an asset to the tele floor. What's your opinion? Withdrawal my application for now and stay where I'm at? Or just kindly mention to her that I applied for my dream job just because I saw it posted? I recently applied to get off probation early so I'm hoping my license won't have restrictions soon as well. Thanks for your advice!