The 6month period

[emilysmom,RN]

A nurse that graduated a year before me had said that she and 50% of her classmates had changed jobs around the 6month mark. For my class it is around the 6month mark and one had quit, and one had decreased her hours to 2days a week. I am not sure about the whole class. I am having a hard time with my schedule too and I am thinking about decreasing my hours from four nites a week to 3nites and do some more pool hours at a LTC facility. Or I may just wait till spring or summer to do that. Just wondering how others handle the 6month spot.

[americanlatina313]

[color=olive]at the 6-mo mark, i was just starting to get the "hang" of my job, and was beginning to really love it again. i had no intention whatsoever, of changing jobs. sorry if i'm not any help.

[Galore]

Of the classmates I've kept in touch with, I think most are still in the same places although several have moved. I feel like I'm just starting to get comfortable enough where I enjoy going to work, and I plan on staying in my unit for a long time. From what I've seen here on the boards though, I think it's pretty common for new grads to move around pretty quickly, particularly if their first job was not in an area where they really wanted to be.

[southernbelle08]

I've been at the job almost 9 months and I am changing jobs. Out of my classmates, well the one's I keep in touch with still, only 3 of them have changed jobs. I don't know about my class as a whole though! I am kind of the opposite from what I see in this thread. I loved my job until a couple months ago. The floor just seemed to go downhill and several of us have left. Hopefully my new job will be more of a forever fit for me. I can pray!

[Chewie_123]

I hit 6 months on the 18, and I'm looking to transfer. I'd like to stay at the same hospital, but I have to get away from the floor I'm on now.

Of course, I could hit that mark and decide I love my job. Whatever.