What area are you going in to and why?

tinyhands4Him · Jul 9, 2003

I am starting in a level III NICU July 21st and couldn't be more nervous but I have been wanting to do this since eigth grade. I am completely in love with kids, some call be obsessed, but whatever. Babies are my fav and I just feel so at home on any peds ward or nursery. I know it will be challenging, exciting, and very rewarding. I love seeing such tiny miracles be born way before they were supposed to and then fight into a normal child with our help. It's amazing. Good luck to everyone that's about to start and congrats on being RNs!

TinyNurse, RN · Jul 12, 2003

I may have posted on this before, i just wanna give an update..............

it's a confusing update, and took alot of heartfelt thinking to come to a conclusion.

I originally accepted a position in a large teaching hospital in a CTICU. 2:1 ratio.

The day after I did my drug screen/etc....... i recieve a phone call that I got hired in a local community hospital ER.

I've decided to accept this ER position!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why???? Because ER is what I wanted throughout my senior year of school.

They offer a 3,500 sign on,

the ER director will be training me, and he seems to "respect" my initiative to take acls in my senior year of school.

Since psych was my 2nd love, i've decided to work 2 sundays a month in an alzheimers unit.

it took alot to decide between the teaching hospital and ER. but my heart was with ER, so i decided to run with it. After that experience I'll be able to go to other larger ER/trauma ERs I guess.

so yeah I am still awaiting an ATT from NCLEX..............

wish me luck!

xo

Jenni

palesarah · Jul 16, 2003

I graduated in May and started working on an LDRP floor last month- I wanted to work in maternity before I even figured out that I wanted to be a nurse, so it was a natural fit. I consider myslef lucky to have gotten onto the Birth Center I wanted. The hospital was only taking internal candidates at first- I was a squeaky wheel though and when one of the original group of GNs backed out they called me :)