What was your very first Nursing Job?

[MHDNURSE]

It was 1996 and I got hired to work at an inner-city community clinic fresh out of Nursing school. I LOVED that place! Learned so much there and got to do a lot- pediatrics, pre-natal, teen clinic...spent almost 4 years there before going to Grad school to get my NP in pediatrics.

[Farawyn]

I worked as a night nurse, med surg. I miss the hospital. I'm still friends with the girls with whom I started.

[ohiobobcat]

Med-surg 6p-6a in a 24 bed unit in a critical access hospital. I learned a lot, and worked with a great group of nurses and CNAs. I started cross-training to the ED after 1.5 years on med-surg and ended up taking a full-time 11a-11p position in the 7-bed ED at the same hospital. I worked with some really awesome nurses there, too.

Oops- forgot to mention this was in 2006. Nursing is a 2nd career for me.

[cooties_are_real]

I worked in a nursing home straight out of LVN school. Didn't fit in so when they could get rid of me they did. My second one was at a smaller nursing home. I loved that place. I hated to leave but they closed the nursing home due the company not paying us.

I had actually wondered if I was to be a nurse since my jobs never lasted longer than 9 months. Then I found School Nursing and LOVE IT!!!! I have been here for 10 years. Yep I think I have found where I am to be.

[MrNurse(x2), ADN]

What started as a community hospital that became the leading cardiac hospital on the East Coast back in 1989. Stayed for decades while working agency, learned that my grass was pretty green.

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

1983, Med Surg, big 500+ bed inner city teaching hospital (same place I was born!)

We wore white uni's with white stockings and shoes and I wore my cap for a short time. and I started out Full Time nights

People were admitted to the floor the night before surgery and stayed for several days post op!

[AdobeRN]

I started as an LVN - first job was at the county Jail. What an eye opener that job was....lasted about 6 months, while it was interesting it was really stressful to me. I quit after I was summoned to court and was questioned about the care we provided - an inmate claimed she was treated poorly by the officers and denied medical care - I happened to be one of the nurses that had to clean her up after being sprayed with pepper spray & then do circulation checks on her q15 minutes for a few hours while she acted like a fool in 5 point restraints.

[JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN]

School nursing as a sub :).

[Eleven011]

1991 - I got my first job in a center for people with Developmental Disabilities. It had a small 10 bed infirmary on campus with in house lab and xray and its own clinic. I would probably still be there if the governor hadn't decided it was more cost effective to send anyone who was sick out to our local hospital. Ya, thats a good idea - send DD clients to an unfamiliar place, with unfamiliar staff, when they don't feel good anyway, and the staff at the hospital doesn't know what to do with them! But it was a good experience and I learned alot!

[Supernrse01, BSN]

Telemetry 7p-7a, in a local medical center. I worked there for 2 years. I learned a ton, and although I don't really like the hospital nursing setting, I am thankful for the time I spent there, learning and gaining that experience.

[mom to many]

Telemetry / Stepdown unit, straight out of nursing school. I worked with some great nurses that took me under their wings and taught me a lot! Very thankful for them. They really helped me grow into being the nurse I am today.

[llg, PhD, RN]

NICU, straight nights. Five, 8-hour shifts per week. ...1st real job of any kind actually.