What did you do with your RN?

I work full time in my hospital's cardiac unit, I work 3 days a week with 12 hour shifts. I also just took a position as a substitute school nurse to fill in my off days. If you would like to work with your RN, does the unit offer a registry position? That way you could work around your other position?

I work full time in my hospital's cardiac unit, I work 3 days a week with 12 hour shifts. I also just took a position as a substitute school nurse to fill in my off days. If you would like to work with your RN, does the unit offer a registry position? That way you could work around your other position?

I am not positive if there are registry positions available but I would be concerned with being a new nurse who has not completed orientation. I think I would be better off I took a position and was offered a 3 or 6 month orientation assigned to a nurse vs taking a register or contracted position. Do you have any experience with a registry position? Also, thanks for your input.

Well in my hospital they traditionally do a 12 week orientation for all staff, including registry. Adjust the length as needed for the individual. I have never worked as registry at this hospital, but I know we have 3 levels. The pay and required hours per pay period increase with each level. Our schedules come out online and registry goes in and can view and request to work the shifts that need to be filled. When I was an LPN I was registry at a LTC facility and it had no requirements, I just submitted my availability every month and they would put me on if they needed me on any of those days.