What's the reason for getting one year of experience before going on to anything else? I'm working on getting my one year and will stick it out - I'd LOVE to move now, but I've heard so much about getting my one year of experience in the medical field that I'm staying put till my one year mark. But what's the deal with it? I mean, I definately know more now, am WAAAAAY more prepared than I was 9 months ago, but what's the "magic" so to speak of getting one year?
Hmmm...well...I would suggest that if you are training at some thing for a two week period it will do nothing to balance out the year of training that we were originally talking about in this posting...I would imagine that the two weeks you are thinking about has more to do with learning something that ultimately affects those who already have a solid background in their nursing competencies - in other words, two weeks of training is usually afforded to those who already know what they are doing as nurses...rookies usually need more time to learn which way is up. An investment of resources to truly equip a nurse with all that they will have to know to be competent requires more of a financial investment on the part of the employer, and usually takes more time.
What if the training period was less than two weeks?
I'm committed to staying through my one year if only for it to look better on a resume! The good thing is I don't dread going to work each shift. The bad thing is that the best "good" thing is that I don't actually dread it! I'm working on my resume with a friend (who ironically is one of my co-workers - it seems like everybody's trying to get out of there). Also working with said person on good job-hunting ideas: websites, recruiters, that kinda thing so that when my one year does come along I'll be as prepared to leave as possible. I've set a kiss-this-job-goodbye date and it's a bit past my one year mark but more because of logistics. I'm moving a handfull of months after my one year anny so I'll wait till then to depart my no-so-dearly-beloved place of employment!
In most positions even with experience, you will be be out of sorts for the first few monthes. It takes that long to learn nuances of the facility/floor/unit/personnel.
On most traveler assignments, even as an experienced nurse, the first few weeks (or on 'challenging' ones - month or two) I will feel like a fish out of water. But once that passes, and I know the rhythm of the place, it is much easier and I may like what a previously disliked.
(Occasionally there is the rare - I hate this, even after a few weeks and will not re-sign - assignment, but even those, one finds friends and things that one will miss when one leaves. And one will have ALWAYS learned something)
It is easy to dislike a new position, due to it being new and different. Sometimes you have to give it a reasonable chance, barring it being dangerous to your license or an absolute hell on earth.
It's probably just good old Marketing 101. Just as $9.99 sounds much lower thant $10.00. One years sounds longer than 11 months and will look better on your resume.
I'm working on my resume with a friend (who ironically is one of my co-workers - it seems like everybody's trying to get out of there). Also working with said person on good job-hunting ideas: websites, recruiters, that kinda thing so that when my one year does come along I'll be as prepared to leave as possible. I've set a kiss-this-job-goodbye date and it's a bit past my one year mark but more because of logistics. I'm moving a handfull of months after my one year anny so I'll wait till then to depart my no-so-dearly-beloved place of employment!
AlbertaBlue
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Hmmm...well...I would suggest that if you are training at some thing for a two week period it will do nothing to balance out the year of training that we were originally talking about in this posting...I would imagine that the two weeks you are thinking about has more to do with learning something that ultimately affects those who already have a solid background in their nursing competencies - in other words, two weeks of training is usually afforded to those who already know what they are doing as nurses...rookies usually need more time to learn which way is up. An investment of resources to truly equip a nurse with all that they will have to know to be competent requires more of a financial investment on the part of the employer, and usually takes more time.