hospital vs. office nursing

I am lucky enough to be in a position where i currently am working at a hospital, but am unhappy with my experience thus far. I am almost finished with my orientation, and then would be moving to nights. I have been offered a position with a doctors

Music and Nursing

I am a musician and have a master's degree in music education and piano from Prague CZ. I also have another master's degree in fine arts/archaeology. I have taught for 9 years but I always had issues of what they claimed to be "classroom manag

Need Advice from Nurses!

I am a first year RN grad. I have worked almost 1O months on an ICU floor and have been so unhappy. My hours are awful and I have no life. I have wanted so badly to have a better schedule. I applied for a job at a state of the art cancer center and t

Job interview-- good or bad?

I recently had a job interview where the unit director seemed to be very interested in me. I contacted the career site using Facebook. For a prior job that I did not get they said "they have moved forward with other candidates." For the int

Changing hospitals after 8 years is this a bad choice

I currently work nights in a great hospital and just dont know if the environment is for me anymore there has been so many lay offs, budget cuts and displacements I just dont feel secure in my job anymore. Im currently in school for my bachelors but

Float RN as a new grad?

I need some advice from the experienced RN's and the new grads who are in the float pool. Or any advice from anyone would be amazing! I was offered a position in the RN float pool at the hospital I work at. It would involve all the units (sicu, micu

Job interview before NCLEX?

I have a job interview in a couple weeks at a hospital in Baltimore on an orthopedic floor. I'm a new grad will be taking NCLEX March 1 and was wondering if employers would still hire me without my boards being done. I live in Jersey still and when

Giving up

3 I am an experienced RN of 12+ years. I am working right now, but not in a specialty I love. I have been trying to switch specialties for 5+ years with no luck. It seems all of my experience is worth nothing. For now I am giving up, taking a break.

ADN interviewing at magnet hospital?

So I graduated this past December with me ADN. I plan on returning in April for my bsn. I got a phone call for an interview in Baltimore at a magnet status hospital. (I'm currently in New Jersey and will be relocating to maryland in late February af

How long after a job offer is orientation typically?

Say you get a job offer, how long after do you usually start working? I recently accepted an ER position beginning of January and was told orientation will be starting 2/4. so it s about 30 days for me. it took the department manager 1 week ish to get