going from LTC to hospital

Hi all,

I recently graduated with an associate's degree in nursing last spring, took my boards over the summer, and started working per diem at a nursing home in August. I am currently going to school full time to get my bachelor's degree, and I wi

What is it like to work in UK or anywhere abroad compared to working here in philippines?

I'm just wondering if things do get a little bit better when you work abroad compare to your nursing life here in philippines? knowing our nurse-patient ratio here is 1:20 or on public hospitals 1 nurse is to 30 patients. and yes, without proper com

Help! I quit a job I hated. Was I just naive? How do I explain in interviews?

I need your advice! After I graduated from nursing school, I was hired to work in the pediatric ICU of a very large, Magnet children's hospital. After 4 months, during the orientation period, I decided to move to another unit. I struggle with confid

Interview & pregnant?

Hi everyone! I am so excited: I have a job interview in an ICU next Thursday. Close to my dream job, & pretty thankful I even got an interview. Anyway! I am about 14 wks pregnant. I should be able to hide the bump but is this the right thing to d

Switching Specialties

I am a new graduate nurse who started a job in the operating room in July 2014. The actual nursing work is alright the majority of the time, but I cannot stand working with a lot of the surgeons at my hospital. I am constantly put down, yelled at, an

Going back to a facility you left

Has anyone ever returned to a facility you left to work elsewhere? If so, did your previous place of employment accept you back, especially if you left on decent terms? I'm applying for a non-bedside job at a facility I worked at before but I hated

Changing careers need advice

Hello everyone,
First I am new here but I have a lot of questions. Let me give you some quick background. I have a B. S. in Business Administration. I am currently working retail and am not very happy with it. I am considering a career change into n

Scared to begin work as a CNA

Hi everyone, I'm new to this Nursing Forum! I have browsed on this website before and think it's really cool!
Anyway, I am very nervous and rather scared actually to being my new job as a CNA very soon. I took a CNA class last summer and now am lo

I hate bedside nursing want to work for department of health

First Post! hello everyone. I am an RN and have been working on a med surg floor for a year and i hate it! I want to work for the health department but idk how to go about that. I got info from an insider that there are opening in a near by counties

RN relocating to FL from Northeast

I currently work in CT and this state is super expensive in almost everything and many of us struggle to live in this state, therefore my husband and I are looking to relocate down south and taking Jacksonville, FL into consideration. My husband will