I love both but I feel like labor and delivery has a HUGE liability aspect to it, making it more stressful

I’m a new grad RN in socal and I started working at a SNF a month ago and it has already taken a toll on my mental health. I’m not sure if resigning is the way to go, especially because no other jobs are accepting me right now. I never had an actual job or work experience so I fear that by resigning on this job, it’ll look even worse on my resume. I really want to branch out to other nursing fields, such as aesthetic nursing, while I still apply to hospitals and I’m wondering where and how to start. I’m currently applying to new grad residency programs, but sadly I never even get a chance for an interview. I’m so discouraged and I need advice on what to do regarding my current work situation. Working at a SNF feels like I don’t get to live a life.

hi new grad nurse, I work icu stepdown. Have been here since January. Really not enjoying bedside anymore. When I went to nursing school I initially intended to work in outpatient anyways. My job is making me absolutely miserable, im no longer sleeping, I cry every single day, all I can think about on my days off is work. I work nights, at first my body adjusted well but now that I want to blow my shit smoove off all of the time, I am no longer sleeping. I’m also not eating and have lost 15lbs. The environment I work in is very emotionally intense, duh because it’s critical care, and my coworkers all have very strong personalities and very strong feelings about everything. I’m frequently forced to face the brunt of their projection or misery. I page a doc at night for change of condition (like hypotension, or NIH >4, or whatever is indicated) and they fucking yell at me. I applied to an outpatient onc infusion job but I feel like a failure that I couldn’t make it. I don’t want to give it more time, I just know I absolutely do not enjoy bedside anymore and it is not for me. I don’t care about the pay cut.

Greetings, I am a new grad nurse. I started my position in May this year and hit the floor in June. I work on the Obs unit at a heart hospital. I feel like I know nothing. Is this normal? I been with my preceptors and its not like I thought it would be. Sure they teach things but the last couple of shifts me and my preceptor was reported by another nurse for not doing something. Of course I didn't know my preceptor didn't even know (she forgot). I called off my last few shifts because I am wondering do I keep going? Do I find something else? At the end of it all I know healthcare isn't perfect. I just want to be a great nurse and provide amazing patient care.

Would you guys add a job that you stayed at for 6 months; especially when it’s crucial for my resume?

i’m from the philadelphia area. i have my BSN and license and can’t seem to even get a med-surg job anywhere. please help…

Hi! Quick question, for anyone applying to Nurse I/new grad residency positions: what are you putting under work experience on the application? Are you including your nursing clinical rotations and final placement/preceptorship as work experience, or are you only listing actual paid employment?

I’m just trying to figure out how other new grads are filling out that section when most of their nursing experience comes from clinical placements, as I don't have extern experience.

Hello! I’ve recently been studying for the nclex using the Mark K lectures and study material that was shown to me on Spotify but they’re recently all been removed I literally can’t find any. I was about halfway through and was going to start the diabetes lecture. Does anyone have any of these saved so I can still listen to them? Any help to accessing these would be so greatly appreciated, thank you!

Can anyone help me with these 2 rhythms? They are not 2* type II and that’s what I see. Please if anyone can help.

I had my interview on Friday, I know it is early in the week but I want to know whether I got the job so I can move on with my life. The interview in my opinion did not go well. My application process still says in process. The waiting game sucks!

Hi!
I'm starting a SNF job in LA. I'm very excited for this opportunity however I do see this job opportunity as a stepping stone to hopefully landing an RN residency program around 6 month into working this job.

I am seeking advices on how I can use my SNF experience to better market myself future hospital interviews and how else I can use this opportunity to stand out further from any other candidate.

This is my first time using reddit so bare with me. I am on my 6th week of orientation in a very busy ER. During nursing school i saw how miserable everyone in the hospital setting is and it was very discouraging. Now im a nurse myself and i dont know if i can do this for the rest of my life.

I’m looking for advice on non bedside nursing jobs that are enjoyable or advice on the RN to sonographer pathway. I thought since I’m young getting certified in sonography in an accelerated program might not hurt then possibly could do a PRN RN position to fulfill my nursing degree? I dont know. Any advice would help.

I’m applying for a NJ nursing license from NY, but it’s still pending and my job starts in one week. Has anyone had success getting an urgent status update or escalation from the NJ Board of Nursing? Any contact tips would be appreciated. Thank you!

I hope it's okay to share a little excitement, since I haven't actually graduated yet. I have 3 weeks of my program left, but applied early for a residency program in the level 3 NICU at my hospital of choice and received an offer!! I had the privilege of doing my clinicals for the past year at this facility and had clinical rotations in this exact unit too.

I was not an extern, I just made myself really, really annoying contacting leadership and trying to connect and network on my clinical rotations. I still have more work ahead with finishing up school and the NCLEX so I feel like it's a little too early to celebrate just yet, but I'm hopeful that everything will work out.

Don't be afraid to put yourself out there, sometimes the little "too good to be true" miracles happen with persistence. Much love to everyone!!

Hey everyone!

.I personally prefer to work 3 days in a row. When i started my manager would use a schedule wishlist system and would do pretty well with abiding my people's schedule preferences and i was generally pretty fortunate with getting the schedules i would wishlist. However this manager has now left the unit and the scheduling has been given to one of the charge nurses on the floor. Since they have been making the schedule I've found that I the last few scheduling periods I've almost never gotten my preferred schedule request. My are almost always split or im working with 2-3 day breaks inbetween. However, we are able to see the entire units schedules from the facility scheduler app as well as what people wishlist before the schedule is finalized and made. it seems that a majority of staff gets the schedules they request. From my own POV it looks like the new scheduler is making the schedule based off of seniority. I work opposite shifts to the charge that is making the schedules and since ive never trained on their shift i dont really know them. Should I bring this up with the new manager regarding scheduling? Or just accept that my schedule request wishlist will probably not be accepted now that someone new is making the schedules and i am one of the newest on the floor. Any advice?

Just got an interview.

Anyone else?

Hello! I’m interviewing in person for Mount Sinai in NYC and was curious if anyone has interviewed there and any advice or remembered any questions they were asked. Also I’ve never interviewed in person for a nursing role before and was curious what to bring and what to wear (business casual?) thanks if anyone has advice for either.

i took everyones advice from my last post and kind of compiled it to make this new resume. i'm 23 and i did not work throughout school so i don't have much job experience. i also do not have any volunteer experience unfortunately. i submitted this resume into a few applications that had acute experience listed as preferred, not required, and still got rejected within 2 hours of submitting. i am beginning to feel really discouraged even though i graduated in may and got licensed in july. i would greatly appreciate any new feedback :))) thank you!!!

I got an interview for a hospital out of my state. They’re asking me to fly over to shadow their site before offering a job. Is this common/normal?

New grad EN experience – was this normal?
I recently left my EN new grad position after 10 months and I’m interested to hear what other nurses think about my experience.
I started part-time on a busy acute hospital ward at one of Sydney’s largest trauma hospitals . I was working two 12-hour shifts per week.
I was only give two to 3 supernumary days. I was obviously still learning and there were areas I needed to develop, particularly prioritisation, escalation, communication and documentation.
One of the biggest difficulties was my relationship with the ward educator. I found her communication quite rude and confronting, and I later became aware that other staff had also found her difficult to work with.
When a new nursing manager took over, she decided to move me to the ward directly across the corridor. It was the same specialty, but under different management and educators. The reason for this was because management felt , for my wellbeing / learning I couldn’t continue to work with her .
The intention was essentially to give me a fresh start and more structured support.
My roster was changed from two 12-hour shifts to three 8-hour morning shifts per week and I was placed supernumerary for six weeks so I could receive additional education and assessment as management recognised I hasn’t received much and my confidence was lacking .
Unfortunately, the educator assigned to support me was injured after about two weeks, so there wasn’t consistent educator continuity throughout the six-week period. They never signed me off on IV’s or subcuts .The educator would allocate me to complex patients and I would have my own patient load but the rest of the ward team nurses . I was told they didn’t believe I would successfully complete the support period. I was given an additional week and then told I would need to commence a formal six-week performance improvement plan, with the possibility of termination if I didn’t meet the required standard.
I asked whether I could move into a less acute area where I could continue developing as a new EN, but was told redeployment wasn’t an option and I would need to find another job myself.
I have since left and haven’t secured another nursing role . I don’t know how I will without a good reference .
What has really upset me is that before I left , I asked my previ for a reference, I learned that the feedback provided was very negative and essentially described me as not competent.
I’m not saying I was a perfect new grad. I absolutely had things to learn and improve, and I accepted that. But I went into a graduate program expecting that the purpose was to help a brand-new nurse develop those skills. I worked so hard , put in 100 perfect effort and never made any major errors .
The whole experience has really knocked my confidence.
For nurses who have been through new grad programs or work in education/management, is this common ? I feel so sad , embarrassed and depressed .

Hey everyone,.
I moved to London, Ontario with 4 years of ICU and critical care experience back home, thinking that getting my CNO registration would be the biggest hurdle. Earlier this year, I finally cleared everything, passed the exam, and officially became a registered RN in Ontario. I was ready to jump right into the floor.
Since then, the journey hit a wall. Over the last few months, I signed up for the NGG portal and started firing off applications to LHSC, St. Thomas Elgin, stjc, and other regional hospitals nearby. I was hoping my critical care background would carry some weight.
Instead, it’s been mostly radio silence or instant rejection emails.
Now, I’m sitting here unemployed as an RN, watching my 12-month NGG eligibility window slowly tick away while staring at a few big questions:
Are hospitals in Southwestern Ontario actually hiring through the NGG portal, or is applying directly through their career pages the only way?

How are other IENs translating foreign ICU experience on their resume so ATS filters stop auto-rejecting them?
If acute care stays locked, does taking a job in LTC or home care hurt the chances of ever moving back into a hospital ICU?
Just wanted to share where I'm at and see if anyone else in the London area went through a similar wall before things clicked.

I hope it’s not a dumb question. But would like insight in what they do or if any nurses have done this position!