Tuesday, January 29, 2013
I graduated from nursing school 40 days ago. After graduation I took two full weeks off and then began studying for the NCLEX. I took the NCLEX on Jan. 15 and cried all the way home afterwards. Then I found out I passed!! Everything has fallen together nicely....letting me know that for sure I am on the right path. The job outlook/hunt for new graduate nurses is terrible right now. Most new graduates are finding jobs 6 months to a year after graduating, I filled out one application with my resume, shadowed on the unit I was most interested in, and interviewed right after shadowing...the job offer came two days later. The entire process took a week! I start the new job Feb. 11 and I can't wait.
The job is a perfect match for me. I will be working on the medical behavioral health unit. There are very few of these unit in the entire country...less than 10. The unit is primarily a med unit but a requirement of being admitted to this unit is a current psych diagnosis...and it is a locked unit. So basically, this unit gets patients whom have just had an appendectomy and also are schizophrenic, or have a COPD exacerbation and are bipolar, or intentionally OD'd and need to be medically cleared before going to a regular psych unit. You get the idea.
I am very excited.
Posted by Battle Weary at 5:13 AM 2 comments
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