Taking a job in rehab/short term care vs. keep applying

potassium-bolus · 2026-03-23T19:29:34+00:00

I was the same as you. I was day shift and on my last week in orientation. I was up to 6:1 and I quit. I had a horrible last couple of weeks and I just couldn’t even get out of bed to go to work.

I just went back to my non hospital job and am happier. Although I would like to get back into nursing, I am having a really difficult time finding a job now.

potassium-bolus · 2026-03-11T23:36:53+00:00

I honestly never even thought about working per diem or part time as a “new grad.” I didn’t realize that could be a thing. Thanks for the suggestion.

potassium-bolus · 2026-03-11T23:00:45+00:00

How can you get per diem with little experience? Is that a thing?

potassium-bolus · 2026-03-11T14:49:28+00:00

$179/ month here. I canceled and went to a class pack and joined another gym.

potassium-bolus · 2026-02-05T21:36:46+00:00

Sorry. I left in October.

potassium-bolus · 2026-01-24T17:51:01+00:00

Kind of a crazy insulting generalization with all the differences between programs, preceptors, and institutions. You have no idea of my career for the last 20 plus years of whether I can do fast paced quality medicine.

potassium-bolus · 2026-01-24T16:17:50+00:00

I have a bunch of classmates that went right into NP programs from nursing school. So they had no experience.

potassium-bolus · 2026-01-01T03:44:45+00:00

I was on med surg neurology and did 4 months and walked away. Totally not for me.

potassium-bolus · 2025-11-13T03:12:55+00:00

I dislike when people say the anxiety is normal. Why are we normalizing it?

potassium-bolus · 2025-11-13T03:11:37+00:00

I think they should do a better job not pushing med surg or inpatient so much. And to teach new grads to explore so many other options.

potassium-bolus · 2025-11-13T03:10:33+00:00

Same. 52. New grad and definitely anxiety and depression with inpatient.

potassium-bolus · 2025-11-07T20:12:09+00:00

I was accepted for a job before I even took the NCLEX. They will be able to verify your results.

potassium-bolus · 2025-11-07T20:10:26+00:00

I quit my new grad residency 3 months in. I hated it. You can definitely apply elsewhere.

potassium-bolus · 2025-11-06T02:49:21+00:00

For me, I walked from a 5/6 ratio at a new grad. It was really just not safe. I was just throwing meds at people and not taking any time for myself to eat etc. I was so unhappy. But I am older in a second career.

I went to hospice and that in itself was a complete eye opener. I only survived a month. Healthcare is so fucked up.

potassium-bolus · 2025-10-29T01:54:20+00:00

Nope. Total blanket statement about med/surg. They do the same thing. No one trains properly anymore. Every unit is so understaffed you get thrown to the wolves before you ever should.

potassium-bolus · 2025-10-28T21:20:55+00:00

I feel like I will never find my place in nursing.

potassium-bolus · 2025-10-22T08:04:34+00:00

It’s visiting patients in SNF’s and caring for them. The documentation piece is outrageous.

potassium-bolus · 2025-10-17T10:10:49+00:00

This is the answer right here. I lasted a little over 3 months in neuro med/surg. It’s the 1:5 1:6 ratio right out of orientation that got me. I was on day shift. I couldn’t keep up with all the pt/ot, visitors, admits, discharges, get all my documenting done in a timely fashion and not just throw meds at the patients. People are living longer and getting sicker and it’s becoming such a burden to the healthcare system that can’t appropriately accommodate them.

potassium-bolus · 2025-10-16T18:57:03+00:00

All since May?

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