HELP
I got a new grad position in February of this year in a post acute care unit. It’s technically a snf that’s connected to a hospital. Our ratio is 1:6 bc it’s post acute care but we get some very medsurg patients bc we’re part of the hospital and they just try to push the patients to us so they can free up room upstairs.
My dream job is L&D or peds so this job is actually the worst. I have so much anxiety bc i’m taking care of 6 patients, even on night shift it gets busy. I live in socal so i kinda just took what was given to me and i regret it. The turn around is so high on the unit so no one else wants to work there either. I want to quit so bad or get a job somewhere else but no where ever responds back.
Obviously i’m still applying to other places. waiting to do an Internal transfer isn’t even worth it bc i would need at least 2 years of actual acute care experience to transfer to labor and delivery so that’s a whole 3 years im going to be waiting. I really just want to quit and ask for my old cna job bc at least i actually liked going into work. Idk if im just being dramatic and this is a normal feeling for new grads even in a specialty they like or what. I genuinely feel lost and upset with where Im at in my nursing journey.