Specialty Change

[RNinSC88]

I have worked on a floor for 3 years that is rather varied-we 'specialize' in women's surgery and fetal demise, but also get medical and general surgery overflow. We are going through a lag in the patient census, so a lot of nurses are being called off or floated to other floors. My manager announced today, without any input or knowledge from any of the staff, that our unit will now specialize in women's surgery AND colorectal surgery starting in August. Umm...excuse me?? I did NOT sign up for this!!! and while I am ok with colostomies and colon surgeries on occasion, they have truly struck my weakness; poop and colostomies. I just don't think I will look forward to going to work (at all) if this will be my patient population every day that I work. I will suck it up when I have to, but I genuinely felt nauseous at the mention of this change, and the thought of my future on this floor. I have been feverishly looking at new jobs...but I'm pregnant, due in November, and I took a scholarship in April to get my BSN (not knowing this change was coming), and have to stay at least until April to 'work' it off (even though it's called a scholarship)...they already did something similar to us when a weekend nurse quit and they just didn't hire back the position, so now all the weekday nurses have to work weekends (not the end of the world, just wrong how they went about it-no warning, just changed it). I'm SOOO over this job, this hospital, and honestly hospital nursing in general. I've already met my insurance deductible, though, thanks to the pregnancy...but I'm miserable...how do I make it through the next 10 months???

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

I work on an ortho floor. We get every kind of off service pt. uro/gyn. oncology. GI Internal medicine. You name it. I like learning about the other areas, but I am uncomfortable when things go a little south and I am not so sure.

I personally would prefer colorectal than women's/fetal demise. I think you have to special to deal with that. I could not

[RNinSC88]

I LOVE women's services-I'm really not sure why, but it has always just fascinated and interested me. The announcement of this new specialty is honestly pretty devastating to me, as I was hired 3 years ago to work on 'women's surgery', not colorectal. I saw an opening on the postpartum floor, but it's for nights, and my husband said I was more miserable on nights than I am now :/ I didn't think I was that bad, but he really doesn't want me working that shift. I just want to be happy at work and at home! Haha