New grad RN desperate for advice...

[Guest20074]

About 4 months, I started working on a Surgical Stepdown unit as a new grad RN. The unit has been having a lot of management problems and is unable to keep a manager (we've gone thru 9 managers in 12 years). About a week ago, the unit got notice from the director that they will be moving the unit to a regular surgical floor. The current unit will be closed and 6 (instead of 9, the current number) beds (one pod) will only be open on the regular floor for surgical stepdown patients. What will happen job wise is that all the nurses and care partners can transfer to the regular floor with no guarantee that they will be taking care of the stepdown patients in the new stepdown pod. If we want to transfer to another unit, we can.

This hasn't been the only time that something like this has happened to the unit, it's been moved to another unit before. The doctors are angry, our nurse manager who's leaving is angry, and I'm tired of management trying to find ways of closing us down. I've been thinking about switching to L&D regardless of what the outcome is. I'd like to hear from all of you if I should stay and fight this out or start looking for a new job?

[BRemus]

Sounds like a crummy situation to be in. I can't tell you what to do but if it were me I would be looking to transfer to another floor or finding a new job entirely. Being a new nurse myself I find it stressful enough just learning the job without the added stress of work related politics. Good luck to you in whatever you decide.

Brenda:)