Are we bleeding out?

i got out of management almost as quickly as i got into it. i went into it full of great ideas and fully supported by the staff. however, i had no support from the higher-up's or even the supervisor for the opposite shift, who would lock herself in her office and watch dvd's while the rest of the nurses were doing everything they could just to get by. i will never go down that road again. unfortunately, with the nursing shortage, a lot of nurses are well aware that they are a warm body filling a slot on a schedule and as long as they show up and don't kill anyone, there will be no consequence. and if they do work harder than they have to, what's in it for them? without rewards for good work and consequences for bad work. i tried to explain this to the director in an attempt to deveolp some motivation to no avail.

now i'm back nursing, doing what i love and i'm only responsible for me. it's great.

Hi, I also have just resigned as a DON of a small stand alone ambulatory surgery centre. I was there for 2 years, worked an average of 42 to 48 hrs per week with no overtime, and only 2 week annual leave over that time. I stayed because I didn't want to have less than 2 years of employment there on my resume. I left because I finally had enough of such bad conditions.