conflict with head nurse...

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i work on a unit that has a waiting list to go to days. to make a long story short, i asked to be added and was added on the list and now the head nurse is adding other nurses ahead of me because she said they were told to wait to be added until they were on their own...which one of them confided to me that he was never asked to wait. This is frustrating because if the head nurse is doing this now there is no end in sight to how long i will have to wait.

since i started a few months ago (i was an extern on this floor as well) would it be appropriate to go to the nurse manager and ask for her permission to look at other departments that may have day shift openings available..such as PACU, ICU, float pool, med/surg units?

MassED: If it sounded like an ultimatum do you have any suggestions on how I could approach the NM? Also, the hospital I work at does not go by seniority so I do not understand why this person would be added ahead of everyone else on the list. I am either 5th or 6th on the list which could potentially mean I would be waiting a long time to transfer to days on this unit. BTW, the hospital is expanding and there are nurses at this hospital who have worked nights and transferred to other units to go to days.

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