considering leaving nursing now

renerian, BSN, RN · Sep 22, 2002

Hoolahan I wondered if since I know my staff is supposed to have them and they do not...........am I at risk for legal action by not buying them?

My boss just emailed me and said she would get them next week. She also said she would pay for some of the seminars but that on call 24/7 qd was still required.....

renerian

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · Sep 22, 2002

SOME of them? I would press her for more specifics... just what does SOME of them mean? Which ones? The cheap ones, closest to home? No, no.....ALL of them, Renerian ! They must give you specifics, not vague statements which they can then change at will.

They sound pretty desparate to me..makes me wonder how many other applicants for the position they tried to hoo-doo. Any idea who had the position before you? Might be worth talking to that person first....

I'd also make sure that ALL the proper and required PPE will be available at ALL times and provided by them CONTINUOUSLY!

And I would negotiate the 24/7 on call as well...if you don't feel you're being properly compensated (salary for God knows how many hours you may have to put in at all times of the night.. EVERY night..consider family time, special occasions you will have to sacrifice..) the compensation should be appropriate !

Take your time, LISTEN, ASK QUESTIONS, write it down, come to an agreement if you can, have the agreement in writing, then take a week or two to mull things over before giving an answer. Don't rush into this one ! CAUTION ! CAUTION ! CAUTION !

renerian, BSN, RN · Sep 22, 2002

Yep Jnette they are really desperate. I found out today that the previous person in the position walked out. I told my super I would sleep on it but that I felt my resignation would stand. She wants me to give it the full 90 days...........

Thanks for caring about me,

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renerian

Nurse Ratched, RN · Sep 23, 2002

Renerian - I would not even consider working for these people after what you have said of their level of expectations. Don't even THINK about rescinding your resignation. The mere fact that they expect you to be on call ALWAYS should be enough of a red flag.

Not meaning to come across harshly - but this fly-by-night operation is no place to risk your licensure. They are clearly looking for a doormat, not a nurse.

renerian, BSN, RN · Sep 23, 2002

Thanks Ratched. I am going in this morning to resign......a big hug of thanks to all of you who have helped me with your caring thoughts.

renerian

RNinICU · Sep 23, 2002

Originally posted by renerian
Hoolahan I wondered if since I know my staff is supposed to have them and they do not...........am I at risk for legal action by not buying them?

My boss just emailed me and said she would get them next week. She also said she would pay for some of the seminars but that on call 24/7 qd was still required.....

renerian

Sounds like they are trying to pacify you without making any real commitments. Glad you are leaving this place.

renerian, BSN, RN · Sep 23, 2002

I did resign this morning. Thanks to all of you for being so helpful.

renerian

JonRN · Sep 23, 2002

GOOD!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad you got away from that house of horrors. I have also tried out jobs like that. I worked about 4 days one place and they wanted me to give 2 weeks notice. I told the mgr. if she would shut up about the notice, I would finish the day, but if I heard any more about the notice I was leaving now. She shut up.

Pappy

renerian, BSN, RN · Sep 23, 2002

ROFLMAO.........................how funny is that! Good for you.......

My boss told me they cancelled the start of my orientation as they were to busy to do it. she told me I needed to be more of a self starter and she had real concerns cause I told her I needed a P&P manual at the agency and I wanted a copy of the regs....

That is when I left,

renerian

sanbob1 · Sep 23, 2002

I worked as a Nurse in VNA for 16 years. Every year the paper work increased & the pt. load increased. They did hire nurses to do on-call from 4p-8a & we had a union so the pay was quite good. I only worked weekends about every 6-8 weeks. They had per diems that did just weekends. They supplied all the equipmendt & paid for inservices. Had most holidays off & 4 weeks vacaton every year.

I finally had enough of the stress from never having the paper work done etc. & quit. I do private duty now. Very little paper work & not too much stress. We moved to FL. & live in a town where most of the population can afford 24 hr. care. I have been on the same case for three years now. Boring at times but I would rather be bored than stressed at this point in my life!

sjoe · Sep 23, 2002

renerian--glad you got out. And you made it easy to see how exploiting employers can get you to doubt yourself, to make you think it is YOUR fault that you can't do YOUR JOB.

On call 24/7 is for small business OWNERS, not for employees.

No doubt this employer is now complaining that they "just can't find a nurse good enough to do this job, no matter how hard they try to find one."

sanbob1--doing home health used to appeal to me as well, but spending in excess of 90% of your time doing paperwork (much of which simply repeats the same information already entered on other paperwork) just didn't make it for me. A friend who also had a part time, night shift job at the jail did ok, as he'd bring his home care paperwork to this job and complete it there during the 6 hours or so of downtime he could count on. Otherwise, he'd be doing it for free.

It was the same situation working as a psych charge nurse, except that was about 95% paperwork--nearly all of which was completely pointless.

renerian, BSN, RN · Sep 23, 2002

Joe you got it on the paperwork. Thanks all of you for responding. I thought about private duty......

renerian