Do you miss the bedside?

Well, I spent 14 years in the hospital at the bedside. Now in an outpatient clinic.

No I don't miss beside nursing. Not one whit.

Spent 2 years at bedside, 1st year as an extern, 2nd as an RN in a residency program then placed on a surgical floor.

I went to HH after that for the regular work hours that lined up better with my personal life. Have since made commensurate wages and built a satisfying career over 20 yrs in both HH case management and management.

Been at the bedside to many years. I tolerated a lot over the years. It never got easier, things just keep on being piled on top. It came to a tipping point. For me, us nurses working ICU had a issue with a rate a pay being taken away when signing up for overtime. That's ok, but then to be expected to continue to sign up?

The CNO had a meeting with all ICU nurses basically in an attempt to squash us into compliance and put us in our place. When the comment by the CNO stated; Nurses are NOTHING more then part of the room charge. It was adios amigos. I went into travel nursing and back to school and became a FNP. Looking back I should of did that 10 years earlier than I did because you can't fix broken and hospitals are broken.