HELP!! Advice Please

Can you apply to a different hospital?

I'd stay where you are at until you can go to a different health care system all together...

DeLanaHarvickWannabe, I think that this is going to be my plan. I have cut back hours and just "looking" for the right position. I have already turned down 2 other offers at different hospitals that I got.

OrganizedChaos, I have applied to different hospitals, and have been offered 2 jobs at different hospitals; but I have turned them down because both more than double my commute. However I did like to see what options were out there and it was great to interview and get back into that. At this hospital I have since cut back hours and still looking at the hospital I think I want to move onto. I would like to stay at a level 1; but there are not that many here.

OrganizedChaos, I have applied to different hospitals, and have been offered 2 jobs at different hospitals; but I have turned them down because both more than double my commute. However I did like to see what options were out there and it was great to interview and get back into that. At this hospital I have since cut back hours and still looking at the hospital I think I want to move onto. I would like to stay at a level 1; but there are not that many here.

I know what it is like to commute but is sounds like your options are nil at your current job. Keep applying & hopefully you will get into a different hospital system closer to home. Fingers crossed for you!

There are instances where management chooses to not allow nurses to transfer due to lack of staffing, coupled with administration on management to cut staff and go with bare minimums, ICU or not.

So the combination of the 2 can be the perfect storm....

Sorry to hear that you're having difficulty where you are. I can understand as I just resigned my position as an icu trauma RN at my level 1. We just got a new director as well after the last one was let go... And there have been many management changes in the year and a half I have been there. Turmoil. If you are comfortable where you are, stay as step down icu and continue to apply to other hospitals until the right position comes available. It sounds like a blessing in disguise that you have not been able to move into the unit as of yet. Stay positive and know there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Be patient and keep applying.

If your hospitals does internal transfers or has an application system I would still officially apply to an ICU position if you have not done so already.

Also, apply to other hospitals that are within reasonable distance.

Or consider moving all together to a place where you will get the job...

Nadroujj, Your hospital sounds exactly like mine The management is still not doing well and has seen a lot of managers come and go. And something "big" happened even higher up that prompted 2 managers/directors to give their notice on the same day!! So i think it is only going to get worse from here. Like someone else posted, it is becoming the "perfect storm." Which shocks me because I would think a level 1 trauma hospital would have their $h*t together and run like a well oiled machine!

jadelpn, I think you are right. This is the "perfect storm" and after hearing some stuff going on, I believe it is only going to get worse. We have a new CNO, who seems to not put up with this kind of stuff, but I am sure that correcting all of this and getting the hospital going back in the right direction will be years away. Slow, steady process.