well the thing I have been dreading more than anything else has happend
I have been taken off my permanent nightshift and am being forced to rotate to days ....
wouldnt be a big deal except I went back to school based on the fact that I would be given permanent night shift and now in a moment its gone
I wont go into detail for privacy sake but lets just say that management/our unit administrator have been doing all kinds of horrific things lately and this is just the latest
I think its time for me to resume it up and get the heck out of there...
I havent done a resume in so long...
I love the nurses I work with
I dont want to leave but feel frickin hopeless...
they had me doing five nights in a row at one point and my body was okay with it cuz i was used to the nightshift, now they have me doing five days in a row and theres no way on gods green earth I can do it - its technically against our union contract but since I'm in school I bent on the rules a little
now im thinkin i need to go back to being a rules girl
I was going to write a letter to HR explaining that I'm in school and there is such a thing as innovative scheduling at our hospital and thats been taken away from me
I took 2 classes in a summer session and took so much crap from my DON. Corporate never paid a red cent towards my education and complained how for the entire 8 weeks I left "on time" to get to class !!!???
Im outta there and new job pays full tuition after a yr and we get to make our schedules............
I am sure you can find something elsewhere if you want only nights. Get our your resume. Can you file a grievence or something? What about your VP of nursing?
I can't believe they are doing this to you. I had problems when I tried to get certain nights off to accommodate my night classes (1 and one half hour commute from school to work). The nurse manager gave me a hard time, then relented, telling me to never ask for another thing from her. One of the things I was told by the DON who hired me was that she could not wait until I got my RN (and BSN) b/c she needed another RN on NOCs. But the mgr who gave me hell, gave a "buddy" another LVN, making no career moves and lazy as he**, her requested days off just b/c she asked for them. You can't fight favoritism. Figure something out and move on. This employer does not deserve you. Kicking somebody off night shift! What kind of drugs are these idiots on anyway?!!! As if night shift workers are a dime a dozen. My prayers are with you.
BTW: PM me if you are interested in the US. I know someone in LA, Cali who went to a job fair where one of the hosp will pay you full time pay for part time work and some kind of educ incentives while you are in school. As well, when you are an RN, they will give you a leased car (for one yr) and God knows what else. I'll try to find out the name of the place if you are really interested. But oldster like I am, I think to myself, sounds too good to be true. If you really want this, you better find some current employees to find out what the scoop is. Hope this helps. Yeah, dust off that resume!
Good luck Wendy...I hope you get some support so you can stay on AND continue your schooling.
If you let them know you would LIKE to do both...but you need SOME accomodation....and they won't cooperate, then you've done ALL you can do. You have certainly accommodated the hospital.
Wendy, that is an excellent letter. USE IT! Don't sugarcoat it, don't hide your anger. I wrote our higher ups a letter in anger and got a new job and promotion. The squeeky wheel sometimes gets the grease. Or they loose a good nurse. The choice is theirs.
I too like the letter, still can't understand why they are taking away a permanent night shift, in the States I don't know of a hospital that not hire an expirienced nurse willing to work permanent nights.
Good luck with both the letter and the job search.
debRNo1
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I took 2 classes in a summer session and took so much crap from my DON. Corporate never paid a red cent towards my education and complained how for the entire 8 weeks I left "on time" to get to class !!!???
Im outta there and new job pays full tuition after a yr and we get to make our schedules............
Whats wrong with these people ?
deb