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
Wendy, I'm on your side in this. You have a contract that allows everyone the same opportunity. It likely addresses what happens when more than one person wants to go to school and whether you're fulfilling a unit need or not, you are getting the shaft for the wrong reasons.
There IS a difference between someone being ill and being hurt on the job, though. An employer should have to accomodate someone hurt "in the line of duty." Sick time and disability time are for illnesses not job related. *MY* life is not something an employer can "mortgage" for someone else's needs. Saying that someone's scheduling needs "must be met" if they want time off doesn't mean a nurse magically appears out of thin air. It means that someone else gets scheduled for all nights/eves/whatever. The nurse used to fill that hole came from somewhere. People get the flu, have car breakdowns, deaths in the family, etc. That is all normal variation that gets covered. But LONG term coverage is a different story.
Again, I think I am guilty of typing while tired. I was unhappy in my last job- mostly due to really scary working working conditions, partly due to real favoritism in scheduling. I'm certainly not bitter- I spoke with my feet. Now I have a pretty sweet schedule and really like my job. I'm not saying people shouldn't speak up or address their concerns- exactly the opposite in fact, just with an equal amount of personal responsibility thrown in. You should get your perm nights job back. You should be noisy and stubborn until you get it, no matter what effect it has on your unit (good OR bad) because you have a contract that promises that. I'm not unhappy or stuck at anyone's mercy. I just think that we can't expect long term special treatment (NOT your situation) without looking at how it affects our coworkers.
I'm not blaming anybody, I'm not at anyone's mercy, and I'm not writing with any bitterness or anger. I just think that no one has any right to say "I don't rotate" etc etc. If they accepted a job, they should fulfill the job. We all need short term accomodation now and then, but if someone needs permanent accomodation for their special needs, it should NEVER be made at the expense of other nurses. Should someone who agreed to rotate but now needs perm eves be fired? Nope. Should that person maybe have to transfer somewhere that offers that schedule without turning everyone else's life upside down? Yep. Nothing angry or resentful about that.
oh shit. Well, come with me to Az and work on the rez. Or hell, you can have a job at my hospital in Fla. School or no school.........I see this as an opportunity for you. Travel girl........travel.....make some money.....let someone else pay for school......
Time to make some lemonade from that lemon of a job. Glad you kept your focus on YOUR goals, because obviously no one else there with authority cared enough to.
its safe to say that I have never dealt with such unprofessional behaviour like the kind I'm dealing with now
at 26 years old I am far more professional and mature then the person I'm dealing with now can ever be...
which is why she doesnt speak to me I think..
ah well, the resume's done, as is the cover letter, as is the letter to HR and the union...
there is so much going on right now on the unit I work on, its hard to make heads or tails out of it , which is why I go in to work, do my thing and get out of there ASAP
greener pastures await, and I'm going to find them..
thanks for all your support and suggestions
sometimes it really is about your wants and needs instead of what others want and need from you...
Maybe the universe is sending you a message to move on....And, I cannot BELIEVE you are someone who hates the fact they got forced to days. As a night nurse I totally understand how you feel but I didn't think that particular rotation actually occurred in the real world.:) I went on line and filled in the blanks on a resume for hospitals in the area I chose, and they called me right away. I didn't like the money situation and turned them down and they keep hounding me to come on board, which is a new sense of power base for me. You are experienced and you will do well...Just stick to your guns and hang in there. Listen to the message....Be well and good luck!
its safe to say that I have never dealt with such unprofessional behaviour like the kind I'm dealing with now
at 26 years old I am far more professional and mature then the person I'm dealing with now can ever be...
which is why she doesnt speak to me I think..
How very true. This will not be your last experience in dealing with management types that have no clue. The behave in ways that even children know better.
The probem is the never received the education needed to do thier job. They sometimes accept the job thinking they got it because they were qualified. They only begin to seek education for management after they are in that position. Some don't seek it out at all.
We need to prepare ourselves before we get there. You know what is the right thing to do but you also need to learn how to do the right thing under heavey adversity. Your manager's adversity is her boss and her boss's boss etc. She is taking advantage of you because you are less of a threat than her boss. She is acting this way because she is scared herself and doesn't know any other way, to respond to that. She never learned.
Key is get an education in management and leadership skills now. Make yourself a perpetual student. Take seminars on your own. Read books take classes. The $$ is well worth it in the long run. Learn how to apply what you learned. Learn about communication, assertion, dealing with people.
Even if you choose to never take a management position you will emerge a powerful leader. It sounds like you already have the makings of it now. Keep your values and principles directly in front of you. You will do fine. You are professional.
Yep sometimes you have to move on. Have you read "Who Moved My Cheese?"....remember sometimes while the grass isn't greener, new grass just feels good. Now who said that?
I am sorry this has happened Wendy.....but as many before me have said, sometimes the time is just right to leave...... and you are so needed EVERYWHERE!
Come down to eastern Ontario..... it is still friggin cold here, but we have a great hospital, and only a three hour drive back to TO!
You are positive, ambitious AND SPARKLY AND GLITTERY!!!!!!!! What a COMBO!!!!
wendy writes: "its safe to say that I have never dealt with such unprofessional behaviour like the kind I'm dealing with now
at 26 years old..."
By the time you are 46, you'll probably say "I thought the people in the job I had when I was 26 were unprofessional, but I had no idea at that time this was so widespread!"
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Hey Wendy. Let us know how it went kiddo.