I need to vent!

[rninkentucky]

Okay, so here's my story!

I graduated in 2015 and immediately accepted a job. I was hired straight into the ICU. I had heard horror stories about the hospital I was hired at, but I chose to shrug it off since they offered me a job before I had even graduated.

I was oriented to the unit and it was okay. Nothing special. My heart tugs toward psych nursing, but I was told not to go straight into psych nursing because I needed to learn my nursing skills before doing so. I'm working at a unionized hospital that is very under staffed, half of the staff are travel nurses. We are completely paper charting and I feel like we are so fat behind. I work 4-5 days a week already and my schedule sucks. They try to even call me in to work when I get my 1-2 days off. I also work night shift so if you get one day off then it's like you get 0.

I have 4 more months there and I will have been there a year, but I have been offered a new job in a place that is 2 hours away. I would have to drive it because I won't break my lease, but the pay is quite a bit more. Should I stay in this hospital or move on? I'm so miserable that I come home and just cry.

Everything, besides the people I work with, sucks. I pay $400 a month for crappy insurance that I can't even use because I still have to pay quite a bit out of pocket if I go to the doctor. Management is horrible. I was told when I was hired that they would work with me on my schedule since I was furthering my education - that was lie. I just want to cry when I know I have to go back to work, but I don't know what to do. Should I accept the new position? Should I stay for the 4 months? Or, should I try to find a psychiatric job somewhere?

[NursehoneyBeBe]

Stick it out for the four more months. It looks better on your resume and will give you a leg up when you go for your interviews. ICU experience is great to have but most places require at least 1 year of experience in your specialty. 2 hours is a long commute to work especially when you have to work two or three days in a row. I hope it all works out for you.