I Quit!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jun 29, 2005

I'm happy you're happy with your decision. Kudos to you.

I don't know how LTC is, but on my unit we help each other out, with 24 hour per day shifts, if one shift honestly can do something it's the next shifts job to pick it up. There are times when an order comes through, and I just absolutely can't get to it and it's not fair for me to stay OT to do it, when the next shift can. May not be "fair" to the next shift either, but sometimes that's the way it is. I usually however can do all my orders.

Enough about me. I sincerelyl hope you find something that will give you peace of mind. Good luck!

Mandylpn · Jun 29, 2005

I'm happy you're happy with your decision. Kudos to you.
I don't know how LTC is, but on my unit we help each other out, with 24 hour per day shifts, if one shift honestly can do something it's the next shifts job to pick it up. There are times when an order comes through, and I just absolutely can't get to it and it's not fair for me to stay OT to do it, when the next shift can. May not be "fair" to the next shift either, but sometimes that's the way it is. I usually however can do all my orders.
Enough about me. I sincerelyl hope you find something that will give you peace of mind. Good luck!

Oh Tweetie! thank you for your reply!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jun 29, 2005

Oh Tweetie! thank you for your reply!

You're welcome. I'm sure something much better is on the horizon for you. :)

pricklypear · Jun 29, 2005

I, too want to wish you good luck. I think it's usually better to walk away than sit and simmer, being unhappy. Go out and find yourself a GREAT job!!:) :)

Chel · Jun 29, 2005

Wow. Sounds like where I work. It's usually midnight or 1am before I get to leave. On a few occasions, if nothing happens, I get out by 11.

Love that 'pass it on to the next shift' philosophy....I've tried it. It doesn't work.

Best of luck to you.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Jun 29, 2005

I think that's one of the reason why LTC nursing didn't appeal to me. Completely understandable why you chose to do so.

Do you know where you want to go next, or are you going to take some time off?

MrRacer98 · Jun 29, 2005

Hey I'm glad for ya! The first thing I look at, when I start a job... Is my license going to be in jeopardy from this place? I would have done the same exact thing if I were you. The facility I work in (surgical ward) we help each other out. If someone has time to blow, you go out and ask others on the floor if they need help. One person can be having a great night and someone else may be having a night from... well you know.

Just remember, there's nothing to feel guilty about being assertive and looking out for your family, and your income.

live4today, RN · Jun 29, 2005

I agree with Tweety. Nursing is RTC (round-the-clock) care 24/7. At the end of eight or twelve hours, a staff member's shift may end, but the medical and nursing care of the patients we care for do not end...they are ongoing. Therefore, no nurse should be expected to stay beyond their shift to do something that needs to be done in the next shift. Every shift has to pick up something or other from the shift before them. This is part of healthcare. It's not an office business where come five o'clock you turn off the business equipment and computers, lights out, and clock out. No one else is coming in to finish the nine to five work until nine the next morning. Then come their weekends, the entire weekend goes by without getting any work done, so it is always there come Monday morning. Doctors and Nurses do NOT have this luxury when we work in hospitals...thus, the shift change must take place to ensure continued care for the patients. As nurses, we need to be patient with shift changes occurring and come to work each shift knowing there might be work for us to pick up that didn't get done before our shift begins...and then we must carry on KNOWING during the next shift the cycle may continue the same way. :)

I do NOT like overtime. My life has a specific number of days granted to me, and when they are gone, they are gone. Working overtime robs from that life that I have been graciously granted to live, thus I do not like overtime. When my shift ends, my thoughts quickly turn to my family, recreation during my off hours, winding down for sleep that night, catching a movie, taking a walk, riding a bike, watching my favorite t.v. shows, cuddling with family, volunteering at my favorite charity, reading my Bible or other favorite books, talking to family and friends on the phone, having time to take classes at a college nearby, going to church...........these are just a few things that cause us to stop and smell the roses amidst the thorns on the stems that prick us along the road of life. Do NOT live your job! Live your lives! Working is a small necessity of being able to provide the necessary things we need to survive on earth, but that's where it should end. Enjoy your job while you are on the job, and call it quits at the end of your shift. Go home to you husbands, your wives, your children, your family pets, and take some down time for yourselves. It's all in a days work...or living. :)

Blackcat99 · Jun 29, 2005

Congratulations luv2quilt I know how great you must feel! The happiest day of my life was when I quit LTC too! :chuckle I wake up now glad to be alive! Once I quit LTC my depression instantly vanished! :chuckle

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Jun 30, 2005

I wish the best of luck in whatever job comes next. You seem to have a good head on your shoulders and have the "you know you did the right thing" attitude. You will find better, it's their loss

Jess

Happy-ER-RN, RN · Jun 30, 2005

I do NOT like overtime. My life has a specific number of days granted to me, and when they are gone, they are gone. Working overtime robs from that life that I have been graciously granted to live.
Cheerfuldoer-
That is really really fantastic. :) So many people miss out on life trying to make as much money as they can. It's so incredibly sad.