I am at a loss....I have been on the same floor for @ 6yrs now and it has gone to hell in a hand-basket! I feel like I work with a bunch of 2yo's, no enforcement by managment it seems, but yet we are suppose to enforce and give written reprimands as a permanent charge nurse...patients who beat the crap out of us, pt's who are the most ungrateful leeches I have ever come across, lack of staff (we need min of 6 without a float and right now we have 5...but oh NO we aren't closing any beds!!!!)...Dayshift has 8-9 staffed everyday plus 1 NA to 4pts and the ratio for nurses is also 1:4...that gives them 14-16 staff members counting the secretaries.....Nights is lucky to have 7 nurses and 2 aids, 1 secretary.......(there is a total of 24 pt's and it's a step-down ICU)...anyway...to top the gripes that most of us have..my ANM also told me that me going to school for my BSN is my own personal problem and she couldn't accomodate me just needing of one night/week for one of my classes and that I still need to work one shift above my hired position (which makes 7 total)....
I need to move on I realize that...I just today called a Mgr on another floor to find out that she just filled her last position...another job that I would like won't be open until MAY....I don't think I can hang on that much longer....I am miserable and feel like bawling each time I have to go to work....I've considered taking a personal leave of absence, but I can't financially afford to....I hate that I am hating my JOB!....I love being a nurse..REALLY !!
anyway...maybe I just needed to vent....b/c there is so much more to this, but I know you guys do not want to hear it all....
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