Im in a PICKLE! Help please!!

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I'm a RN In Alabama and I'm 4 months along with my third child. I've been working med surg on a horrible unit in my community for about 8 weeks and I can't do it any longer. It's not a 12 hour day it's more like 14, with 2-3pm lunches, bad staffing and a unit that smells discusting! I'm a new nurse but I can't do med surg and actually never wanted to anyway. I have a home health interview Friday morning. $3 more/hour pay plus no holidays. Of course with everything there's pros and cons. Ill be trading in 3-12(or should I say 14) hour shifts a week for m-f 830-4. Both jobs are no weekends and the hospital job you wk holidays where HH you don't. I am so hopeful it works out for me b/c I've had a bad start with this career. Anyway my step mom said I must tell them I'm pregnant but only after she offers me the job( two of my friends were hired in the interview) I want to be upfront And honest...?? I'm putting in my resignation to the hospital tomorrow. I'm still in my 90 day probation period. I didn't go to work yesterday because I've been sick and went home today after 1 hr on the job. My step mom thinks their going to fire me and to go on and resign first..What in the WORLD SHOULD I DO???!!!

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Specializes in Ambulatory Care.

Congratulations, newnurse1986! I hope the new job will work out very well for you.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Keep us posted on how your transition works out. I hope they have adequate training and orientation. Most new nurses do not have any Home Care exposure during their education, so there is very little awareness of the differences. I designed/implemented Home Care training programs in previous jobs, so I am aware of how very different it is. For instance, have you been trained on 'bag technique', environmental assessment, mandatory reporting requirements, personal safety??

HH companies are notorious for failing to disclose the "extra" work requirements... especially the on-call requirements that result in you having to make after hour & weekend visits. Did you get any sort of guarantee on geographic area? If not, you may find yourself driving some very long distances - usually sneaked in as a "Just this once" admission that you end up being stuck with - LOL. Also, please make sure you are aware of your state's BON position on new grads working without qualified supervision immediately available. Many state BONs (mine included) have specific positions on this.

Best of luck on your new job and wishing you a very happy & uneventful pregnancy.

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