Short version (tl;dr) been an RN since January 2019. Over 6 jobs. Finally accepted my dream job and can't find myself to get excited as I should due to fear of something bad happening. Also received my BSN very recently.
Long story:
This sounds bad I know.
First job: I worked, it was because of me not feeling as though I was getting adequate training (ICU) .
Second job: (One of the largest Healthcare organizations in my state with almost a building for every specialty.) (Ortho/neuro med surg unit) Totally my fault, even though I was hired for night shift, no one told me that I had to work days for 5 weeks before we going to nights. I hate days with a passion plus I was back in school for RN-BSN, so I never went back after the first day,i really did like it but I just couldn't do days.
Third job: (Freestanding psych facility) The guy instructor was too touchy Feely on me and after telling him to stop, he threatened me and said that he'd flunk me from orientation, it didn't go past Orientation because I left after one week (didn't even get to work the floor).
Fourth job: My first time at a nursing home, doing only treatment nursing( didn't have any advanced skills/ guidance or for someone to slap some sense into me and tell me that I wasn't as nearly ready for treatments (over 100+ residents) which included wounds and changing trachs/drains etc... but just because nurses are scarce in my area especially rns, they threw me to the wolves!!!) Left after one month.
Fifth job: LOOOOVED IT! It was long term care working nights(first 8 hr shift nursing job, working 4 on 2 off ??) . No problems whatsoever, and was the longest I had ever been on an RN job(almost 3 months) . I even told my parents that this was going to be the job I keep until I'm done with grad school. Welppp, one day an influx of residents from another facility come in(we had zero knowledge about and had only found this out an hour before arrival even though the administrators knew weeks prior) and my residents were having panic attacks and calling family members because they room were being used with people who were incompatible, the outside residents were very sick from a long ride and some hadn't even had their insulin or oxygen and were being given food during triage without knowledge of their diet or allergies. I was trying to tell the managing staff including, the DON, administrator and regional person(the boss I guess?♂️) because I have always been an advocate for my patients. I guess they took this as me being belligerent and not wanting to care for the extra 30+ people on top of my 35+ regular residents. I stood up for what I thought was right , and didn't back down. Well it cost me my job. I was fired for "insubordination" aka arguing about safety to the DON/NFA/and the Region Director of Operations(the head of everything ?⚖️) after simply stating that these people are sick and we need more staff(we were told that they would bring their own staff, but of course THEY DID NOT!)
It took me weeks to finally sit and analyze if nursing was for me, I really believed that that the last nursing home would've been where I planted myself at and flourished. Sadly mistaken. I even went as far as to tell my mom that it seems as though to make it in Nursing nowadays, you can't have a caring and compassionate spirit towards people.
I take 100% full responsibility of my previous actions with other jobs and I also believe that the last job could've been handled differently on both sides but after talking to my awesome elderly LPN's and RNs, I knew that everything was going to be better and there were quite a few who went through this in there first year of nursing
............. but in the back of my head, I still felt like if I'm speaking up for those who can't speak for themselves I'd get kicked in the butt and it makes me my not want to speak up for anyone anymore. Even though nursing isn't a passion for me, I have a naturally caring, compassionate, motherly soul (team cancer ♋). My feelings can go from 0-100 QUICK.
Anywho, I've received yet another interview, but it's from the organization's, that I've been trying soooo long to get into since clinical which was 1-2 years ago. I'm excited but I'm still timid because it seems as though something is jinxing me, or someone has sent negative energy my way(In my culture I wholeheartedly believe that otherworldly energies are real such as /voodoo/obeah/santeria etc...
Anyone out there that's experienced this or know anyone who has? Advice, ideas?....
Not to the hiring managers who are looking at an application that reveals 7 different jobs in less than 9 months.
Unfortunately true. When the applicants are plentiful, this one gets shuffled to the bottom of the stack, no matter how many sides there are to a story.
If you are asked about previous employment, and don't list them, you are playing Russian roulette with your career. If you do this, and are found out, the chances are good that you will be terminated.
Best wishes with you current position.
Yeah, you likely signed some fine print on the application certifying completeness and accuracy. I was wondering how you were managing to continue getting interviews.
It seems like you need to develop some skills in managing conflict and challenging situations. One, two of those stories is bad luck. Five though, you have to recognize that you were the common factor in all of those jobs. Nursing involves dealing with a lot of conflict and challenging situations.
So if you had to put your license on the line and risk prison, or quit your job... You're saying I should look down on your application for quitting your job?
There's ALWAYS two sides.
How many times has that happened to you in 5 years? How many hobs have you had in 5 years that you think we’re being tough on someone who is describing 5-7 jobs in 8 months as a new grad?
Also, the “two sides” in this post are just as flaggy as looking at the numbers.
Listen, I’ve had jobs I’ve kept for short periods of time. And my tenure of probably on the side of the spectrum that tends towards job hopping. And even I’m like....majorly side-eyeing the decision-making skills here.
You do sound like you need therapy, seriously. 7 jobs in 8 months? And in very diverse disciplines, to boot (from ICU to LTC). And voodoo, Santeria, etc.? You're an advocate who admits to being vociferous without any experience to back up that advocacy. Get a job and get some experience and stay under the radar.
So if you had to put your license on the line and risk prison, or quit your job... You're saying I should look down on your application for quitting your job?
There's ALWAYS two sides.
The odds are AGAINST this RN to have run into so many bad/unsafe jobs. Not getting enough training in ICU as a New Grad? Sorry, don't buy it. Unless this hospital was a ***********, you know and I know how competitive and closely monitored these programs are. Advocacy is admirable, but again, with no experience to back it up, it's like the rookie telling the training officer how to do their job.
You do sound like you need therapy, seriously. 7 jobs in 8 months? And in very diverse disciplines, to boot (from ICU to LTC). And voodoo, Santeria, etc.? You're an advocate who admits to being vociferous without any experience to back up that advocacy. Get a job and get some experience and stay under the radar.
Harsh words coming up here. The problem is you. Stop what you are doing. Take 100% accountability. Stop making excuses. Get used to being out of your comfort zone. It sucks balls to be a new nurse. Your resume is covered in red flags, so pick a job and stick with it for two years, and learn to manage your stress. Stop grad school - you have no business being there right now as a new grad, and especially one who seems prone to chaos.
And listen to the people who have been around & have experience.
How did you get all of these amazing jobs as a new grad...
seriously, and $&*^ all over them. ICU? Couldn't do days? wth? A little gratitude goes a LONG way. OP has cost organizations a lot of money with his/her whims & I have zero respect for that.
seriously, and $&*^ all over them. ICU? Couldn't do days? wth? A little gratitude goes a LONG way. OP has cost organizations a lot of money with his/her whims & I have zero respect for that.
Job hopping that much makes me seriously doubt that they even considered organizational costs. Most likely the OP is a very young person to be acting so irresponsibly, or they are an immature adult. Either way they will likely have to take a job and stick with it for longer than a year to show some form of consistency, or they will have to leave the field of nursing to do other types of work they find comfortable. That is assuming they continue to wok at all, and if this trend continues that will become more and more difficult.
Harsh words coming up here. The problem is you. Stop what you are doing. Take 100% accountability. Stop making excuses. Get used to being out of your comfort zone. It sucks balls to be a new nurse. Your resume is covered in red flags, so pick a job and stick with it for two years, and learn to manage your stress. Stop grad school - you have no business being there right now as a new grad, and especially one who seems prone to chaos.
And listen to the people who have been around & have experience.
“Sucks balls” ? this is the perfect phrase to describe being new. Thank you for this @tachyallday
Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
21 hours ago, tonyl1234 said:
So if you had to put your license on the line and risk prison, or quit your job... You're saying I should look down on your application for quitting your job?
Lunah, MSN, RN
14 Articles; 13,773 Posts
Unfortunately true. When the applicants are plentiful, this one gets shuffled to the bottom of the stack, no matter how many sides there are to a story.