Leaving the hospital

[PRican, CNA]

I currently work at the hospital as a tech and I am unhappy. I have my reasons why.

Before I got a job at the hospital, I worked in LTC for over three years and I loved it. But the work was becoming too much on my body and decided to go to the hospital.

I work in well-known, corporate hospital in my area. The things that they are doing on my unit is ridiculous. I feel like I am doing the job of the nurse and the unit secretary, which I think is unfair and possibly unsafe. Plus, they want us to follow a "script" when talking with patients and management is constantly going behind us when talking with the patients. I feel like they are more concerned about meeting certain numbers on their charts and graphs to satisfy the "big wigs."

I have been floated to other units and they don't do half of what our unit does. I wish I could transfer units, but I am unable to because the lab got me wrote up for sending down a specimen improperly on a patient that went AMA. The hospital's policy is that after a write up, you are unable to transfer jobs for a year since the date of the write-up. I refuse to stay at this unit for another year. I am so miserable.

I was offered this amazing opportunity to work as a Med Tech in assisted living. I already started working and I am enjoying it. I am back to working with my favorite population as well. I will be turning in my two-weeks notice today with the hospital and I am so relieved.

I was wondering if any of you have left the hospital and went back to working with the elderly?

[olay1, CNA]

Oh! this is me...... I have both CNA and Med aide license and I have worked LTC and hospital. I quit because of the workload since I work in med surg and the pay was terrible. Glad to be an home health aide and am loving it.