So I was really unhappy with days. I hate days and I don't sleep well on day shift so I didn't do as well as I should have. I wasn't found of the person orienting me but he was good. I guess he had a history of making people cry but hadn't done so in a few years (which I found out after I switched to nights).
I am better on nights but I just don't feel like I want to work in my unit anymore. I think part of it is the dynamics. The hospital at this point has a lot of nurses feeling like they are out for themselves through practices that they are doing. It's everywhere, ER, ICU, the floors, etc such as making people take on more and more patients or pulling the super users who are supposed to be helping with our transition to a new charting system.
Then there are just some nasty people that I work with in terms of personality. One girl in particular I fear I may something bad to her one day because she is just so nasty and mean to people. The other day she chewed a girl out. Yes, she needed to be talked to but not chewed out like she did.Yesterday I almost made a comment like "oh, the turn will take you away from playing on your cellphone" because she was whining about the person orienting me being on lunch when I needed to turn a patient.
I am going to try and stick it out a year and then start searching for a new job. However, I am already looking at alternatives outside of nursing like the fire department is putting on a civil service. It would pay 4,000 less than what I make a year now and then 2nd year it's the same, and then the 3rd year it's 10,000 more. This is before overtime. Not found of day shifts, but I could manage.
I was so upset on days that I started the process to transfer my license to another state. I am thinking about applying there for an ER or OB job. Maybe I just don't like ICU. I do want to end up as a midwifery and either FNP or women's health NP.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
Part of being a grown up is learning to get along with the different personalities in the workplace, and this includes preceptors as well. There are times when you'll love your co-workers and times when you won't. Changing jobs will not change the necessity of learning to get along well with others.
If you're not "found" (I assume you mean "fond"?) of day shift, I'm sure others would be perfectly happy to let you work their night shifts -- once you've established yourself on the unit and proven that you're capable of handling the patient load.
You can be a new grad with a year of experience at the end of your first year -- or you can be someone with a few months of experience several times. It's up to you.
Ruby Vee, BSN
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Part of being a grown up is learning to get along with the different personalities in the workplace, and this includes preceptors as well. There are times when you'll love your co-workers and times when you won't. Changing jobs will not change the necessity of learning to get along well with others.
If you're not "found" (I assume you mean "fond"?) of day shift, I'm sure others would be perfectly happy to let you work their night shifts -- once you've established yourself on the unit and proven that you're capable of handling the patient load.
You can be a new grad with a year of experience at the end of your first year -- or you can be someone with a few months of experience several times. It's up to you.