Hello everyone. I haven't posted here in a long time. I have worked in NICU for almost 25 years. I am really burned out. Although I have had many rewarding experiences, the stress is outweighing the good things. My commute is awful. I am always relying on overtime. I am a single mom now and I only have my income to rely on at this time.
So, I accepted a job in a call center full time as an advice nurse. I need the guaranteed hours and the commute is better. I am nervous, but excited. I am not happy about leaving the coworkers I like...but some of the difficult ones are making my job miserable.
I hear sometimes how nurses think Advice nurses who are at a desk all day are not working as hard as a floor/ICU nurse. My coworkers have said even a monkey could be an advice nurse. Wow. This nurse worked in a call center before. I was thinking I should get a monkey scrub top and wear it in her honor. lol.
So has anyone here made a big change into a totally different nursing field? Any thought, comments, advice would be helpful. I don't deal well with change sometimes, but I think I will be ok. I can always look into another job if this one doesn't work. I start in March. Also, when I went on the tour of the call center there were 2 people giving massages to the nurses. That alone is enough to make me want to work there!
Anna S, RN
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I did telephonic nursing from home for two years. It had a lot of obvious advantages, but it was very difficult and stressful in its' own way.
I think it was the company I worked for and the managers which made it a bad job. The actual work itself was not too bad.
Every area of nursing has its own unique stressors and challenges. Congrats on your new job and for staying in NICU for so long!