Mokiler30

WOW Lord have mercy. I feel your pain. Being in a manager position is not easy. I am on the other end of the spectrum I am a staff nurse I look to my manager for problems. But I do get touch of what you go through xing out the meeting and I rather be a staff nurse. Management is not for everyone. You sound like you are trying hard to work with everyone. Did you try maybe having a meeting just to have the staff vent maybe ask them what can make things easier for them. True enough you are not gonna be able to give everyone a day LOL but it help when you hear their point of view and work from there. You are not there for the staff to love you or pat you on the back and tell you how great you are but you are there to push them and the unit to their true potential. You are doing great from what explained. My grandfather told me when I was younger "You are doing somethin right when they don't like you. I ain't here for you to like me but I hope you are here because you love what you do"

Well how can I start this......OK I have been a RN for about 9 just shy of 10 years. I have worked in rehabilitation centers and hospice care as a new grad probably 4 out of the 9 years and now in Dialysis. I started out feeling frustrated with my career because of not being able to get a job in the hospitals. But I ended up doing dialysis. This was supposed to be short term until I got the job position I wanted. After trying and failing so many times interview after interview I just started excepting the job I had. Now 5 year has passed and I want to get out of the specialty and onto a hospital unit. I finished school got my BSN and now filling out applications everywhere I can. I got my first rejection this week.....That was horrible. But what was weird is I have the experience as a RN under my belt, now my BSN and they tell me " Sorry but we are not excepting your level of expertise but feel free to keep applying". What?! Here I am looking for a position and they tell me no because of my background in Dialysis and the fact I work acutes on all units of the hospital ( CICU, Neuro, surgical, etc.) OK now that I am done venting could someone please help....Give me some pointers. I just need to know what I can do to transition to a regular floor nurse position in the hospital? I was thinking to try certification to help my resume look more appealing. What can I do?