out2sea

I had a similar experience and had to go PRN for a while, that really helped since it gave me control and I chose the least amount of days to commit to. It took 1 1/2 years to get over the toll that the toxic acute care environment did to me- not the patient care or the doctor, but working with toxic nurses and having to take reprimands over HCAPS scores- we even had a coach come in and watch us do customer service and give us a script and then complain if we went off the script and YES they went into the patient's room with us! crazy, all while we were overworked and understaffed daily. I wont tolerate BS anymore or being bullied by nurses with managers who do nothing except say "you know how women are". Sorry to rant, but I just wanted you to know that you are not alone. I think the KEY is finding a great unit to work on and it doesn't matter the specialty---I used to think the opposite was what really mattered. I was ready to take a job doing school portraits instead of nursing. Do what feels right to you!

Austin, Texas is nice and San Antonio is very new grad/ADN friendly. The cost of living is decent and the people are great. Austin is also VERY liberal!!

I would like to own my own business on a beach boardwalk or cute little down town beach area where it is beautiful and everyone is happy and laid back.