RJohn2017

I worked for 8 months. Also, this new job is in surgery!

So, a few months ago, I was fired from my first RN job for a patient complaint that was hardly true. They complained that I was not in the room enough (I was an ICU nurse and this was my only patient that day). They complained that we through the linen on the floor during a bath (it was cleaned up promptly after). They complained that the poop clean up was messy (he was tube fed, aren't those always messy). They complained that I did not use sterile technique while suctioning his trach (I was next to a respiratory therapist while doing so, why would I not use sterile technique). They complained he was left in the chair all day (I asked him MULTIPLE times if he wanted to go back to bed, he said no). My manager asked me what neuro assessment I did on him. Did I ask him his name, where he was, etc? I did not unfortunately ask him those. He did respond appropriately to other questions, however. She asked regarding another patient if I was turning him q2h. No, I did not. This patient could shift weight and he got up to the chair. But she still dinged me for that. So I was terminated for not providing competent critical care. I just want to know how to move past this and how to tackle this in interviews. I have an interview coming up at a new hospital, and I would love this job. How to I nail this interview? Oh and I'm also 20 weeks pregnant too. So I'm not showing much...

So, I have been a nurse for about 8 months in the ICU. I'm not loving it as much as I thought I would. My mind keeps going back to being a teacher. I have also had thoughts of becoming a midwife, however, I'm kind of just tired of the health care field. I have been in ti for 6 years as a paramedic. It's exhausting. I know so is teaching, but it's a different kind of exhausting. Any advice? I'm really struggling with this decision... I could easily go back and get my master's in arts of teaching and teach whatever; just a hard decision.