Mfenner18

The happiness is fading slowly. I've contacted one hospital's nurse recruiter and she's pushing me towards a recently created, "highly competitive pay," ICU float position. Without too many details on the phone she directed me towards following up with an interview with the manager. I know an interview won't hurt, and I think I'll see if I can get a shadow day. I struggle with making big decisions as it is, and this would be my biggest move since nursing school.

I'm looking for some advice. I'm currently employed at a MICU/SICU/NSICU mixed 20 bed unit. I love my mix of patients, but my working environment has been struggling. I can't say I'm completely unsatisfied, but I'm not as happy as I used to be. I started here and now have 3.5 years of bedside experience and 1.5 years of charge nurse experience. I'm more than halfway up the seniority list of coworkers, we have an extremely high turnover rate ( mainly due to further schooling or going to travel nursing ). With this seniority I work only day shifts. I miss having more elders to learn from and am feeling stagnant with my learning. There are two other hospitals in the area that are both larger than my current. Have I got that much to lose to switch hospitals or am I making a huge mistake by exploring? I feel torn.