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Hello! So I've been working L&D the last 3 years (and 1 year in tele before L&D), and absolutely hate it for many reasons. It has turned me off from working at the bedside. I feel so burned out already, depressed, anxious, etc. and I know it's time for me to leave. I really don't vibe with the management style, everyone in their acts like the boss and does what ever they want, no one is held accountable, doctors are rude, we are under staffed and over worked, morale and team work is absent, if there is an emergency forget about getting help. Everyone is lazy and burned out. I hate the critical care part and not knowing what's gonna happen or what's coming in. But anyways I've been looking for something new that pays relatively the same I'm making now for honestly the past 2 years. I've finally got a couple interviews that both look very promising but two totally different positions. The first is a Preop/Pacu position at an eye surgery center. It's 20 miles away or about a 30 minute drive away. I honestly hated the drive there for the interview. It Mon-Thur, hours varies and could start from 6 to 7am and leave 3 to 5pm depending on how busy they are, possible Fridays if you don't get all your patient phone calls done. It's easy work I was told, taking history, consents, IV starts, eye drops and PACU recovery is short. Also calling patients to get a history. 6 bed preop/pacu and 2 ORs. It seemed as though they are trying to fill a spot quickly though. The second is a utilization review entry level position at an insurance company that has a contract with medicare/medicaid. M-F, 9-5, currently they are working remotely with 1 day in office and the office is 1 mile down the street. No patient contact. They were able to accommodate me and interview remotely since I wasn't going to be in town the days they were interviewing. I was told they pay more than what my preferred range was. I've been applying to jobs like this for forever and no bites since I don't have experience but they are willing to train someone new. I feel like I would never get an opportunity like the your position again or it would take me forever to find another opportunity. TBH I like the fact that it is no patient contact, and the idea of working remotely. Im an introvert, very quiet, and plan on having kids in the near future and hate the idea of putting newborn in a day care. A lot of people would jump on this opportunity I feel like. But I also would not mind the boring redundant task of pre-op, no critical care, no risking may RN license, and the Monday through Thursday thing is nice but drive sucks! I don't know which one to pick... any insight would help. Thanks!

I am so sorry too hear this I know exactly what you are going through. I too also got a needle stick injury from an insulin needle almost a year ago. You should have reported it to your place of employment so it could be reported to worker comp. There are policies and protocols in place so you and the client could be tested for blood related disease. I was tested by my place of employment four different times free of charge and was offered to see and ID doctor if I wanted but thank god everything was negative. Since it doesn't seem you reported it you could go the clinics and get tested for free. There are lots of places where I live that offer free STD, HIV and hepatis screenings. Maybe they have something similar where you are located.

Hi everyone! I was wondering if there are any RN health coaches out there that could tell me more about your job such as a typical day, hours, pay, do you like your job, what do you like, what do you hate etc. I really enjoy patient teaching, I love explaining what I'm doing and why, what I'm giving them and why, and I love answering patients questions (when I know the answer lol), and explaining disease processes. Besides a health coach are there any other RN positions/jobs that focuses on patient teaching?? I currently work in L&D I started in March 2018 and before that I worked Medical Surgical / Tele for 11 months. Obviously I haven't been an RN long but as sad as it is to say I don't think I like bedside nursing. Were always short staffed, Doctors are disrespectful, coworkers are mean and rude, there's no team work especially in emergency situations, communication between management and staff is poor, way too much stress for the pay, etc. I could go on and on but that's a different topic. Please help! Thanks! :)