PhillyQueenRN

it can be sometimes, anytime you are dealing with a female dominated profession there is bound to be some Catty drama. I have had various experiences with women who liked to gossip behind your back and tell lies about you. You also get those certain nurses that like to report everything to the manager.

I like the idea of float pool because of the variety it gives me. Granted if you have a job that will float you to all the departments and not just one in particular.

They were also being very stingy with orientation, I understand we are in a pandemic and getting nurses up and running as soon as possible is critical but why do I have to beg and plead to get a decent amount of orientation to work in " 2" different departments. Even If I was being hired to work for just one department I would have gotten way more orientation than they were offering me in the beginning. Not to mention there is a bonus involved. I'm thinking that I may not even take it because I'm feeling a bit discouraged.

So I was just recently hired as a float pool nurse for two different departments. Both departments I have experience in but only one of them I consider myself an expert meaning that I haven been consistently working in that department for several years at at time. When I interviewed I was under the impression that I would be floating to both departments on a regular basis but as time went on I see that one of the departments that I float to is chronically understaff meaning that everyday they are short at least 3-6 nurses. The other department that I can float too tends to be well staffed and rarely ever needs an additional nurse. I am a little disappointed because I was looking forward to being an active member of both units. however I can see clearly that won't be the case anytime soon. My question is why would a company hire me to be a float pool nurse if they knew that I would hardly ever float to the other department? The chronically understaffed department has a high turnover rate also. Why didn't they just hire a nurse to work primarily in that unit. I kinda feel deceived. It's also making me feel like leaving the job and going elsewhere.

It's absolutely wrong in every way, you need to speak up for yourself.