YvPrasRN

Frankly, I don't see many of us leaving - what will happen is this: and that trend is already here. There will be core staffing, the rest is all travel nursing/agency nursing. They pay better, incentives are great. Health insurance sucks. It takes care of burn out, as you deal less with the politics. The unit I work on, which is Oncology, few stay beyond bonus incentive years, then move on. I can't believe, I have been there a year already. And, since I have the incentive of needing decent healthinsurance for the next few years, get rid of bankruptcy burden from working for Medicaid, and not get paid! There are issues I have to deal with for another 3 1/2 years. But seeing the staff change in that one year is unreal. But it's the way of the future. This makes it more efficient for the employer, travellers are there for a limited amount of time. Nurses are still necessary, but nurses longterm is on it's way out. It'll turn all into temp nursing. What do you think...Maine!

So, by now you should know if you start there. I've been at YNHH almost a year, and find it a good institution to work for, better than others I've been to. According to a website on salaries on the east coast, that area is also one of the best paid ones too. Gathering from nurses that left last summer, all took pay cuts going even into city hospitals in NYC of all places.

Dear miserable RN, I have been in nursing for 20 years! It is not an easy job, particularly if you are the fall guy, and that you were. Gathering from the info you gave, the institution used you as the fall nurse, because you were agency. And they are always the first to go. No matter the situation. Nursing is a great job, the good thing is that you can go into all kinds of directions, inhospital, community, LTC, correctional, etc. It's one job, that has all those possibilities. You need a brake from that merciless grind, and go where you can tend to people. Homehealth, as mentioned by someone else is a great field. The pace is easier, the patients are happy to be home, and easier to work with. The productivity required by the employer, the paperwork is the downside, as you are now with a smaller outfit, that strives to make money. But,,,aids, that are unfortunately not many in that field, are more satisfied with their jobs, so do rather well at it. It would give you a pleasant break from the routine. The length of time you have put into nursing will keep you up there in salary, which is always helpful. So,,,look around and get a new perspective! The conditions of hospitals are horrible these days, the staff issues appear everywhere the same. It's for all of us to gain perspective, to pick ourselves up and start all over again! So take heart and take a vacation if you can.