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Maybe similar? I work with a nurse, she is part time where I work full time. She comes in most mornings she works, attention seeking telling of her life saving heroics while working the pediatric floor, (regular pediatrics, not PICU). Saving countless children from stupid doctors and stupid nurses each shift. And she sprinkles in tales of woe about whatever guy she is "seeing" that week is cheating on her. Staring with zero expression or acknowledgment usually shuts her down pretty fast. ?

You can have my job. I want nothing more than to get out of nursing

LOL, stay off Facebook or any of those sites. Or don't comment to strangers. Girl I work with had a false claim filed on her via a comment like this. Now shes looking for a lawyer to sue the person who filed the false claim. ?

45 pages LOL No OT to pick up??

I had a quit or be fired deal few years back. Been a peds ICU and ED RN in a regional trauma and peds faculty for about 10 years. At this point I had been a paramedic for 25 years as well. I took a job at a critical access hospital for the slower pace and to pad my state retirement as EMS and this place both paid into the same state system. Job was in their "ICU' which for this place was the most ICU thing was hanging blood. Everything was sent out to the big city about an hour up the road literally. I had been there a few months and asked to move to the ED. That was when my troubles started. I was brought in and received a scathing review and then was told I was going to be "retrained". I was put with a particular nurse and knew my days were numbered. Long story short the manager called me and started with "well according to nurse so and so your not cutting it. We have to let you go. I knew from day one of "retraining" I was done. So I asked the manager, "listen could you just let me resign? I've never been fired." She said, yes she could to that. So we blah blahed for a few and she said I could go home. I submitted a resignation. Yeah it bothered me. I am nobody special, I'm not super nurse or medic. I can be slow. My work gets done and knock on wood, I've never had a med error. I was the one they called to try the hard IV's. My GF said put in for travel nursing so I did and this particular manager gave me a favorable review. I ended up at another big city hospital ED instead. I'm now doing prison nursing and its the easiest job I've had. Keep your head up, the state said you did nothing wrong. some places just have miserable management and miserable staff.

Are we allowed to mention employers here? Thought I read something at one time that was a no go? Anyway they do start with a W

Seems like abandonment is the new catch phrase being passed around to scare nurses into working more than they are scheduled for. What exactly is it? I work in a correctional/prison setting for most likely the largest outfit contracting such services to prisons and jails in the U.S. Said outfit is really a pretty crappy outfit, and the management in my prison is no exception. Employees at my place are leaving left and right. So with no one to work and no one applying especially at my location, my managers are spouting off mandatory call ins. I mentioned that if I don't answer the phone you can't mandate me. The reply was "well that's abandonment and you will be turned into the state." As far as I know there is no set "mandatory call in" requirement to cover shifts. Then again, in the 2 years I've been there I have never received the "employee handbook" I'm told to reference. I'm pretty sure that's not how it works. Wanted to get some insight on the subject from you all.

I respect the hell out of the LPNs I work with and ask them a million questions a shift. 1. they have been where we work longer than me. 2. They are not stupid. But yeah, nobodies telling I can't call a doc. This sounds like something my sister in law would do. She is actually an LPN supervisor in a nursing home. My mom will keep her kids and sometimes when she gets them, she will come in stethoscope around her neck, ID badge dangling, telling her tales of life saving and woe? My mom is like "the girls had dinner" and her uncle bought them nerf crossbows ?

LOL I "might" know some ED nurses that "might" share this information and more on a daily basis. I've been in some big and busy ED's and "maybe" everybody talks about "everything".

I can't say it any better than this. I rarely if ever pick up extra work and I don't trade shifts either.

Place I work now, is small and 2 people have quit, one by facebook messeger and the other over the phone, no notice. Both had new jobs. Doesn't effect me either way, I go to work and go home. Seems the way adults do things now though. Last job was a busy ED that was a regional trauma center, heart and stroke center. Busy as hell, never enough staff. I'll give the manager credit, she seemed to try and could never get ahead. Female staff constantly fighting with each other, calling off, just miserable. The kicker for me was registration just brought people to your room, and most times never told you they were there. Triage was a nurse sitting out front with registration BSing and playing on a computer. Anyway, just a screwed up system with no enough help. I made it 6 months and put in my 2 weeks as I got another job. In those 6 months I watched at least 20 maybe 30 people quit this ED or transfer to different depts. Day I turned in my resignation, the manger turned hers in as well. Couple of things- you mention probation, I too quit a job 2 weeks in and was placed on the "no rehire" list for a few years. So if you ever think you may go back keep that in mind. This outfit said I didn't have to put in a notice and still black balled me. If you could stomach another week or 2 weeks just drop a notice, maybe with days off if you work 12's it won't be to bad just knowing you're leaving.

Probably an unpopular opinion but, firing “heroes” for not taking the ‘vid shot or forcing it on employees is not going to fair will for retention. And I agree, let that guy making 7 figures work it out. I go to work, do my work and go home.

I've worked in a women's prison for close to a year now. Easiest nursing job I've had. LPN's handle the meds, I assist as needed. Work a week on and a week off. Money is good as well. Inmates are a non issue, respectful, friendly. Just have to factor out their crimes when dealing with them. Women are just as violent as males, keep that in mind. Only complaint is coming from critical care, ED nursing, I don't use the skills and knowledge I've learned. Basically pass OTC meds and common prescription meds. We run a mid level -PA and she is there a few days a week. Its been an interesting job to say the least, and I get paid to play on the computer most nights.

Smile on my face/ Clocking out Payday.

Never had it happen. I tell people when they ask what I do, I'm a mechanic or truck driver...? Last thing I want to do is tell people about "the worst thing I've seen". Plus I drive truck and wrench on things on my days off. Things I'd much rather talk about.