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Does anyone work @ shawnee mission that can tell me what it's like working there?

Thanks guys =). In response to the previous comments.. I knew it was wrong that I floated but I didn't mind it because the unit wasn't very bad at all. Not to say it was right.. but I documented it and told the nursing supervisor what happpened. (no response i might add). And I am just excited about going back into PACU. I've only been a RN for one yr + some months so I think being back to the specialty will only make me into a stronger RN. And I am hopeful for the interview... hopefully this will be a job that I can prosper and enjoy! Thanks for everyone's comments!!! Really appreciate it. =)

I have posted before about the job that I currently have which I will update about ... but I REALLY need advice about Shawnee Mission Medical. I just got a phone call today about a PACU job offer there. Since I've moved all I've wanted to do is go back into PACU. My question is... am I leaving a hellhole place only to walk into another one? To start out listing all of the things that have went wrong so far at this telemetry job... well actually last night I was floated to another unit in the hospital and it clearly says on my float sheet : NOT TO BE FLOATED UNTIL 12/1/09. Keep in mind I JUST got off orientation 2 weeks ago.... A patient under my care has had a fall. Here's the total and complete story of how that's happened. I was hanging blood in another patient's room when the fall happened. The lady I was giving blood to had NEVER had blood before and her mental status was questionable (she couldn't repeat any of the signs and symptoms that I had previously educated her on about the s/s of a reaction.) So when the lady fell, I was down the hall way and there was THREE nurses sitting at the nurses station who didn't answer her call light. Not to mention the fact that that night EVERYTHING under the sun went wrong.. one of my patients started having chest pain.. abnormal troponin (that was missed on admission I might add) so I ended up caring nitro in my back pocket all night, then my other lady who had angio seal bust that I had to deal with.. and i might add this place has been investigated by the state 3 times in the past year! point of the story.. there have been MANY.. I mean TOO MANY things that have happened to me at this place while I have worked there that has caused me to start having panic attacks everytime I walk in the room. Plus .. the night before last they have made a CHARGE nurse who's only been a nurse as long as I have charge of the whole floor. It was me, the charge, and a brand new grad. That to me.. spells trouble. I don't even want to think of the things that could've went wrong and the outcome. To make a long story short.. I am desperately seeking advice from anyone who works at Shawnee Mission. Whether they like it or love it.. I just don't want to leave one horrible job for another. I just want to find a place where I feel like I can take care of my patients effectively and not being stuck trying to be superwoman at this place I am now. Because at the current situation I am in.. my patients tell me that I am a wonderful nurse.. that they are excited to see me walk in the room.. because they know I CARE... but what has happened to me so far at this place doesn't reflect that. Im not america's next top nurse.. but I am freaking SURE I am not a bad one either. I love nursing.. I love taking care of my patients and I really am taking everything that has happened to me (the first time I might add that in my nursing career so far that anything has ever happened to me like this..i.e a patient falling on me) to heart. I've lost 10 lbs in the last two weeks beating myself up over everything that's happened that's been out of my control. In the end, even if the job interview doesn't work out.. I've still got to get out of the place I work for now. That's without question. THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks guys!!! really appreciate the comments/support =) it's always nice to have other people help you "look outside the box". :loveya::loveya:

Ok guys... I've already posted this under another forum.. but I haven't gotten much response..so I thought I might try my luck here for more replies... (hope no one minds).... I'm basically currently at a job now where I just finished orientation and.... it's really not working out. I don't really enjoy working there, I have issues with the way that this place is managed/run..and basically I feel like everytime I clock in their is a medication/other potiental error waiting to happen. I'm a fairly new nurse, with 6months PACU/ and roughly 6 months telemetry experience. I just recently moved, ( I am a army wife) and it took forever to find the job I am at know. (which is telemetry) My prior intentions were to go back into PACU or some type of surgical setting; however there really wasn't alot for me to choose from. And since I'm relatively new to this job a) I don't want to burn any bridges b) wouldn't know how to go about finding a job without my most recent employer finding out. Basically, I would want to make a new job transition the smoothest as possible... ANY comments, thoughts, are greatly appreciated!!!

Hello all... I've been a RN for about one year and some months now. I've had 6 months PACU, and after that I have somehow found myself being a telemetry nurse. (an area I didn't really want to go into.. but under the circumstances.. it was a job) Here's the problem: the job I am at currently was not easy to get (recession.. me and my husband just moved), and I just completed orientation at this hospital. Keep in mind that in the course of a year this will have made my 3rd job. And although I was kinda forced to move around (I'm a army wife) I really have EXTREME reservations about the hospital I am currently working for! I don't fit in with any of the nurses who work here (and it's very rare that I don't get along with anybody) and I'm not transitioning well with their era of nursing.. (this place still charts by hand). To me, personally I feel like everytime I walk into this place there's a medication/documentation error waiting to happen. Nurses their eat each other alive(someone is always talking about how the other has gotten wrote up for something they did) and as I mentioned earlier, (during my orientation) my preceptor had the same amount of experience as ME. *that was a bit unsettling*. I am just seeking the advice of what I should do. I really want to find a job that I like and stay there. I really enjoyed working PACU.. but in my job search when I first moved here NOTHING was open. I really want to find another job; but I just don't want to look like I can't hold a job. But then I ask myself.. don't we all deserve to like what we are doing? Any advice appreciated..

:banghead::banghead: Let me start off by saying that nursing school was never easy for me; but all things in life never really have been. I'm not a genius; but i'm not dumb as rocks either. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I've always been the type of person to work hard for what I've tried to accomplish and at the present; I'm feeling very alone and confused.... I'm not a new grad.. I've only been a RN for about a year and some months. I've had 6 months of PACU and 6 months of telemetry. I'm a recent army wife; We've just recently moved.. so the last few months of my life have NOT been stable. That being said I've had 2 jobs (before I moved) and know this one (which is telemetry). (and i just wanna add the jobs changes came from getting married/ relocating & also having to move to his stations.) I've lost sleep, my food, and my confidence in being a nurse; etc since the last couple of days events. I did something that was VERY.. and I repeat VERY stupid. I got an admit & didnt assess my patient like i shouldve. I greeted the patient; even said i'd be back in just a few minutes to assess (it was shift change) grabbed my scope walked back in the room got to talking.. turned around and walked out. to make things worse... it was one of our own. next day i walk in.. & im told the pt doesnt want me as the nurse.(id feel the same way 2.) i don't know how I functioned for the rest of the night.. because my world went numb after i heard those words. it wasn't just the realization that i had done something wrong; it was the realization that I had let someone DOWN. I think I would've felt better if someone had've shot me right then and there. long story short.. i went in .. apologized greatly for my shortcoming and took care of the pt. the way that i should've. reality of the situation.. everything is ok.. i think.. but it's the FIRST time EVER that this has ever happened to me. it's the first complaint in my nursing career.. and I know it's my fault. I am trying to forgive myself... and not drive myself into the looney bin... but I can't. And I sit back and look at the situation over and over in my mind... and I don't know what i was thinking. Its not like i'm that child that gets caught with their hands in the cookie bin and cries because their caught.. I'm sickened with myself because I messed up. I'm in habit of always assessing my patients. And for the LIFE of me i don't know why this time was any different. I try and pride myself of being the best nurse and the best person I can be. Always. So far, this new job that I am working for is not bringing out the best in me. I've picked my brain for every aspect to consider; but at the end of the day.. its a mistake... one that i'm having a nervous breakdown over. thanks for letting me vent.